Created by Tom Horn on 15 Jul 2010, Last Update on 15 Jul 2010

First Jet Flight - 18 Jul 1942

German pilot Fritz Wendel flew the V3 prototype airframe for the Messerschmitt Me 262 using only it's jet engines for the first time. This was almost nine months ahead of the British Gloster Meteor's first flight on 5 March 1943.

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Tags : Germany,Aerial,Europe,Combat

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