Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 18, 1942. First jet engine powered flight of the Me 262.

Monday, July 18, 2022

Saturday, July 18, 1942. First jet engine powered flight of the Me 262.

This day saw the first flight of the revolutionary German Me 262 with jet engines. A flight with a propeller driving engine had been conducted in 1941.

The Me 262 would leap an entire generation ahead of Allied fighters in the war, and it's notable that its first flight came before the escort variants of the American P-51 were fielded. Fortunately, it would not begin to be fielded until April 1944.

It was difficult to produce and maintain, Given this, there were never more than 200 operational at any one time.

Kay Kaiser released his version of Jingle, Jangle, Jingle, the famous Western song.

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