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Originally Posted by MaDalton
ME 262 - the first jet fighter. it came too late.
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Friend of mine flew USAF out of Iran to bomb Eastern Europe. They had been warned but when a 262 flew by, the we shitless.
A propeller fighter later got them and they went down over Yugoslavia. When he woke up on the ground, his flight suit was off, but his parachute D-Ring was still in his hand so tight, he had to pry his fingers open. Saved by partisans, he hid out for weeks before rescue. One night he ate with a group and the host was a guy named Tito. One night they crawled up on a German airbase to count planes. In peasant custom, afraid of capture and being accused of being a spy was scarier than ever flying.
Few years back, he was building the faster single seater prop jobs in the world. One of their customers was testing one, when the canopy blew off at full speed. Pilot landed and wasn't even fazed. Now that's one guy with brass balls.