30 Sep 1945
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- A captured Me 262 jet fighter flew over Freeman Field in Indiana, United States with test pilot Harold Watson in the cockpit. The flight was observed by German test pilot Karl Bauer. ww2dbase [Me 262 Schwalbe | Seymour, Indiana | CPC]
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