The Foreign Evaluation (FE) Komets


The history of the five Komets shipped to the USA for evaluation is only partly documented. Here some pieces of the puzzle are presented.



Monthly aircraft & engine status report - 15 August 1946

Luigi Mazzola from Italy kindly supplied this unique document listing all 'T2' aircraft and engines on 15 August 1946.



The five Komet entries are copied here:

AIRCRAFT TYPE T-2# ENGINE ENGINE NUMBERS REMARKS LOCATION
ME-163B 500 109-509A-1 Transferred from Freeman Field Muroc AFB
ME-163B 495 None Transferred from Freeman Field AAF 1230 SO
ME-163 503 109-509A-1 Awaiting shipment to Bell Aircraft Tech Ops
ME-163V-24K 502 109-509A-1 Salvage recommended Bldg. 549
ME-163 501 109-509A-0 Salvage recommended Bldg. 549


Below the entries are rearranged in FE-number order, with the aircraft type and engine number left out:

FE or T2 German ID Engine Remarks Location
495 None Transferred from Freeman Field AAF 1230 SO see FE-495 / White 42 page on this site
500 109-509A-1 Transferred from Freeman Field Muroc AFB see FE-500 page on this site
501 109-509A-0 Salvage recommended Bldg. 549
502 V-24K 109-509A-1 Salvage recommended Bldg. 549 if this is V-24 then the WNr is (16)310033 / GH+IC of which no German records are known
503 109-509A-1 Awaiting shipment to Bell Aircraft Tech Ops


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