In 1944, Hitler ordered the full-scale production of what he deemed vengeance weapons, a new breed of aircraft designed to change German's declining military fortunes. The skies over Europe would soon be witness to the introduction of the jet fighter. The potentially devastating ME 262 and Arado 234 were undoubted breakthroughs in aviation technology, yet underdevelopment, lack of materials and desperation meant they would have no effect on the outcome of World War Two. Jet fighters such as the ME 163 Komet and the disastrous Heinkel HE 162 Salamander would prove more dangerous to their pilots and ground staff, than to the enemy.
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