The picture below was taken at the Pearson Airport in Vancouver, Washington in August 1993. The occasion was the Antique Airplane Fly-in.
The person standing on the left is Willi Kretschmer. Willi was a scientist/engineer who worked on the Me 163 rocket powered interceptor. (He is mentioned by name in the book "Top Secret Bird. - The Me 163 Comet". Willi worked for NASA during the 1950s.
On the right is H. Owen Moses. Owen was in northern France at a forward airstrip when a German Bücker Jungmann flew in. Two German mechanics climbed out and surrendered. The CO of the base was an English officer and flight instructor. He had his mechanics paint over the German markings and apply an RAF roundel. He then started teaching some of his crew to fly in the aircraft. Owen passed away at age 100.
It is not known what happened to the aircraft.
