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The problem with the P-80A in service in 45 was there appauling performance, reaching 795 km/h in level flight at best.
As for the Me-262's service ceiling, it was 13.1 km at 6,400 kg.
It is interesting though, that no US jet-powered fighter has ever used external engine nacelles, the Airacomet was the closest they got, and even it had the engines incorporated into the wing-fusalage junction...
Yeager commented, "I was busy doing air shows and flight test work; being the most junior test pilot in the shop, I was lucky to be asked to make coffee, but I did manage to get a few interesting jobs. One of them was comparison testing between the Shooting Star and a captured German Me-262 jet fighter . . . . I was fascinated to discover the the 262 and the Shooting Star performed identically - the same range, top speed, acceleration, and rate of climb."
Interesting quote of Yeager. I suspect he wasn't fooling when he wrote that.
The P-80 was faster, more maneuverable, and had much more reliable armament. The German MK 103 cannon were short ranged and unreliable as well. Also the 262's turbojets were a danger to the pilot. P-80 hands down.
Here it comes . . . . . .
In real life it goes like this. The P-80, is likely to be faster,more agile in a dogfight but the 262 have far superior firepower[] and better pilots. In realistic air warfare the aircrafts scores an equal due to better luthwaffe pilots and better guns