"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ...

"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message
That's true. But did the Meteor ever DO anything? Clearly the Me-262 saw
actual combat service, downing and being downed in large-ish numbers.


Well yes, amongst other things it knocked down V-1's and served
in air forces around the world including the RAF and RAAF in Korea


The after 1944 doesn't count since it wasn't revolutionary by then, for the
same reasons the Dreadnought was a revolution in 1905 but not in 1915.

Being the first to enter squadron service does count, but knocking down
V-1s is not so very impressive since planes of the previous generation could
do this with reasonable ease.

My impression is that the Me-262 was doing almost all the things a figher
was asked to do, and the Meteor was not. Part of this is likely the desperate needs
of the Germans and the abundence of good planes from the previous generation
of the allies.

The Me-262 is famous for being first regardless of facts. Why is that?