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The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German for "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel ("Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.
Based on the Jäger u.Jabo proposal from the September 1943 report, the Me 262A-2a, nicknamed Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird"), was the definitive fighter-bomber version of the Me 262. While similar to the Me 262A-1a, the A-2a featured bomb racks capable of carrying two 250 kg (550 lb) or 500 kg (1,100 lb) bombs under the fuselage, and the ...
Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 produced by the project in 2006 Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 operated as D-IMTT at the Berlin Air Show 2016. The Me 262 Project is a company formed to build flyable reproductions of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet fighter. The project was started by the ...
Hans Guido Mutke's Me 262A-1a 500 071 on display at the Deutsches Museum Hans Guido Mutke (25 March 1921 – 8 April 2004) was a fighter pilot for the German Luftwaffe during World War II . He was born in Neisse, Upper Silesia (now Nysa, Poland).
The MK 214A was a 50 mm (1.969 in) calibre auto-cannon designed by Mauser Werke AG, for use on Messerschmitt Me 262 and Me 410 bomber-destroyers. [2]Intended for use on the Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a/U4, Mauser designed the MK 214, derived from the 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun.
Jet aircraft first engaged in air combat on 26 July 1944, when Leutnant Alfred Schreiber, flying Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 130 017 (German language: Werknummer – factory serial number), attacked an unarmed photo-reconnaissance De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI, of No. 540 Squadron RAF, over the Alps.
Messerschmitt Me 262 Military unit Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter , and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny , from whom it drew its name.
The Me 262 A Werknummer 500491 displays a figure 42 and seven vertical bars indicating Arnold's number of aerial victories. [4]Jagdgeschwader 7 "Nowotny" (JG 7—7th Fighter Wing) "Nowotny" was created from the experimental unit Kommando Nowotny in November 1944 and was equipped with the then revolutionary new Messerschmitt Me 262 jet aircraft. [5]