Operation Lusty

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In April 1945, U.S. Air Force General Carl Andrew Spaatz ordered Wright Field United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) personnel to gather and evaluate Luftwaffe (German Air Force) aircraft technology shortly after the end of the Second World War.^[1]

Operation LUSTY (LUftwaffe Secret TechnologY) began with the aim of exploiting captured German scientific documents, research facilities, and aircraft. The operation had two teams. One collected enemy aircraft and weapons for further examination in the U.S.; the other recruited scientists, collected documents, and investigated facilities.

The teams traveled far and wide over Europe to find German technology. Once found, they were shipped to the U.S. Such technology, including the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, axial-flow compressor turbojet engines, and 30 mm cannons, along with other technological secrets, were divided between the Navy and the Army Air Forces.

[edit] See also

• Operation Big
• Manhattan Project
• Special Mission V-2

[edit] References

1. ^ The End of World War II. (television show, Original Air Date: 2-17-05). A&E. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.

• National Museum of the USAF Operation Lusty (Luftwaffe Secret Technology) Factsheet