Me 262 in Norway????
Me 262 in Norway????
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????
Erik E
I have never seen or heard of this plane even visiting Norway.......
Anyone knows????
Erik E
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Me either but....
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 !!!!
Probably the dealer got them from a contact elsewhere...?
Regards
Matt G
Probably the dealer got them from a contact elsewhere...?
Regards
Matt G
MK 108 rounds for sale in Norway
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.
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.
30mm MK 108 - 'found near airfield in Norway'
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.
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.
Precisely!
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.
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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13mm mg 131
Sorry my friend but 13mm mg 131 rounds are heavy mg rounds.....corresponding to US .50, they cannot be flak.
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Re: Me 262 in Norway????
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.