Allied fighter pilots began encountering German jets--principally the outstanding Me 262 fighter--from the autumn of 1944.
A number of high-scoring aces from the Eighth Air Force (Drew, Glover, Meyer, Norley and Yeager, to name but a few) succeeded in claiming Me 262s, M.
Stunned by the aircraft\'s speed and rate of climb, it took USAAF and RAF units time to work out how to combat this deadly threat as the Luftwaffe targeted the medium and heavy bombers attacking targets across the Reich.
Allied fighter pilots began encountering German jets--principally the outstanding Me 262 fighter--from the autumn of 1944