Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Me-262 was the first jet combat aircraft in history. In this video, you will be able to hear about five things which you might not have heard before. Was the Hitler's decision to convert it to a fighter-bomber really decisive? What was the first kill scored by Me-262? What was the last one? Why only a small number of these fighters ever flew in combat and was it flown by a regular unit after WWII?

Sources:
- The 'Real' Reason(s) Why The Me 262 Had Bombs
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- Mano Ziegler - Hitler's Jet Plane: The ME 262 Story
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- Colin Heaton - The Me 262 Stormbird: From the Pilots Who Flew, Fought, and Survived It
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- Walter J. Boyne - Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future
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- Marek Murawski - Me-262 in Combat
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- Hugh Morgan - German Jet Aces of World War 2
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- Adolf Galland - The First and the Last
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