X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's
Experimental Aircraft of World War II Three Horten Ho 9s were
constructed prior to war's end: the V1 sailplane, the twin 004B powered
prototype V2, and the serial production prototype V3 by
Gotha-Friedrichsroda. The V1 was destroyed at the U.S. Luftwaffe
Aircraft Collection Center-Merseburg. The V2 crashed at Oranienburg
killing its test pilot Erwin Ziller. The V3 was captured and taken by
General George McDonald's Army Air Force Intelligence unit to the U.S.
Luftwaffe Aircraft Collection Center. The Ho 229 V3 was eventually
shipped to Freeman Field, Ohio about September 1945, and is now in
storage at the National Air and Space Museum, Silver Hill, Maryland
awaiting restoration. Myhra has taken 150 photos of the Ho 9 from his
collection, along with several dozen digital images, and has put
together a unique Ho 9 photo collection.