The Messerschmitt Me-262A-1 "Schwalbe" ("Swallow") was the first mass produced jet fighter in the world that entered combat. With its maximum speed of 540 mph this sleek bird outran every allied ...

It is little wonder why, since the image of dogfighting a warplane with an enemy aircraft so captures our imaginations. However, less than ten years before the outbreak of WW2, a small number of ...