Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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After the initial contact with Allied bombers and fighters and some success, Me-163 pilots now faced a different reality. Ever increasing number of Allied escort fighters made it more dangerous to try to approach the bomber formations. Losses began to accumulate.

Main sources:
- Stephen Ransom - Jagdgeschwader 400: Germany’s Elite Rocket Fighters
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- Robert Forsyth - Me 163 vs Allied Heavy Bombers: Northern Europe 1944–45
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- Wolfgang Späte and Richard Bateson - Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
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- Stephen Chapis - Allied Jet Killers of World War 2
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- Bat out of Hell
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