Me 262

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:armament 24 × R4M rockets
4 × 30 mm MK 108 cannon
gptkbp:combatLosses about 100
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crew 1
gptkbp:emptyWeight 3,800 kg
gptkbp:engine gptkb:Junkers_Jumo_004
gptkbp:engineType jet
gptkbp:firstFlight 1942-04-18
gptkbp:height 3.5 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Me 262
gptkbp:introduced 1944
gptkbp:landingGear gptkb:cyclist
gptkbp:length 10.6 m
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Messerschmitt
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 870 km/h
gptkbp:museumDisplay gptkb:Imperial_War_Museum_Duxford
gptkb:Smithsonian_National_Air_and_Space_Museum
gptkb:Deutsches_Museum
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Schwalbe
gptkb:Sturmvogel
gptkbp:notableEvent first jet victory in air combat
gptkbp:notableFor first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft
influencing postwar jet aircraft design
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Walter_Nowotny
gptkb:Adolf_Galland
gptkbp:notableProject Projekt 1065
gptkbp:numberBuilt approximately 1,430
gptkbp:primaryUser Luftwaffe
gptkbp:propulsion twin jet engines
gptkbp:range 1,050 km
gptkbp:retired 1945
gptkbp:role bomber
reconnaissance
fighter
gptkbp:serviceCeiling 11,500 m
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Messerschmitt_P.1101
gptkbp:tailConfiguration conventional
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Czechoslovak_Air_Force
Soviet Union (captured)
United States (captured)
gptkbp:usedInConflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:variant gptkb:Me_262A-1a
gptkb:Me_262B-1a
Me 262A-2a
gptkbp:weight 6,400 kg
gptkbp:wingspan 12.6 m
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Me_262C
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6