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acesman said:Not to imply that the Me-262 did not hold its own in air combat, but the Luftwaffe after 1943 was so grossly outnumbered that no individual skill, technology or bravery could reverse the outcome. Me-262's were especially targeted on their takeoff or landing, if possible, and the USAAF put a premium on harassing the airfields used for jets.
The Luftwaffe' was not grossly outnumbered until late Spring 1944, when during Big Week they lost around 1/3rd of their aircraft and 1/5th of their pilots. Also, the P-51's and a few P-38's were the only planes able to reach them, and those were sorely outnumbered at the time. The German's goofed by spreading out their fighters too much, allowing the comparatively small number of US fighters to tackle them at fairly even odds.
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