@DuckMintnewprofile you are correct, neither ever was operational and they weren't intended to be operational. So, the Me 262 was the first operational jet fighter, followed only a few months later by the Gloster Meteor.
Geez, does no one here have Google? The first jet flown was the Heinkel He 178 (German) in 1939, followed by the Gloster E.28/39 (UK) in 1941. Both were similar designs, small with nose intakes and conventional wings and empennage. The Heinkel was a taildragger, though, while the Gloster had a tricycle landing gear.
@DuckMintnewprofile you are correct, neither ever was operational and they weren't intended to be operational. So, the Me 262 was the first operational jet fighter, followed only a few months later by the Gloster Meteor.
"In June 1944, the first examples of Hitler's revolutionary jet fighter, the Messerschmitt 262, began to appear over the skies of Germany"-wikipedia
@ChiChiWerx but was a jet fighter? I believe those two planes were experimental and never faced conflict, maybe the me262(maybe)
Geez, does no one here have Google? The first jet flown was the Heinkel He 178 (German) in 1939, followed by the Gloster E.28/39 (UK) in 1941. Both were similar designs, small with nose intakes and conventional wings and empennage. The Heinkel was a taildragger, though, while the Gloster had a tricycle landing gear.
I thought the first jet was a gloister meteor @Tully2001
@Tully2001 Maybe, maybe not. I didn't say if it reached operational status.