The German Luftwaffe Always Fought Without Any

I Would Like To Mention That I Have Flown The 262 First In May ‘43. At This Time, The Aircraft Was Completely Secret. I First Knew Of The Existence Of This Aircraft Only Early In ‘42 - Even In My Position. This Aircraft Didn’t Have Any Priority In Design Or Production.

During The Battle Of Britain The Question "fighter Or Fighter-bomber?" Had Been Decided Once And For All: The Fighter Can Only Be Used As A Bomb Carrier With Lasting Effect When Sufficient Air Superiority Has Been Won.

According To Goering And The Luftwaffe High Command, They Were Supposed To Be The Fighter Elite.

Superior Technical Achievements - Used Correctly Both Strategically And Tactically - Can Beat Any Quantity Numerically Many Times Stronger Yet Technically Inferior.

We Have Built A Total Of About 1250 Of This Aircraft, But Only Fifty Were Allowed To Be Used As Fighters - As Interceptors. And Out Of This Fifty, There Were Never More Than 25 Operational. So We Had Only A Very, Very Few.