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A quick search on Uboat.net revealed that...
Posted by Olivier Lacombe on Tue Mar 18, 2003 06:21:37 PM
In reply top U-Uoat U-234 (Crated Me 262 cargo) posted by simon king on Tue Mar 18, 2003 01:45:39 PM
"U-234 suffered bomb damage while under construction in 1942. After the loss of U-233 in July 1944 it was decided not to use U-234 as a mine-laying boat. She was then rebuilt as a Japan-transporter. On 25 March 1945 they left Kiel and a few days later reached Kristiansand, Norway.
On 16 April, 1945 she left Norway and was enroute to Japan with extremely important cargo (drawings, a Me-262 jet fighter in crates and 550kg of uranium ore, several high ranking German experts on various technologies and 2 Japanese officers) when Kptlt. Fehler, after hearing the cease-fire orders on May 4, 1945, decided to head for the USA and surrender.
Per tradition the Japanese men took their own life via sleeping pills rather than being captured. "
So I guess that there really was a 262 on board! But we still don't know where it is!
Olivier