Me-262 fighter jet during World War II

Me-262 fighter jet during World War II

The Me-262 fighter, nicknamed Schwalbe and translated as Feiyan, was a jet fighter developed by Germany before World War II and the first jet fighter in human aviation history to be used in combat. The aircraft is equipped with jet engines and adopts a swept back wing aerodynamic layout, representing a new direction in the development of fighter jets and also opening a new page in the history of air combat. Although the Me-262 fighter jet was seen as the last resort of the Nazi German Air Force in dire straits, and its production quantity fell far short of the demand to turn the tide of the war, less than a year of actual combat proved that it was a powerful combat aircraft.