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Post by Pumpkin » 20 Apr 2002, 19:49

Was the Me 262 the first airplan to break the sound barrier?

See http://www.unsere-luftwaffe.de/mach1/mach1.htm where it is suggested that pilot G. Mutke on 9 April 1945 did so with the Me262 "Weisse 9" from III EJG-2.
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Post by Erich » 20 Apr 2002, 20:44

I've interviewed Guido at length and he told me yes it was true......believe what you want. Also that he was in JG 7 at the time.

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Post by Pumpkin » 20 Apr 2002, 21:09

Wow, there are some knowledgeble people around here :D
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Post by Scott Smith » 20 Apr 2002, 21:18

Erich, I'm very much looking forward to that. Do keep us posted.
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Post by Erich » 20 Apr 2002, 21:31

Will do Scott ! I hope the book will be of major interest besides the points about flying the 262 at night........ against the RAF.

Getting back briefly to Guido Mütke, he simply said the whole thing was by accident and after losing one enigne briefly his decent was so extreme that he anticipated bailing out but his speed and height was such that it would be fool hardy and that his parachute wouldn't open fully anyway and that he be dragged down in the tail of the 262 so he decided to stick it out in the cockpit. Nevertheless when he landed he was overjoyed that all the bolts and seams of his Me 262 didn't blow out........ 8O 8O and all I wanted to do was only interview him about his night fighter pilot career in NJG 1.......so this kind man shared even more. A great guy !!!

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Post by Rudel&Tiger_fan » 22 Apr 2002, 23:32

Damn...a 50mm cannon...and against what? because the magazin capacity and the rate of fire must have been sacrified to the power of the munition....
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Post by Erich » 22 Apr 2002, 23:46

Night fighter ace Major Wilhelm Herger took the 5cm gun on a sortie against US B-26 bombers on April 25, 1945. Herget made 2 passes from the front with out claim. He had jamming problems according to his record. At the time he was flying with JV 44, the Galland Circus.

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Post by Cantankerous » 22 May 2020, 23:19

Pumpkin wrote: ↑
20 Apr 2002, 19:49
 Was the Me 262 the first airplan to break the sound barrier?

See http://www.unsere-luftwaffe.de/mach1/mach1.htm where it is suggested that pilot G. Mutke on 9 April 1945 did so with the Me262 "Weisse 9" from III EJG-2.
The X-1 was the first plane to break the sound barrier, not the Me 262. Remember, the Me 262 had straight wings and underwing engines, so it was subsonic only.
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