Combat Potential and Tactical Impact In a hypothetical dogfight, the Me 262’s speed and climb would allow it to dictate terms, initiating or avoiding combat at will.

The Me 262 and Gloster Meteor are among the first military jets ever conceived during WW2, but neither plane actually met the other in a dogfight.

76 years ago, the first jet fighter changed aerial combat forever, but it didn't do Hitler any good The first Me 262 to come into Allied hands when its test pilot defected in March 1945. USAF ...

The Me 262 appeared in only relatively small numbers in the closing year of World War II. Messerschmitt factories produced 1,443 Me 262s, but only about 300 saw combat.

The Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt Me 262 was a unique aircraft, but it didn't ultimately make a difference in WWII's outcome.

One such “wunderwaffe” was the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world’s first functional jet aircraft. Though the plane was developed during the Second World War, the Germans understood the ...

Allied pilots were surprised by the aircraft’s speed and armament; but it was a case of too little too late David Kindy - Correspondent The Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe, meaning Swallow ...

With a top speed of 540 mph, Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262 was by far the fastest fighter of World War II. It was powered by jet engines, a new technology that was not always reliable. Still, the ...

The Me 262's advantages became obvious to both German and Allied pilots when it finally entered combat on July 25, 1944.

Wolfgang Czaia, the Whidbey Island test pilot for the Paine Field-based Me-262 Project, had the rare opportunity to fly the first authentic reproduction of the famous World War II German jet fighter.