Me 262 in Norway????

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Me 262 in Norway????

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Post by Erik E » 30 May 2002, 22:33

I once found a militaria dealer selling "cartridges for Me 262".

I have never seen or heard of this plane even visiting Norway.......

Anyone knows????

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Me either but....

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Post by Matt Gibbs » 30 May 2002, 23:41

I also never heard of the Me 262 visiting Norway , but I saw some nice Hitler Youth badges at a dealer fair in Durham and I never heard of the HJ visiting there either !!!! :lol: :lol:

Probably the dealer got them from a contact elsewhere...?

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Post by Erich » 30 May 2002, 23:52

Recon or bomber version I can only imagine ! Maybe he meant the Ar 234 ?

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Post by Erik E » 30 May 2002, 23:57

Thanks for answers!
The cartridges were 30mm, and as far as I know, the Ar234 Didn`t have such firepower......Am I right???

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Post by Erik E » 30 May 2002, 23:59

And Matt,
I forgot to say that these were found near an airfield in Norway...

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correct!

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Post by Erich » 31 May 2002, 00:15

Erik :

Could they have been 3cm from a Bf 190 I wonder. Late marks like then G-10 and K-4 had the 3cm kanon through the nose.......Ar 234 had the two rear ward firing 2cm's.

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MK 108 rounds for sale in Norway

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Post by varjag » 24 Jun 2002, 13:33

The fact some militaria-dealers sell MK 108 rounds in Norway does not indicate that Me 262's were ever based there. Huge quantities of the ammunition became available on the collectors markets as early as the 1970'ies originating from Germany and turned up all over the world.
The projectiles were usually HE, HE/Incend. and so called 'Minen-Geschoss with a sparse sprinkling of AP's or were they AP/HE - I've forgotten.

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Post by Erik E » 24 Jun 2002, 20:13

Hallo Varjag!

Thanks for your input, but if you read 2 lines above your post.......
these were found near an airfield in Norway
I agree with Erich, and think that they came from a 109

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30mm MK 108 - 'found near airfield in Norway'

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Post by varjag » 25 Jun 2002, 12:21

Hmm, fellas - 'found near airfield in Norway', to me just spells 'excite
customer - get top price'.
I find it very hard to believe that 'found' is true.
Reason - 99% of all MK 108 shellcases were steel, not brass.Very thin
steel to boot - unless 'found' in any open area before about 1955, they
would have rusted away - but I'm willing to bet that the mechandise on
offer was in far far better condition.

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Post by Erik E » 25 Jun 2002, 20:58

Yes, it was ofcourse near mint 8)
I have never found any mint cartridges though.....
These 13mm are some of the best........
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Precisely!

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Post by varjag » 26 Jun 2002, 12:17

Yep, Erik - those MG 131's are brass cases,eh? Most that I have seen
were - even though 131's came in steel later in the war too - and THEY
might well have been intended for a Bf 109!
As for 'mint' stuff - believe you me, it's around - but commands top
dollar.

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Post by Helmut Wick » 05 Jul 2002, 20:07

it can be Flak, cause i got the same rounds.
But i found the rounds in the ocean, just beside a string of coastal artillery sites.

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13mm mg 131

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Post by Erich » 06 Jul 2002, 04:25

Sorry my friend but 13mm mg 131 rounds are heavy mg rounds.....corresponding to US .50, they cannot be flak.

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Post by Helmut Wick » 07 Jul 2002, 04:38

ok, im sorry but didnt remember th 13mm :oops:

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Re: Me 262 in Norway????

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Post by Cantankerous » 26 May 2020, 05:51

I did a check on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262) and there's no way the Luftwaffe could have quickly deployed the Me 262 in Norway, because the Schwalbe had been in service for a few months when the Allies began pounding Normandy.

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