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The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German for "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel ("Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.
Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 produced by the project in 2006 Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 operated as D-IMTT at the Berlin Air Show 2016. The Me 262 Project is a company formed to build flyable reproductions of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet fighter. The project was started by the ...
Me 262 V3. Messerschmitt began work on a single-seat jet-powered fighter before the start of World War II. The initial design was known as Projekt 1070 (P.1070). A twin-engined straight-wing design, the P.1070 was canceled in favor of the similar P.65. [1]
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun; Messerschmitt Bf 109; Messerschmitt Bf 110; Messerschmitt Me 163A & B Komet - Me 163B flown under power [61] Messerschmitt Me 262; Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse [62] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15; Mil Mi-1; Mil Mi-2; Mil Mi-4; Miles M.18; Miles M.20 [63] Miles M.28; Miles M.38 Messenger; Miles M.48 ...
Jet aircraft first engaged in air combat on 26 July 1944, when Leutnant Alfred Schreiber, flying Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 130 017 (German language: Werknummer – factory serial number), attacked an unarmed photo-reconnaissance De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI, of No. 540 Squadron RAF, over the Alps.
Messerschmitt Me 262 Military unit Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter , and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny , from whom it drew its name.
8-262 Messerschmitt Me 262: Schwalbe (Swallow), fighter, Sturmvogel (Stormbird), attack (jet-engined) 8-263 Messerschmitt Me 263: interceptor (rocket-engined), (early development as Junkers Ju 248) 8-264 Messerschmitt Me 264: Amerikabomber design competitor, long-range bomber (three prototypes built/flown) 8-265 Flettner Fl 265
The Walpersberg is a sandstone mesa on the west bank of the Saale near Kahla in Thuringia, Germany, formed around 60 million years ago. It is notable for formerly housing the REIMAHG-A aircraft factory, an underground facility for the production and assembly of the Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter jet during World War II.