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Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel
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AustrianPainter
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Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel
TODAY IN HISTORY
1944: The world’s first jet fighter-bomber, the Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, makes its first flight.
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Jim Mathias
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Re: Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel
A shame they were too few and too late to re-establish air superiority over Europe. Besides that, the attrition of pilots and the destruction of petroleum-oil-lubricants refining and transporting abilities hurt the war effort tremendously by May 1944.
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Re: Today In History (May 1 1944) Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel
I remember building this model as a boy, it was one of my favorite models...thank you Jim for that bit of history.
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