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This is an Out of Production and Hard to Find Dragon Warbirds Me-262 Diecast Airplane Model. |
| Dragon Warbirds German Me262A-1a "Red 13" III./EJG2, March 1945 ~ Heinz Bar , #50141 | • Type of Model: Pre-Assembled Diecast Model
• Year of Release: 2005
• Scale: 1:72 Scale
• Product Attributes: High Quality, Detailed, Painted, Removable Weapons, Detailed Cockpit, Moving Wing Flaps and Opening Canopy
• Display Options: Diecast airplane model can be displayed in either the "In Flight" position with landing gear up or in a "Landing" position with landing gear down.
• Black Plastic Base with Black Plastic Stand.
Brand new, unopened, mint in box condition; PLEASE NOTE that all product packaging and boxes will have some shelf ware and may have minor imperfections like creases, folds, indentions or small tears in the boxes. |
| About the Messerschmitt Me-262
The Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe (German "Swallow") was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter. It was mass-produced in World War II and saw action from late summer of 1944 in bomber/reconnaissance and fighter/interceptor roles. Officially named Schwalbe, because the swallow is one of the fastest birds known when going into a dive to capture and eat an airborne insect, German pilots nicknamed it the Turbo, while the Allies called it the Stormbird. While the Me-262 had a negligible impact on the course of the war, shooting down an estimated 150 Allied aircraft for the loss of 100 Me-262s, it was well-known and highly influential on post-war aircraft development.
Despite its deficiencies, the Me-262 was clearly signalling the beginning of the end of the propeller aircraft as an efficient fighting machine. Once airborne, it quickly accelerated to speeds well over 800 km/h (500 mph), over 150 km/h (93 mph) faster than anything else in the air.
Many accounts from Allied bomber crews cited that they were horrified by the speed of the Me-262. Allied accounts also state some level of amazement and awe: the idea of an extremely fast propeller-less aircraft was difficult to imagine at the time, let alone experience. While Allied intelligence was aware of German jet development, not all combat units were informed about the existence of the Me-262, contributing to the Allies amazement.
The Me-262's top ace was probably Hauptmann Franz Schall with 17 kills which included six four-engine bombers and 10 P-51 fighters, although night fighter ace Oberleutnant Kurt Welter claimed 25 Mosquitos and two four-engined bombers shot down by night and two further Mosquitos by day flying the Me-262. The vast majority of Welter's claimed night kills were achieved in standard radarless aircraft, even though Welter had tested a prototype Me-262 fitted with Neptun radar. |
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