The debut of jet-powered aircraft in World War II marked a turning point in aviation history. Among the first of their kind, two aircraft emerged as pioneers of the jet age: the German Messerschmitt ...

The Me 262 was a new class of fighter, but its true revolution was the turbojet engine behind it, and the brutal limits of wartime materials, reliability, and training. From early prototypes and ...

While it wasn't the first jet-engined aircraft that flew, the ME-262 was the first operational jet-fighter. So many technical and political troubles struck its development that it began its career as ...

With a top speed of 540 mph, Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262 was by far the fastest fighter of World War II. It was powered by jet engines, a new technology that was not always reliable. Still, the ...

East Syracuse, NY-- John Usiatynski may very well be the last US fighter pilot alive with the distinction of shooting down Germany's crowning achievement in aircraft technology-the Messerschmidt Me ...

Key point: The fast kamikaze plane could kill, but it was too little, too late. It is a fallacy that Germany was the only nation to develop combat jets in World War II. In truth, while Germany had the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Germany was not alone in its development of combat jets in World War II. It is a fallacy that Germany was the only nation to develop combat jets in World War II. In truth ...

EVERETT, Washington (dpa) – In Everett, Washington, of all places, a work of trailblazing aeronautics created by the Nazis to try to turn the tide of World War II is being resurrected. Everett, north ...