Messerschmitt Me262: Schwalbe

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (German for Swallow) was the world's first operational turbojet fighter aircraft. It was produced in World War II and saw action starting in 1944 as a multi-role. A technical history of the world's first operational jet fighter, this book illustrates all aspects of the plane, using modern photographs of restored examples, wartime photographs, excerpts from official manuals, scale plans of all day fighter versions and illustrations of camouflage and markings.