From TOCH!:
Steve W.
To Pursue or Not to Pursue
Wed May 5, 2025 23:08
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This subject has been pretty thoroughly hashed over before, both here and on the j-aircraft.com Board, Ed. A lot of good researchers have investigated this and the planned flight(s) by Ju 290s formerly belonging to Fernaufklärungsgruppe 5 in early 1945 were postponed several times until it was too late and the war ended. There were also some madcap plans in late April 1945 to fly a BV 222 to Greenland, refuel from a U-boat, and then take off again for Japan across the Arctic or to South America, I can't recall which. Many of the principal players in these delusional schemes survived the war and later told all to the Allies or to German historians. As exciting as it would be to find some evidence of a successful German flight to Japan, I'm afraid this is well-worn ground and the search would prove fruitless.
Steve W.