Diary July 18, 1942

07-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

The Me 262 V3 lands after its first flight at Leipheim. The smoke was caused by unburned fuel igniting in the jet pipes as it dripped out onto the runway. This was the first flight of the Me 262 using turbojet power alone, the first prototypes having also had a nose-mounted piston engine.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 18, 1942:

Home Fronts

Germany: First flight of Me 262 V3, prototype jet fighter, at Leipheim, near Ulm.

Air War

Germany: Lancaster bombers fly daylight mission to the Ruhr and bomb Duisburg.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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