RoverLord
It seems difficult to find comparisons between the Me262 and the Meteor. As far as i can see, performance was comparable, but the 262 was only in service for about a year, where the metror was in service for about ten, so towards the end of this service it would have been much more reliable, and possibly performing better. Both aircraft would have to be described as rushed wartime efforts - nobody had built jet fighters before.
Both were clearly inferior to the next generation of fighters, such as the Vampire, and completely outclassed by the first real clean sheet design jet fighters such as F-86 and MIG-15.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Wizard
SubscriberThe Me262 was arguably the most advanced airplane of WWII. Pity it had such a short service life. A few years ago, some Americans built a few examples after the original drawings, although without armament and using modern instruments and engines:
The Me262 project
You can even buy one:
Me262 for sale
All these airplanes are approved by Messerschmitt and have been assigned official production numbers.
Johannes
There are people who spend all weekend cleaning the car.
And there are people who drive Discovery.
Master
Interesting fact with Oz Meteors (seeing they have been discussed) in Korea, the pilot loss rate was higher than Battle of Britton Pilots. Meteor pilot losses 1 in four, BB pilot losses 1 in 5.
TopicToaster
Unreal!!Originally Posted by Jojo
Pickles.
RoverLord
Battle of Britain was over friendly territory (from the British side) - Korea was mostly over enemy territory. This is likely more important than aircraft type, although by and large in the B of B British pilots were flying superior combat aircraft, but in Korea, the Meteor was no match for the MIG - 15.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Master
Most Meteor flying in Korea was ground attack, lots of ground fire.
CTRL + V!
SubscriberMeteor operations at Kimpo
Meteor Operations in Korea China joins the war, first fight 8 meteors VS 30 migs
First Mig kill
Meteor Operations in Korea kill 12 meteors VS 50 migs.
All I want for Xmas is my wings swept back. Interesting to note the RAAF developed a napalm rocket, first of its kind, to fire from the meteor, ground attack'
Meteor Operations in Korea
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
ChatterBox
A good place to get an unvarnished comparison between the two, would be to dig up one of Eric “Winkle” Brown’s test pilot reports he did on both of them just after WW2.
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SubscriberCouldn't find your Eric, but found another Eric. OOps, could be the same one. sorry.
Inside the ME-262 - YouTube
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
ChatterBox
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