The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies

Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane)

LC control no.sh 85083984
Topical headingMesserschmitt 262 (Jet fighter plane)
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Me 262 (Jet fighter plane)
Messerschmitt 262 (Fighter planes)
Messerschmitt 262 (Jet fighter planes)
See alsoJet fighter planes
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities
Found inHess, W. German jets versus the U.S. Army Air Force, c1996: jkt., p. 6, Chpt. 1 (The jet menace defined without a doubt, the Messerschmitt 262 was the most revolutionary and extraordinary fighter plane to appear in World War II ... the aircraft struck fear into the hearts of the men in the Allied bombers ... The Allied fighter pilots were intensely aware of the fighter's superiority: the jet could outdistance them with ease and one burst of fire ... spelt certain destruction)
Ziegler, M. Me 262, 2004: t.p. (Hitler's jet plane)