The Kikka was a copy, not a follow on, and very few were produced. The
Sukhoi SU-9 was a single engine, delta wing design in no way related
to the 262, while I fail to see any relationship of the SU-11 to the
Me.

Al, there was an earlier Sukhoi with the same designation that was scotched by
Stalin personally, as he was convinced it was nothing more than a 262 copy
(which it was).

I am unfamiliar with the S.92, and I cannot find it in any of my
references or Google. Please let me know where I can research it.

Its a Czech version of the 262. The Nazis built some of their 262s in
waldwerks and in other out of the way places, distributing production to escape
Allied bombing (didn't work, btw - quality control was absolutely awful and
many of these a/c were "completed" but never flew). Towards the end, the trend
was reversed and gigantic, protected shelters were built to house factories
underground - made no difference of course, there were means available to
penetrate such structures as Kahla, etc.

At any rate, some of the production was shifted to Czechoslovakia and when the
curtain fell on Hitler's insane 15 minutes of fame, the Czechs found themselves
with a country littered with Nazi hardware and small production facilities.
Included in this bonanza were production lines for the 262, as well as quite a
few examples and piles of spares. These parts were assembled postwar into the
CS 92 (2-seater equating to the Me 262 B-1a dual control trainer - NOT a
nightfighter as some think) and the S-92 singleseat nightfighter. Before you
correct me as to its status as a 'follow on', I wouldn't suggest that it was -
these were essentially parts-birds. Two examples remain at the Kbely aviation
museum, I believe.

Getting back to the earlier "262-ski" built by the Soviets - it was absolutely
a follow on, albeit short lived. I think the role of the Me 262 in history was
to act as a dividing line between prop fighter supremacy and the rise of the
jet. General Arnold agreed with this and made remarks that "We were really
lucky, weren't we?", when he was given an 'airshow' with a captured example.

v/r

Gordon
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USN SAR Aircrew

"Got anything on your radar, SENSO?"
"Nothing but my forehead, sir."