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It obviously didn't. However, I am not sure a propulsion system for aircraft can by itself change the course of a war. If Germany had deployed the Me 262 as early as say late 1943, the war may have lasted longer, but Germany STILL would've lost. The 2nd world war was not won or lost in the air. It was won / lost in meatgrinder battles on the ground on both fronts but predominantly in the east.
We've covered this ground before.
September 1944. RLM Jumo-004B1 power plant handbook.
25 hour service life before major engine inspection was required.
.....This matches the service life of BMW801 engines during 1941.
There were numerous Jumo-004 incremental improvements between September 1944 and April 1945. Most of the improvements increased engine service life.
18 Mar 1945.
37 x Me-262 fighters attack 1,221 allied bombers escorted by 632 fighters. 12 bombers and 1 escort fighter were shot down for the loss of 3 x Me-262s. This was the first large scale combat operation for the Me-262.
The Jumo-004B engine was adequately reliable six months before Germany operated Me-262s in Gruppe strength.
The 2nd world war was not won or lost in the air.......
You don't win battles by cratering the landscape. You need to put ordnance on target. That lesson should have been learned during WWI.ability of the Soviets to form regiments and divisons en masse, then attack in overwhelming force in open country devoid of cover, would have been severly hampered by the availability of 500 B-17s
depends on how you look at it. air power all by itself...no. we covered that in a heated thread. but was it the determining factor that because of its dominance or lack there tipped of the tides of battles and probably the over all war...i would have to say yes. had germany been able to mass several hundred fighters and bombers over normandy on june 6th...the success of D-day would have been in question. allied operations were geared to keep that from happening. if hitler had 500 b17s like bombers and along with 500 escorts to swarm the skies of kursk would the ussr have won the day? so in the light that it was the key factor that enabled everything else... yeah. i would say it won the war.