A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II (65 page)

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Steinhoff’s burnt 262.

One of the last photos of Luetzow and Galland.

JV-44’s senior staff, late April 1945. Franz (far right) wears sunglasses, and Hohagen (foreground) shields his eyes. Joining them are the commanders from the KG-51 bomber unit (far left) and the jet training wing at Lechfeld (center).

At the war’s end, a Me-262, the world’s most advanced aircraft, lies abandoned in Austria.

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