I'd never heard of this German aircraft

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JoeArthur said:
Who knew? Probably more than one reader on this site :LOL:

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With Speed and Agility, Germany’s Ar 234 Bomber Was a Success That Ultimately Failed

Only one is known to survive today and it is in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
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The AR 234 is indeed one of the better known German jet planes of WW2. The most known one is, of course, the Me-262. However, there were quite a number of types of German jet planes.

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Not that many.
The Heinkel 162 "Volksjager" was intended for use by volunteer Hitler Youth pilots. The time to train them and the fuel to train them with was always lacking.
The Bachem "Natter" was a rocket aircraft intended to be used as an aerial shotgun against Allied bombers. Literally never got off the ground.
 
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Old Noob said:
Not that many.
The Heinkel 162 "Volksjager" was intended for use by volunteer Hitler Youth pilots. The time to train them and the fuel to train them with was always lacking.
The Bachem "Natter" was a rocket aircraft intended to be used as an aerial shotgun against Allied bombers. Literally never got off the ground.
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Quite a number. But many were still in various prototype stages or before that.

Without having the time to go into detail here, in the following list numerous jet aircraft can be found.


Some examples from that list:


Examples of prototype-stage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Ta_183 (striking resemblance to MiG-15)


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