Messerschmitt Me.262 Anniversary

July 18 1942: In Germany, the first all-jet Messerschmitt Me 262 V3 prototype makes its first flight at Leipheim. The aircraft is powered by a pair of Junkers Jumo 109-004B turbojets.

Regards, John Braungart

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The Old Man
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how many of those repros did they build? i know several visited germany. must have been a little creepy.

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snipped-for-privacy@some.domain wrote the following:

He's talking about the first flight of the 262 in April 1942, not a recent flight of a reproduction.

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willshak

i know.

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