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My old man told me about seeing one of these toward the very end of WWII.
He was forward observer for a battery of 8" Howitzers, and by that time his unit was well within Germany (they entered through Aachen).
He said it was flying low, alone, by itself, and no particular threat to him at the time. But he said it was a sight to see. A jet-powered aircraft was something never before seen in the world. I believe it flew a good 100 MPH faster than anything else in the air at the time.
Check out the vid, it's fairly short:
https://youtu.be/7S88FsFE5EE
He was forward observer for a battery of 8" Howitzers, and by that time his unit was well within Germany (they entered through Aachen).
He said it was flying low, alone, by itself, and no particular threat to him at the time. But he said it was a sight to see. A jet-powered aircraft was something never before seen in the world. I believe it flew a good 100 MPH faster than anything else in the air at the time.
Check out the vid, it's fairly short:
https://youtu.be/7S88FsFE5EE
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