Messerschmitt Me-262 Flying in ILA 2014
Channel: Fast Aviation Data
Date: 05/05/2016

The Messerschmitt Me-262 is a German fighter bomber aircraft manufactured by Messerschmitt. The Messerschmitt Me-262 was said to be the world’s first jet-powered fighter to enter operational service. The Me-262 is a day and night bomber interceptor with a speed advantage and armament so powerful that can it could easily intercept and obliterate allied heavy bombers while practically ignoring their swarms of piston-engine escort fighters, and the bombers own gun turrets. The maiden flight of the Messerschmitt Me-262 took place on the 18th of April 1941 with piston engine on it and on the 18th of July 1942 with the jet engines on it. The Messerschmitt Me-262 went into service on April 1944. Primary users were Luftwaffe and the Czechoslovak Air Force. There were approx. 1,430 Messerschmitt Me-262 produced. The Messerschmitt Me-262 retired from service in Germany in 1945 and in 1951 retired from service in Czechoslovakia. See more images at https://goo.gl/1nLaT8