German Messerschmidt Me-262 jet fighter-bomber.
American soldier in a Jeep, examining the wreck of a German Messerschmidt Me-262 jet fighter-bomber, camouflaged under the trees alongside a road used as an airstrip by the Luftwaffe. April 1945. The world's first operational jet plane during World War II, the Me-262 made its maiden flight on April 18, 1941 (with conventional piston motors).
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Photo credit: © Photo12/Collection Bernard Crochet / Alamy / Afripics
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