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A US Armored Division soldier poses by a Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a/Jabo (Wk.Nr. 170312) of I./Kampfgeschwader 51 parked off of the Frankfurt Autobahn, March/April 1945Seen here minus its Junkers Jumo jet engines and surrounded by it's 30mm Mk 108 cannon shells.The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Heavily armed, it was faster than any Allied fighter, including the British jet-powered Gloster Meteor.The Me 262 was so fast that German pilots needed new tactics to attack Allied bombers. In the head-on attack, the closing speed, of about 320 m per second (350 yd), was too high for accurate shooting.About 1,400 Me 262s were produced, but a maximum of 200 were operational at the same time. According to sources they destroyed from 300 to 450 enemy planes, with the Allies destroying about 100 Me 262s in the air.The British Hawker Tempest scored a number of kills against the new German jets, including the Me 262. Hubert Lange, a Me 262 pilot, said: "the Messerschmitt Me 262's most dangerous opponent was the British Hawker Tempest — extremely fast at low altitudes, highly manoeuvrable and heavily armed."Elements of the Geschwader converted to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and flew fight-bomber and bomber intercept missions against Allied bomber streams from June 1944 to May 1945. I./KG 51 participated in attacks on Allied airfields to support German forces during the Battle of the Bulge. The Gruppe did not have more than 38 Me 262s at any one time.(Photo source - US Army Signals Corp)(Colourised by RJM)