FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
EKdo 262 was a test unit and not considered an operational COMBAT squadron - FACT! AFAIK first blood drawn by the 262 was July 26, 1944 when one from EKdo 262 damaged a Mosquito - FACT!
EKdo 262 did not start actively engaging enemy aircraft until mid August 1944 - they claimed 19 Allied aircraft for six Me 262s lost, never truly confirmed. Regardless, the -262 was staring to become an effective combat weapon.
616 squadron was an operational combat squadron and began Meteor I operations on or just after July 21, 1944 - FACT! 616 Squadron's first combat sortie was July 27, 1944 in an attempt to intercept V-1s. 616 Squadron's first victory did not occur until August 4, 1944 against a V-1. Meteors didn't operate from the continent until April 1945.
EKdo 262 was disbanded on 26 September 1944 and was formed into Kommando Nowotny, still a "trial and test unit." JG-7 was the first REAL LW fighter unit operating the 262 and that didn't happen until January 1945.
KG51 was the first REAL LW COMBAT unit operating the -262, they started operations with the Me 262A-2a (fighter bomber) August 1944.
I don't have a dog in this fight on which aircraft was "the first operational jet fighter," or the first "useful" jet fighter aircraft. The LW was obviously building, developing and testing the 262 under combat conditions as well as developing tactics on the fly (for better choice of words). The Meteor was not in the same heavy combat environment during its introduction, but by considering both air forces terminology of their units, the Meteor was the first jet fighter aircraft to be flown by an operational squadron.
No bickering and belitteling is going to change any of this!!!!
EKdo 262 did not start actively engaging enemy aircraft until mid August 1944 - they claimed 19 Allied aircraft for six Me 262s lost, never truly confirmed. Regardless, the -262 was staring to become an effective combat weapon.
616 squadron was an operational combat squadron and began Meteor I operations on or just after July 21, 1944 - FACT! 616 Squadron's first combat sortie was July 27, 1944 in an attempt to intercept V-1s. 616 Squadron's first victory did not occur until August 4, 1944 against a V-1. Meteors didn't operate from the continent until April 1945.
EKdo 262 was disbanded on 26 September 1944 and was formed into Kommando Nowotny, still a "trial and test unit." JG-7 was the first REAL LW fighter unit operating the 262 and that didn't happen until January 1945.
KG51 was the first REAL LW COMBAT unit operating the -262, they started operations with the Me 262A-2a (fighter bomber) August 1944.
I don't have a dog in this fight on which aircraft was "the first operational jet fighter," or the first "useful" jet fighter aircraft. The LW was obviously building, developing and testing the 262 under combat conditions as well as developing tactics on the fly (for better choice of words). The Meteor was not in the same heavy combat environment during its introduction, but by considering both air forces terminology of their units, the Meteor was the first jet fighter aircraft to be flown by an operational squadron.
No bickering and belitteling is going to change any of this!!!!
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