Too late for the Luftwaffe, though, U.S. forces overran the Gotha factory on the 14th April 1945 and found an almost completed, but not yet flown, V3 there. The Americans took the V3 to the US, and it was obviously a great material to study. Amazingly enough, the V3 has been preserved to this day. This is how the sole remaining Go 229 flying wing is stored today. It appears complete, but has been disassembled.
Wings are detached, and wheels have been removed from all three undercarriage legs.
Basically, Hortens designed their aircraft as they wood design a wooden glider. This profile view also shows the way in which the two engines are ingeniously hidden within the wing. The Virtual Hangar Looking at the same part of the aircraft from the rear. The author suspects that the swastikas were not a part of the original paint scheme. The wooden-covered parts of the airframe are not in good condition.