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Me 262 | Hitler's secret jet fighter

In July 1942 a German Messerschmitt took off from Leipheim airfield in Bavaria…but it was no ordinary aircraft… It was an Me 262 - the world’s first operational jet fighter. Powered by two Junker Jumo ...
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Why Germany’s Me 262 jet failed to change World War II

Germany’s Messerschmitt Me 262 was faster than any Allied fighter and pointed toward the future of air combat. Yet its late ...