Messerschmitt Me 262
| Me 262 Schwalbe | |
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| Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a late production model | |
| Role | Fechter aircraft an fechter-bomber |
| Manufacturer | Messerschmitt |
| First flicht | 18 Apryle 1941 wi piston ingine (Junkers Jumo 210) 18 Julie 1942 wi jet engines[1] |
| Introduction | Apryle 1944[2][3] |
| Retired | 1945, Germany 1951, Czechoslovakia[4] |
| Primar uisers | Luftwaffe Czechoslovak Air Force (S-92) |
| Nummer biggit | 1,430 |
The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallae") in fechter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fechter-bomber versions, wis the warld's first operational jet-pouered fechter aircraft.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Radinger & Schick 1996, p. 23.
- ↑ Price 2007, pp. 36–37.
- ↑ Radinger & Schick 1996, p. 49.
- ↑ Balous et al. 1995, p. 53.
Citit soorces
- Radinger, Will; Schick, Walter Schick (1996). Me 262 (in German). Berlin: Avantic Verlag GmbH. ISBN 3-925505-21-0.
- Price, Alfred (2007). "Sleek and Deadly: The Messerschmitt Me 262". Flight Journal.
- Balous, Miroslav, Jiří Rajlich an Martin Velek. Messerschmitt Me 262 (in Czech/Inglis). Prague: MBI, 1995. ISBN 80-901263-7-5.
