Tag Archives: Me 262
Air Combat 1945. New book available in September!
Air Combat 1945 features over 300 black & white and colour photographs with detailed captions chronicling the last eight months of aerial combat in World War II. It includes all the major combatants: Britain, Canada, USA, Germany, Russia, Italy, and Japan. A must for World War II buffs, scholars, historians and modellers. Published by Stackpole […]
The Illustrated History No 126 Wing RCAF now on Kindle!
The Illustrated History No 126 Wing RCAF D-Day to VE-Day is now available for kindle readers here and on iTunes. The Illustrated History is 90 plus photographs showing the Allies’ most successful fighter wings in action. Just $9.99 US.
Who Killed the First Jet Fighter?
Many consider the Messerschmitt Me 262 to be the world’s first jet fighter. Two years before the Me 262 took to the air there was another jet fighter that was in fact the first – it was the Heinkel He 280. ‘Who Killed the First Jet Fighter’ is a two part series now showing at Aerocinema.com. […]
Who Shot Down the First Me 262 Jet during World War II?
Credit for the first Me 262 be brought down in combat belong to Maj Joseph Myers and 2Lt Manford Crory of the P-47D-equipped 78th Fighter Group, who manoeuvred a 1./KG 51 machine into the ground west of Brussels on August 28, 1944. This occurred with a shot being fired by both sides. A similar thing occurred […]