YakFlyer
Airman 1st Class
It is because of the idiotic British Air Ministry that Meteor's didn't line the airfields in late 1940, ready to intercept He111s and Do17s, because that's what could have happened had Whittle been taken seriously.
Von Ohain got alot further, in the development stage, early on, but then the RLM decided they (Jet units) were not required and so both sides had jet powered fighters much later on.
The Brits invented everything, and as someone said earlier, the Americans (and Japanese) made the inventions work, reliably, in the case of the Japanese!
Von Ohain got alot further, in the development stage, early on, but then the RLM decided they (Jet units) were not required and so both sides had jet powered fighters much later on.
The Brits invented everything, and as someone said earlier, the Americans (and Japanese) made the inventions work, reliably, in the case of the Japanese!