This
Do 335 with its black painted underside was attributed to Major
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, and was said to be crashed by him after
a test flight. However according to Schnaufers logbook he flew
the Do 335 on two occasions, on the 24 February and again on
the 25 February 1945. On both flights Schnaufer took off and
landed in Gütersloh for short duration test flights, flying
a two-seater, the Dornier Do 335 A-10 subtype.
In fact this machine was flown by Karl-Heinz Appel when it was
damaged in a collision with a Bf 109. It was later captured by
US troops at Bindlach jacked up in a hangar while undergoing
repairs. |