The Messerschmitt Me 262 spooks USAAF bomber

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (German: “Swallow“) was the world’s first operational turbojet fighter was produced in World War II and saw action starting in 1944 as a multi-role fighter/bomber/reconnaissance/interceptor warplane for the Luftwaffe. German pilots nicknamed it the “Sturmvogel,“ (Stormbird) while the Allies called it the “Turbo.“ The Me 262 had a negligible impact on the course of the war due to its late introduction, with 509 claimed Allied kills (although higher claims are som