Gerhard Rohde was a Jet Fighter Pilot!
The Messerschmitt 262 Sturmvogel (Stormbird) was the world's first operational jet fighter and was superior to anything the Allies had. The Me 262 arrived too late to influence the end of WWII.
Plane data: Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel.
Werkenr.170099
Unit: 1./KG 51 "Edelweiss".
Shot down by guns of No. 2834 A.A. Sqdn.
Crashed west of Udense Dreef,Schaijk.
Buried near the crash site,reburied 07/03/1950 Ysselsteyn as unknown.First attempt to identification fails on 17/04/1963.
Remains succesfully identified 10/2005 as Gerhard Walter Otto Paul Rohde.
Monument is erected at the crashsite in 2015.
There's a whole discussion about this monument....
Source:Wim Boeijen.
Photos added with his permission.
The Messerschmitt 262 Sturmvogel (Stormbird) was the world's first operational jet fighter and was superior to anything the Allies had. The Me 262 arrived too late to influence the end of WWII.
Plane data: Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel.
Werkenr.170099
Unit: 1./KG 51 "Edelweiss".
Shot down by guns of No. 2834 A.A. Sqdn.
Crashed west of Udense Dreef,Schaijk.
Buried near the crash site,reburied 07/03/1950 Ysselsteyn as unknown.First attempt to identification fails on 17/04/1963.
Remains succesfully identified 10/2005 as Gerhard Walter Otto Paul Rohde.
Monument is erected at the crashsite in 2015.
There's a whole discussion about this monument....
Source:Wim Boeijen.
Photos added with his permission.
Gerhard Rohde was a Jet Fighter Pilot!
The Messerschmitt 262 Sturmvogel (Stormbird) was the world's first operational jet fighter and was superior to anything the Allies had. The Me 262 arrived too late to influence the end of WWII.
Plane data: Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel.
Werkenr.170099
Unit: 1./KG 51 "Edelweiss".
Shot down by guns of No. 2834 A.A. Sqdn.
Crashed west of Udense Dreef,Schaijk.
Buried near the crash site,reburied 07/03/1950 Ysselsteyn as unknown.First attempt to identification fails on 17/04/1963.
Remains succesfully identified 10/2005 as Gerhard Walter Otto Paul Rohde.
Monument is erected at the crashsite in 2015.
There's a whole discussion about this monument....
Source:Wim Boeijen.
Photos added with his permission.
The Messerschmitt 262 Sturmvogel (Stormbird) was the world's first operational jet fighter and was superior to anything the Allies had. The Me 262 arrived too late to influence the end of WWII.
Plane data: Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel.
Werkenr.170099
Unit: 1./KG 51 "Edelweiss".
Shot down by guns of No. 2834 A.A. Sqdn.
Crashed west of Udense Dreef,Schaijk.
Buried near the crash site,reburied 07/03/1950 Ysselsteyn as unknown.First attempt to identification fails on 17/04/1963.
Remains succesfully identified 10/2005 as Gerhard Walter Otto Paul Rohde.
Monument is erected at the crashsite in 2015.
There's a whole discussion about this monument....
Source:Wim Boeijen.
Photos added with his permission.
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