Assembly under coercion
Historical context
In parallel to the tunnel expansion, assembly work for the Me 262 began. Many processes and halls remained provisional – production stayed fragmentary.
Production
In the final months of the war Walpersberg became a place full of contradictions: while tunnels were blasted, halls erected and access routes laid under catastrophic conditions, the first assembly work for the most modern fighter of its time – the Messerschmitt Me 262 – had already begun. The site resembled an enormous construction zone, much remained provisional and improvised. Nevertheless individual jet aircraft took off from here.
Labour deployed
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Construction time
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Costs
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Deaths
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Aircraft completed
20–30
Aircraft in service
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This page highlights the production aspects of the REIMAHG at Walpersberg: planned and makeshift workflows, participating companies, locations of the halls and the question of how many aircraft were actually assembled and launched at the mountain.
Documented Me 262 aircraft
Overview
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Eyewitness accounts on production
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All Me 262 aircraft taking off from Walpersberg were not tested on site but flown directly to the Zerbst air base. The so‑called “Station 13”, a specialised Luftwaffe unit for test flights and acceptance, was located there. The jets were flown visually along the Saale valley to Zerbst, received their full equipment there and were only then made operational.
Messerschmitt Me 262
Overview of every component: pick a card to highlight the info point on the model.
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Model: GLB – interactive view with info points (cockpit, wing, engine).
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Come visit our documentation center in Grosseutersdorf
Original parts, exhibits and background information – on site we show how production worked at Walpersberg.
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Shop highlight from the production theme
Instrument glass from the Me 262 cockpit – available directly from the association.
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Additional aircraft technology parts
This selection highlights technical exhibits that are not available as hotspots in the 3D model.
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