ME 262 JETS FAIL TO REVERSE NAZI FORTUNES
Over Germany • March 18, 1945 On April 18, 1941 tests began of the world’s first operational twin-engine turbojet fighter, the Messerschmitt 262 Swallow (Schwalbe). The tests were really of the airframe because the BMW turbojets were nowhere close to being ready. Over a year later, on July 18, 1942, a fully configured version flew—this almost…