EAA e-Hotline: Captured Axis Aircraft Air Show Video

[The Big Gimper]

Check this out:

Captured Aircraft Air Show
During World War II Freeman Army Airfield in Seymour, Indiana, was a training base, but by mid-1945 it became an evaluation center for captured Axis aircraft. After a few months the airfield featured a most unique collection of aircraft still able to fly. The base held an air show later that year and one could see all the familiar allied aircraft, plus many German fighters, bombers, transports, and the infamous V-2 Rocket. Video courtesy: Freeman Army Airfield Museum

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Carl

[PR19_Kit]

Fantastic vid that! It was a recognition contest all on its own!

I loved the 'I can fly my P-47 lower than you can fly your P-47' contest. 

[The Big Gimper]

Fantastic vid that! It was a recognition contest all on its own!

I loved the 'I can fly my P-47 lower than you can fly your P-47' contest.  

Agreed. I saw a piston engine something on the flightline at the 5 Minute mark beside the Spitfire. It looked to be bare metal. Was it a A6M?