Operation Lusty
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Operation LUSTY was an undertaking to gather and evaluate Luftwaffe (German Air Force) aircraft technology by the United States shortly after the Second World War.
Following the defeat of Nazi Germany, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) created combined technical and military intelligence teams codenamed LUSTY (LUftwaffe Secret TechnologY). Operation LUSTY 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 US, and 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 US. Technology shipped to the US, including the dreaded 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.
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- This article contains material from the National Museum of the United States Air Force, which is are United States government publications in the public domain. Source: Operation Lusty (Luftwaffe Secret Technology)
- Operation Lusty, Journal of Air Force Association, January 2005, Vol. 88, No. 1
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