In July 1942 a German Messerschmitt took off from Leipheim airfield in Bavaria…but it was no ordinary aircraft… It was an Me 262 - the world’s first operational jet fighter. Powered by two Junker Jumo ...

When Allied pilots first encountered the Messerschmitt Me 262, it seemed to belong to another age. It had no propeller, moved faster than the piston-engine fighters chasing it, and could slash through ...