Messerschmitt Me 262

keluarga pesawat tempur buatan Messerschmitt

Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Jerman untuk Swallow) merupakan pesawat tempur turbin jet pertama di dunia.[2] Me 262 dikeluarkan saat Perang Dunia II dan mulai bertempur pada tahun 1944 sebagai pesawat terbang tempur/pengebom/pengintaian dan pencegat. Pilot Jerman memberi julukan Sturmvogel (Stormbird), sementara Tentara Sekutu menjulukinya dengan nama Turbo atau Blow Job. Me 262 diisukan telah menghancurkan 509 pesawat terbang milik Pihak Sekutu[3] (walaupun ada yang mengatakan lebih tinggi[4]) pihak Jerman diisukan telah kehilangan 100 Me 262.

Messerschmitt Me 262
Messerschmitt Me 262A
TipePesawat tempur
Terbang perdana18 April 1941 (mesin piston)
18 Juli 1942 (mesin jet) [1]
Dipensiunkan1945, Jerman
1957, Cekoslowakia
Pengguna utamaLuftwaffe
Pengguna lainAngkatan Udara Cekoslowakia
Jumlah produksi1,430

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Rujukan

  1. ^ Radinger and Schick 1996, p. 23.
  2. ^ Hecht, Heinrich. The World's First Turbojet Fighter - Messerschmitt Me 262. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1990. ISBN 0-88740-234-8.
  3. ^ Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Galahad Books, 1970. ISBN 0-88365-666-3.
  4. ^ Morgan and Weal 1998, pp. 78, Appendix. This source estimates that jet fighters of all types produced 745 victories.

Bibliografi

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