| Caption | Â Â Â | Captured Junkers Ju-290 heavy transport aircraft with German markings but with US tail number FE3400 flying over the United States in late 1945. This plane became a common sight at postwar air shows. ww2dbase | ||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseBundesarchiv | ||||||
| Identification Code | Â Â Â | Bild 141-2472 | ||||||
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| Added By | Â | David Stubblebine | ||||||
| Added Date | Â | 1 Jan 2006 | ||||||
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| Licensing | Â | Public Domain | ||||||
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"All that silly talk about the advance of science and such leaves me cold. Give me peace and a retarded science."Thomas Dodd, late 1945
19 Jul 2015 10:24:45 PM
According to the author Wolfgang Samuel, when this plane was dismantled in 1946 a plastic explosive device of German origin was discovered in one wing near a fuel tank.