This Komet was delivered to the Luftwaffe in 1945, captured at Husum, Germany, in May 1945, and sent to the U.K. for testing. It was shipped to Montreal as a war prize in 1946. Between 2000 and 2001, Museum conservation staff restored the aircraft, finding some of its original colours and markings underneath accumulated layers of paint.
Messerschmitt
Me 163 Komet
The Komet first flew operationally in May 1944. Though the Komet was not a significant factor in German air defence, the Luftwaffe took delivery of 339 and flew them until the end of the war.