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Re: Earl Reinert's stuff and a J8M1 Shusui (sp?)....

Posted by bdk on Thu Dec 13, 2001 02:55:00 PM

In reply top Re: Earl Reinert and his bits, again.... posted by Jim Harley on Thu Dec 13, 2001 11:48:17 AM

: : I need to know urgently where the fuselages of the ME 26
: 2
: : and ME 163 Komet are that Earl is said to have had back
: in
: : the seventies.
: : Do they exist still...or did they ever actually exist at
: all ?

When I visited the "Victory Air Museum" in the mid-seventies, there was only the engine from the Me-163 and an engine from the Me-262. Both were "displayed" outside. I think that they were all leftovers from the defunct Orchard AFB (now O'Hare Airport) collection that was disbanded. I never say any evidence of other parts.

Also, now that Glenview NAS is a housing development, I wonder if any bits of that J8M1 were ever discovered that had been dumped in the weeds there after the war? Maybe still there????

BK

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