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Test flying in the forties was dangerous business, and death or close encounters with it occurred frequently. ” McAuley’s finding was contrary to the experience of Hal Watson and his men at Lager Lechfeld, where in the course of their exploitation efforts they recovered a number of Me- jets for return to the United States. ” After the war Chuck Yeager chose to become a Wright Field test pilot. It was General Arnold’s policy to allow his fighter aces to choose any assignment they wanted, and Yeager wanted to try his hand at test flying.
It made a diving turn to the left in [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Jet Encounters The stubby-winged P- fighter, dubbed the Jug, was a rugged airplane, handling much of the close air support in the ETO. This one, named Pick, was flown by Lieutenant Roy Brown of the 86th Fighter Group, st TAF (Provisional). (RB) a south-westerly direction. At about , feet it made a climbing turn of degrees right and headed full throttle toward the Zuider Zee in a northerly direction just above the cloud layer. At that time, if the enemy pilot had gone into the cloud undercast, he undoubtedly could have evaded our fighters.
The Gloster Meteor never saw actual combat but was instrumental in shooting down a number of German V- cruise missiles over England in . Drawings of the WB engine were provided to General Electric as early as , eventually providing GE a substantial lead in jet engine technology over its competitors, most of which appeared totally uninterested in such unproven gimmickery. The RLM wasn’t much more supportive of Hans von Ohain’s jet engine design, but in spite of [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The German Jets substantial political and material obstacles, the German jets came into being sooner than comparable British jets.