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From: whheydt@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: First Jet-vs-Jet "Kill"?
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.012650.25482@amd.com>
Date: 10 Jun 91 15:38:41 GMT
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From: whheydt@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)


dutchman@wpi.WPI.EDU (jonathan) writes:
>Though the Germans did have a jet bomber (a Junkers recce/light bomber
>design, I think), 

The Arado Ar-234, four engine jet bomber.  Mostly used for photorecon.
Also known as the 'Blitzbomber'.  The Allies pretty much gave up
trying to shoot them down as they were too fast to catch.

-- 
Hal Heydt
Analyst, Pacific*Bell
whheydt@pbhya.PacBell.COM