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From: carey@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov
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Subject: Re: Early German Jets
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.055638.23697@amd.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 19:36:28 GMT
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From: carey@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov


whheydt@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt) 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.

The version used operationally was the Ar-234B, a TWO engine
recce/bomber.  The four engine model Ar-234C was in development at the
end of the war when the difference between test pilot and combat pilot
was meaningless; however, the C model was not considered operational.

As I recall, all combat losses were due to ground fire or strafing on
the ground.

-- 
Charlie Carey		| My employer has no opinions
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