Diary May 22, 1943

revolutionary twin-turbojet Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter
The revolutionary twin-turbojet Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter that Hitler saw soon as the ‘Blitz bomber’ to shatter the expected Allied invasion of Northwest Europe.
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 22, 1943:

Air War

Germany: Adolf Galland, fighter ‘ace’ and ‘General of Fighters’, test-flies Me 262 jet fighter. He reports to Luftwaffe QMG Milch that if mass production of the jet is begun immediately, Germany can regain air superiority.

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