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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 ...
Buena Park, CA: Planes Of Fame Publishers, 1975. ISBN 0-915464-00-4. Edward T. Maloney. The Messerschmitt Me-262. Corona del Mar, CA: World War II Publications, 1980. ISBN 0-9600248-5-9. Edward T. Maloney and Thomas E. Doll. Chance Vought F4U Corsair, Aero Series 11, second revised edition. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1985. ISBN 0-8168-0541-5
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 ...
The bombers came under attack by 14 Me 262s from JG 7 over Chemnitz. In this encounter, Ehrler shot down two B-24 Liberator bombers. [63] [64] The next day, he claimed his fifth aerial victory while flying the Me 262, making him a jet ace. That day, 1,714 bombers, escorted by approximately 1,300 fighter aircraft, targeted 18 Luftwaffe airfields.
Redesignated Me 262 V2 in April 1941. Me 262 V3, third prototype, first to be fitted with Jumo 004A engines. Me 262 V4, prototype with Jumo 004A engines. Me 262 V5, prototype with Jumo 004A engines and fixed tricycle landing gear. Me 262 V6, prototype for the production Me 262A with retractable tricycle landing gear and Jumo 004B-1 engines. [5]
Messerschmitt Me 262 in January 1976 at the RAF Museum in north London; Woldemar Voigt was head of the aircraft's design team [1] He joined Messerschmitt, in Bavaria, in 1933. He was the project leader for the designs of the Messerschmitt Me 264 (four-engined bomber), Messerschmitt Me 328, and the infamous rocket-engined Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.
Nakajima designers Kenichi Matsumura and Kazuo Ohno laid out an aircraft that bore just a superficial resemblance to the Me 262. [2] The Kikka was initially to use the Tsu-11, a motorjet engine that was essentially a piston engine with a ducted fan with an afterburner, similar to those used in Russia and Italy at the time.