Me 262 detail references (Me 262 A unless otherwise noted)
by Charles Metz

Aders and Held: 'Stukas Jagdbomber Schlachtflieger' (Bildreport Weltkrieg II series [unnumbered]; Motorbuch Verlag [Germany], 1980; in German; 246 pages; approximate value US$20 [availability unknown]) -- "Wikingerschiff" bomb racks (p. 229)

Balous and Rajlich: 'Messerschmitt Me 262' (MBI [Czech Republic], 1995; in Czech and English; 60 pages; approximate value US$9 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 19, 26, 55), cutaway drawings (p. 54, 55, 57, 59), flare ports (p. 59), landing gear (p. 57), multi-view drawings (p. 30, 31, 56), wheelwell detail (p. 26, 57), "Wikingerschiff" ventral bomb racks (p. 60); Me 262 B-1a [trainer] front & rear cockpits (p. 34); Me 262 B-1a/U1 [2-seat night fighter] cockpit detail (p. 23, 36), FuG 16ZY radio (p. 59), multi-view drawings (p. 29, 32, 56)

Bentley et al.: 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 2' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17 [availability unknown]) -- multi-view drawings (p. 76-79); COMMENT: Published originally in the UK by Argus Books

Berliner: 'World War Two Jet Fighters' (Kalmbach [USA], 1982; 72 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 68), multi-view drawings (p. 64, 65), wheelwell detail (p. 66, 67), miscellaneous other detail

Birkholz (ed.): 'Foto-Archiv: Band 6' (Jet & Prop Foto-Archiv series, No. 6; VDM Heinz Nickel [Germany], 1997; in German and English; 98 pages; US$19.95) -- Me 262 A-2/U2 bombardier nose transparencies (p. 36)

Boehme: 'JG 7: The World's First Jet Fighter Unit 1944/1945' (Schiffer [USA], 1992; 230 pages; approximate value US$30 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 64m, 64n), engine bay (p. 64h), nose cannon (p. 64l), miscellaneous other detail; Me 262 B rear cockpit (p. 128o)

Bowers: 'Scale Aircraft Drawings: World War II' (Scale Aircraft Drawings series, No. 2; Air Age Publishing [USA], 1991; 147 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 100), multi-view drawings (p. 98-101)

Boyne: 'Messerschmitt 262: Arrow to the Future' (Smithsonian Institution Press [USA], 1980; 188 pages; approximate value US$12 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 85, 86, 92), cutaway drawing (p. 124, 125), multi-view drawings (p. 120-123), miscellaneous other detail

Brown: 'Wings of the Luftwaffe' (Doubleday [USA], 1978; 176 pages; US$19.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 63), cutaway drawing (p. 64, 65)

Cohausz: 'Cockpits deutscher Flugzeug: Historische Instrumentierungen von 1911-1970' (Aviatic Verlag [Germany], 2000; in German; 302 pages; US$37.50) -- cockpit detail (p. 271-273); Me 262 B-1a/U1 cockpit detail (p. 274, 275)

Donald (ed.): 'Warplanes of the Luftwaffe' (Aerospace / AIRtime [UK / USA], 1994; 254 pages; US$34.95) -- cutaway drawing(p. 232, 233)

Ebert, Kaiser and Peters: 'Willy Messerschmitt - Pioneer of Aviation Design' (The History of German Aviation series, No. 3; Schiffer [USA], 1993; 435 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 254); COMMENT: English translation of "Willy Messerschmitt - Pionier des Luftfahrt und des Leichbaues" (Bernard & Graefe Verlag [Germany, date unkown])

Feist: 'Luftwaffe in World War II: Part 3' (Aero Pictorials series, No. 6; Aero [USA], 1980; 99 pages; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- multi-view drawings (p. 60, 61)

Fleischer and Rys: 'Me 262 Schwalbe, Part 1' (Aircraft Monograph series, No. 8; AJ Press [Poland], 1998; in English; 89 pages; US$16.50) -- nose landing gear (p. 60), multi-view drawings (p. 38-40, 44, 45, 48, 49-52, 53, 55-57), "Wikingerschiff" bomb racks (p. 34)

Fleischer and Rys: 'Me 262 Schwalbe, Part 2' (Aircraft Monograph series, No. 9; AJ Press [Poland], 1998; in English; 89 pages; US$16.50) -- cannon bay (p. 83, 85), canopy (p. 70), cockpit detail (p. 70-72, back cover), cutaway drawing (p. 36), engine [Jumo 004] (p. 80, 81), flaps (p. 73), fuselage structure (p. 36, 68, 69), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 58, 59), landing gear (p. 76-78), tail (p. 75), tail structure (p. 75), wheelwell detail (p. 74, 78), "Wikingerschiff" bomb racks (p. 86), wing slats (p. 74), wing structure (p. 73); Me 262 B-1a [trainer] multi-view drawings (p. 24, 25); Me 262 B-1a/U1 [nightfighter] multi-view drawings (p. 25-27); Me 262 B-2a [nightfighter project] multi-view drawings (p. 27-29); Me 262 C-1a [rocket-assisted "Heimatschützer"] multi-view drawings (p. 31, 32)

Forsyth, Creek and Bentley: 'JV 44: The Galland Circus' (Classic series, No. 1; Classic Publications [UK], 1996; 356 pages; US$75) -- cockpit detail (p. 114), 180, 181), cutaway drawing (p. 188), flap & aileron (p. 96), engine (p. 309), fin (p. 296), MK 108 30mm cannon (p. 155-157, 213, 226), MK 214A 50mm cannon (p. 171-173, 226), R4M underwing rockets (p. 159, 161, 162, 276), rudder (p. 296), wheelwell detail (p. 188)

Green: 'The Warplanes of the Third Reich' (MacDonald and Jane's [UK], 1979; 672 pages; approximate value US$75 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 630, 631)

Green and Evans: 'Stormbird Colors' (Eagle Files series, No. 5; Eagle Editions [USA], 2002; 88 pages; US$30) -- cannon bay (p. 55, 58), engine [jumo 004] (p. 54, 73), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 82), multi-view drawings (p. 81-83, 86)

Griehl: 'Nightfighters over the Reich' (Luftwaffe at War series, No. 2; Greenhill / Stackpole [UK / USA], 1997; 72 pages; US$12.95) -- Me 262 B cockpit detail (p. 70)

Griehl: 'Jet Planes of the Third Reich, The Secret Projects - Volume One' (Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1998; 200 pages; approximate value US$49.95 [out of print]) -- Me 262 A-1a/U4 cannon installation (p. 65)

Grielhl (ed.): 'Archiv: Band 7' (Flugzeug Foto-Archiv series, No. 7; Flugzeug Publikations [Germany], 1995; in German and English; 103 pages; US$17.95) -- cowl-door interior (p. 90), single-seat nightfighter (p. 90, 91)

Jenkins: 'Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel' (Warbird Tech series, No. 6; Specialty Press [USA], 1996; 100 pages; US$16.95) -- aileron hinge (p. 37), camera bays (p. 49), cockpit detail (p. 33, 64, 66, 78, 79, 86, 88), engine (p. 35), engine exhaust cone (p. 29, 66), engine intake cone (p. 49, 66), fin & rudder (p. 31), flaps (p. 29, 30), fuselage structure (p. 38), gun bays (p. 74), landing gear (p. 39, 40, 42), panel lines (p. 6, 8, 82), R4A underwing rocket racks (p. 85), shell ejector chutes (p. 67), wheels (p. 42, 90), , wheelwell detail (p. 32, 39-41, 90), "Wikingerschiff" bomb racks (p. 23, 63), wing slats (p. 43), wing structure (p. 39); Me 262 B fuselage structure (p. 68, 93, 94)

Kit and Aders: 'Chasseurs de Nuit Allemands de la Derniere Guerre' (Editions Atlas [France], 1979; in French; 144 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- Me 262 B cockpit detail (p. 70, 71), wheelwell detail (p. 69), miscellaneous other detail (p. 69-71)

Maloney: 'Luftwaffe Aircraft and Aces' (Air Museum [USA], 1969; 152 pages; US$10) -- cockpit detail (p. 150)

Merrick: 'Messerschmitt Me 262 Described (Part 1)' (Technical Manual (Series 1) series, No. 6; Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia], 1972; 24 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 20, 21), cutaway drawing (p. 6, 7), multi-view drawings (p. 10-13)

Merrick: 'Messerschmitt Me 262 Described (Part 2)' (Technical Manual (Series 1) series, No. 7; Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia], 1972; 24 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 20, 21), cutaway drawing (p. 6, 7); Me 262 B-1a/U3 multi-view drawings (p. 12-13)

Merrick: 'German Aircraft Interiors 1935-1945: Vol. 1' (German Aircraft Interiors series, No. 1; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1996; 256 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 145, 159-164, 167), wheelwell detail (p. 167)

Merrick and Hitchcock: 'The Official Monogram Painting Guide to German Aircraft 1935-1945' (Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1980; 144 pages; approximate value US$150 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 12), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 46, 47)

Minoru: 'WWII Attack Bombers & Reconnaissance Planes' (Design with Precision series, No. 3; Kantosha [Japan], 1995; in Japanese; 192 pages; US$40) -- cockpit detail (p. 173), multi-view drawings (p. 173-178)

Morgan: 'Me 262: Stormbird Rising' (Motorbooks International [USA], 1994; 216 pages; US$29.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 96c, 96f, 163, 179), engine [Jumo 004](p. 18-21, 66, 67, 138, 145), "Deichselschlepp" towed bomb (p. 32), multi-view drawings (p. 192, 193), tailplane (p. 38), underwing R4M rocket installation (p. 199), ventral bomb rack (p. 198); Me 262 B-1a/U1 nightfighter nose radar antennas (p. 96e), multi-view drawings (p. 111)

Morgan and Weal: 'German Jet Aces of World War 2' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 17; Osprey [UK], 1998; 96 pages; US$16.95) -- engine nacelle (p. 44, 50), multi-view drawings (p. 90, 91), underwing R4M rockets (p. 51); Me 262 B-1a/U2 multi-view drawings (p. 91)

Murawski: 'JG 7 "Nowotny"' (Lotnicze Miniatury series, No. 3; Kagero [Poland], 2002; in Polish and English; 78 pages; US$18) -- canopy (p. 13), cockpit detail (p. 18), gun (p. 15), gun bay (p. 17), R4M air-to-air rockets (p. 38)

Nohara: 'Luftwaffen Warplane [sic] 1928-45' (Illustrated Warplane History series, No. 7; Green Arrow [Japan], 2001; in Japanese; 316 pages; US$37) -- cockpit detail (p. 86), landing gear (p. 85); Me 323 cargo doors (p. 266), cutaway drawing (p. 83, 84), landing gear (p. 266), structure (p. 265); Me 262 B cockpit detail (p. 86)

Nohara and Shiwaku: 'Messerschmitt Me 262 A' (Aero Detail series, No. 9; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1993; in Japanese and English; 88 pages; US$39.95) -- canopy (p. 18, 19, 63), cockpit detail (p. 18, 20-22, 62, 63), flaps (p. 27, 28), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 44-47), guns & gun ports (p. 6-9, 64), landing gear (p. 10, 11, 37, 38, 67), multi-view drawings multi-view drawings (p. 85-88), underwing R4M rocket projectile rack (p. 26, 65), wheelwell detail (p. 12, 25, 38-40), wing slats (p. 24), "Wikingerschiff" bomb racks (p. 65)

Price: 'Battle over the Reich' (Scribner's [USA], 1973; 208 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- underwing R4M rockets (p. 180)\

Pritchard: 'Messerschmitt' (Putnam [UK], 1975; 191 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 158, 159)

Pritchard: 'The Radar War' (Patrick Stephens [UK], 1989; 240 pages; approximate value US$25 [availability unknown]) -- Me 262 B-1a/U1 FuG 218 V2 "Neptun V2" nose radar antenna array (p. 160e)

Ragni: 'German Fighters of World War II' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 1979; 80 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 50, 51), Fw 190A-3 (p. 58, 59), Do 217N-2 (p. 72, 73)

Reynolds: 'Camouflage & Markings: Luftwaffe 1939-1945' (Argus Books [UK], 1992; 48 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 41), photo-recon camera installation (p. 40)

Ricco, Soumille and Courrier: 'Les Avions Allemands aux Couleurs Francaises, Tome 2' (Editions Lela Presse [France], 1997; in French; 92 pages; US$30) -- cockpit detail (p. 40)

Rice (ed.): 'Messerschmitt 262: A Pictorial and Design Study Including the Pilot Handbook' (Aviation Publications [USA], 1972; 62 pages; US$7.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 7 & p. 18 of "Pilot's Handbook" section), cutaway drawing (insert), wheelwell detail (p. 17), miscellaneous other detail

Sengfelder: 'German Aircraft Landing Gear' (Schiffer / Motorbuch Verlag [USA / Germany], 1993; 243 pages; US$35) -- landing gear (p. 206-217), wheelwell detail (p. 212-214, 216); COMMENT: Translation of "Flugzeugfahrwerke" (Motorbuch Verlag, 1979)

Smith: 'Messerschmitt: An Aircraft Album' (Arco Aircraft Album series, No. 2; Arco [USA], 1971; 144 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- underwing R4M rocket rack (p. 107)

Smith and Creek: 'Jet Planes of the Third Reich' (Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1982; 400 pages; approximate value US$125 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 336, 337, 343), "Wikingerschiff" bomb rack (p. 110), miscellaneous other detail (p. 334-347); Me 262 B cockpit detail (p. 294, 295)

Smith and Creek: 'Me 262 A-1' (Monogram Close-Up series, No. 17; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1983; 32 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 19, generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 22, 23)), gun bays (p. 6), multi-view drawings (p. 22, 23)

Smith and Creek: 'Me 262: Volume 1' (Classic series, No. 3; Classic Publications [UK], 1998; 224 pages; US$49.95) -- bomb racks (p. 184-188), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 198, 206), gun bay (p. 208), landing gear (p. 190), Rheinmetall-Borsig R 109-502 RATO engine (p. 145), wheelwell detail (p. 206); many details of various Me 262 prototypes

Smith and Creek: 'Me 262: Volume 2' (Classic series, No. 4; Classic Publications [UK], 1998; 220 pages; US$49.95) -- camera bay (p. 426, 427), cockpit detail (p. 254, 268, 285, 347, 436, 437), engine [BMW 003] (p. 305), engine bay (p. 247), flare casette (p. 257), guns (p. 269-271, 275, 276, 282), gun bay (p. 326), nacelle (p. 246, 247, 254), nose (p. 388), R 100 BS unguided missle (p. 307), tail incidence motor installation (p. 304); Me 262 B-1a canopy (p. 408), multi-view drawings (p. 296); Me 262 C-1a rocket engine installation (p. 299); COMMENT: Pages numbered 225-444, in sequence with those of Volume 1

Smith and Creek: 'Me 262: Volume 3' (Classic series, No. 5; Classic Publications [UK], 2000; 226 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 562, 660, 662, 663), landing gear (p. 642, 643, 645-648, 650-655), nacelle intake (p. 579), nose cannon (p. 572), wheelwel detail (p. 649, 650); Me 262 B-1/U1 canopy (p. 474, 475, 479), cockpit detail (p. 475, 476, 479-481, 486, 505, 507, 570), cutaway drawing (p. 477), drop-tank rack (p. 473), multi-view drawings (p. 478), nose radar antennas (p. 459, 472), wheelwell detail (p. 482); COMMENT: Pages numbered 445-670, in sequence with those of Volume 2

Smith and Creek: 'Me 262: Volume 4' (Classic series, No. 6; Classic Publications [UK], 2000; 212 pages; US$49.95) -- cutaway drawing (p. 719), engine [Jumo 004 B] (p. 866, 867), engine bay (p. 729, 784, 850), gun bay (p. 879), multi-view drawings (p. 720); Me 262 B-1a multi-view drawings (p. 868, 869); COMMENT: Pages numbered 671-882, in sequence with those of Volume 3

Wood and Gunston: 'Hitler's Luftwaffe' (Salamander [UK], 1977; 248 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 232, 233)

------: 'Cutaway Aircraft of World War Two' (Argus Books [UK], 1989; 63 pages; approximate value US$8 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 16, 17)

------: 'Luftfahrt Bilder, Texte Dokumente: Handbuch 5' (Luftfahrt Handbuch series, No. 5; Mittler [Germany], 1978; in German; 482 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- canopy (p. 2068), cockpit detail (p. 2069, 2070, 2205-2207, 2209), engine "Schutzgitter" [intake guards] (p. 1993, 1995), fuselage structure (p. 2064-2067), tail (p. 2075-2080), wing structure (p. 2196, 2198-2202); COMMENT: Hard-bound version of "Luftfahrt International," issues 13-15

------: 'Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album, Vol. 1' (Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album series, No. 1; Delta Publishing [Japan], 1992; in Japanese; 152 pages; US$35) -- "Wikingerschiff" bomb racks (p. 65)

------: 'Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album, Vol. 6' (Luftwaffe Warbirds Photo Album series, No. 6; Delta Publishing [Japan], 1994; in Japanese; 148 pages; US$35) -- Me 262 B-1a/U1 [2-seat nightfighter] cockpit detail (p. 62)

------: 'Messerschmitt Me 262' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 367; Model Art [Japan], 1991; in Japanese; 164 pages; US$29.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 13, 14, 105-110, back cover), wheelwell detail (p. 15, 16, 102-104), multi-view drawings (p. 137-140), miscellaneous other detail; Me 262 B cockpit detail (p. 109, 111, 112), multi-view drawings (p. 120), miscellaneous other detail

------: 'The Day-Fighters of Luftwaffe in WW II' (Koku-Fan Special series [unnumbered]; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1984; in Japanese; 176 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 113, 114), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 156, 157), multi-view drawings (p. 110), wheelwell detail (p. 114, 115); Me 262 B cockpit detail (p. 118)

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