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ericmunk
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There was a thread recently on here on this.

The s/n is indeed 130026, and it is the Elden example. Bear in mind this was shot down September 12th, 1944 on its way to homebase Rheine (Germany) by German Flak by accident. At the time the Me262 was still highly secretive. Market Garden turned the south of The Netherlands upside down shortly afterwards, and German forces were in turmoil. It would not be impossible for the very substantial wreck to have been taken away and buried to keep the design secret.

There’s a couple of very good Dutch language articles on it, and the Elden shootdown.