A New Menace
by Mark Donoghue
Title
A New Menace
Artist
Mark Donoghue
Medium
Digital Art - Digital
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An 8th Air Force P-51 Mustang survives a frontal pass from a Messerschmitt Me262 Schwalbe jet . The new fighter was a great shock to Allied pilots who found it a formidable opponent in the skies over Europe. The revolutionary fighter was equipped with heavy armament and had a great speed advantage over the best piston engine fighters. It was found the best tactic was to attack it on take off or landing when it was at its most vulnerable.
Ultimately the world’s first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft would have little effect on the outcome of the air war as it could not be built in sufficient numbers to turn the tide so late in the conflict.
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February 4th, 2024
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