Heritage Flight Museum Me 262

[Guppy35]

Had a thought after I finished typing the previous post and had to find the book I have on the NASM 262.  It turns out that the recce nose from the soon to fly bird was swapped with the NASM bird at Freeman Field. So it does exist. The NASM restored theirs back to a fighter nose.  I wonder if there was any consideration about seeing if they could acquire the original recce nose parts?

[Guppy35]

A bit of reading tells me that during the restoration the NASM removed the bulges and filled the openings so it would appear the original nose was not preserved, but modified back to the fighter nose that was correct for that particular airframe.  For what it’s worth the book is a good one covering the history and restoration of their 262