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While ultimately the Messerschmitt Me 262 made little difference during World War II, the world's first operational jet fighter heavily influenced future American and Soviet aircraft designs in the years to follow. The Military Aviation Museum's reproduction 262 tells the story of the German design that changed the course...

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American pilots see a German jet for the first time in 1944. In summer 1944, Germany debuted one of the many advanced weapons they devised during World War II: the Messerschmitt Me 262. The Me 262 was the first operational fighter jet in history, and while it outmatched Allied aircraft, it couldn't turn the tide of the war.
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