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Description
This book provides a detailed summary of every known and identified Me 262, the world’s first operational turbojet aircraft [...]
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Condition | Like New |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Published date |
2005 First published 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 22.23 x 29.85 x 1.91 cm |
| Author | Dan O'Connell |
| Editor | Classic Publications |
Description
The Me 262 Schwalbe (‘Swallow’), developed from a 1938 design by Messerschmitt, was the world’s first operational turbojet aircraft.
First flown as a pure jet on July 18, 1942, it became the first jet aircraft used in combat when it attacked a British photo-reconnaissance Mosquito flying over Munich on July 25, 1944.
This is the first time that a detailed summary of every known and identified Me 262 has been compiled. Some 1200 of the 1500 aircraft constructed have been identified. The book lists sequentially each aircraft by Werknummer (Works Number) from prototypes and test aircraft through to all variants of operational machines, together with known pilots, assigned units and recorded flights.
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