The first non-German to fly a Me-262 was a Romanian

[Hadrian]

[Split from "Little known facts..."]

right, gewehrdork, you made the picture more coloured
The fact, except the joke probably, is real.
By the way, the first allied pilot to fly a Me-262 is a romanian.
Right after the war, the allieds colected on an airway more types of german captured aircraft, in order to make flight demonstrations. No pilot was found to fly theMe262, and the idea that a german POW to fly it was consideered as an insult for the winners. In vicinity there was a romanian squadron which was equipped with Me-109G`s, so they were aquianted with german cockpits. One pilot was called and he made a flight.

[Victor]

By the way, the first allied pilot to fly a Me-262 is a romanian.
Right after the war, the allieds colected on an airway more types of german captured aircraft, in order to make flight demonstrations. No pilot was found to fly theMe262, and the idea that a german POW to fly it was consideered as an insult for the winners. In vicinity there was a romanian squadron which was equipped with Me-109G`s, so they were aquianted with german cockpits. One pilot was called and he made a flight.

The story of Teodor Greceanu is just fantasy. It wasn't confirmed by any of the other Romanian pilots there, like of. ec. cl. III Ion Milu.

[Marcus Wendel]

Slit from the old mixed bag thread ""Little known facts about equipment..." in the equipment section and moved to this section.

/Marcus