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<!--BEGIN SPECIFICATIONS--> Messerschmitt Me 262 Swallow Specifications Primary Function: Fighter bomber Contractor: Messerschmitt Crew: One Unit Cost: N/A Powerplant Two Jumo 004B-1 turbojet engines rated at 4,050 lb thrust Dimensions Length: 34 feet, 9 in Wingspan: 41 feet Height: 12 feet, 7 in Weights Empty: 8,400 lb Maximum Takeoff: 14,100 lb Performance Speed: 540 mph Ceiling: 37,600 ft Range: 650 mi Armament Four 30-mm MK 108 cannons, 24 55-mm R4M rockets <!--END SPECIFICATIONS--> <!--BEGIN ACHIEVEMENTS--> Messerschmitt Me 262 Swallow Achievements The 262 was the first operational jet-powered fighter. <!--END ACHIEVEMENTS--> <!--BEGIN FEATURES--> <!-- Messerschmitt Me 262 Swallow Features --> <!--END FEATURES--> <!--BEGIN BACKGROUND--> Messerschmitt Me 262 Swallow Background This was the very first combat jet fighter. It was developed, constructed, and fielded by the German's during the very end of WWII. Its predecessor was the Me163 Komet, which was powered by a rocket instead of a jet engine. The Me262 was considered by many Germans to be a war winning aircraft, and it very well may have been had it been introduced in time and in a greater number of aircraft. It had the ability to fly much faster than any other aircraft ripping through bomber formations and easily destroying them.However, Allied pilots were able to shoot down a number of them despite how advanced the 262 was.After the war, all the countries that could get their hands on one of them took them and used them to develop their own jet fighter. <!--END BACKGROUND-->

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