WWII Veterans Recall Meeting the German Messerschmidt Me 262

And now 80% of adults don't know how to drive a manual transmission

It must have looked otherworldly.

So many respect soldier! Greetings from Düsseldorf/Germany ❤

Crazy to think how young these guys were, but war brings out the best in people. Sadly, it does so by putting them in the most horrific situations…

My Mom was the first person in her family who was born in the US , in 1935 . Her Dad's brothers were both pilots in the Luftwaffe and both survived the war and both came to live in Indiana afterwards. They had amazing stories and were very intelligent men who I looked up to. Jobst and Karl Scherer RiP

You are one lucky mf,old man!Generally those who met the Me 262 did not survive!Why?Because that was the best fighter of WW2 and at the same time,the first operational jet fighter!You can light up a candle in the church,you lucky mf!

These days we are so accustomed to the sound of a jet engine. But back then it must have been absolutely terrifying to hear what might as well have been a ufo rip by at 600 mph with cannons tearing your friends to pieces.

Patton said they were the greatest country in Europe...

as a german that makes me so proud

He held up that photo of his crew. They are children! They would have been eating Tide pods and making dumbass dances on TikTok if they were that age today.

Giving an 18 year a fighter jet crew for war just blows my mind

Technology progressed so rapidly up until late 1960s. Since then there is literally no major invention except probably the internet

After WW2 over thousand nazi scientists where brought to the US! Thats why Aviation and Space program made big process

Germany was unbelievably far more advanced than the rest of the world 😯

Germans had fighter jets before we all knew. now they have UFOs but we don't know

Folks from this generation are always so well spoken and articulate with a good sense of humor and humility to boot

My grandpa, a navy pilot in WW2, always used to talk about how foolish the German pilots were. My grandpa told me countless stories about the foolish German pilots getting their instruments mixed up and downing themselves into the sea. Once that happens all it would take were a few strafes on the sinking plane to kill the German pilot.

“I found myself out in the middle of the south Atlantic, and I thought ‘I’ve never been outa reg county before!” Man, to think that without nuclear weapons mass mobilization would be such a present factor in our minds leading to all sorts of moments like this; Just young men from the middle of nowhere going where no human in any earlier part of history could dream of going, to unleash such a magnitude of destruction from the heavens above

Even American vets admit the Germans were far more advanced than anyone else while fighting 2 fronts.

Anyone who fought with the "Allies" is a race traitor.

The famous test pilot Eric Brown saw a B-26 being shot down by a Me 262. He said the "beautiful B-26" was turned into "a shower of confetti".

Its so ironic these old men have no (0) clue just how bada#@ they were back then. Jeez......

War , the Ultimate waste of all life. Just as war cries began in March 1933, so these very same tunes for a global conflict have begun again. As a business venture slap some notes into any war plant, you're sure to gain lots at the expence of massive blood loss.

Ashame. Had these guys see what america looks like today, theyd never fought against Germany

Russia left a lot of NAZIS alive in Ukraine in WW2. They should have finished every single one off with a bullet in their heads!

Thank you for your service, sacrifice and courage for freedom 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

My father was in the 1st Army attached to a light anti aircraft unit. While in a convoy a ME262 flew over the road and dropped a 500 lb bomb onto the road a few yards away from my father. The half tracks that had mounted quad .50 cal machine guns could not track the jet. Fortunately, the bomb was a dud.

Bombing german cities and killing old men , joung women and children was nothing than a war criminell ! What was it good for ? The 2.ww was not 1 second earlier finished! This bombing was nothing than hate ! Very brave to kill women and children!

Golden years of America, war is terrible and we did it for bankers. Research outside your school history book.
These good people will be gone soon and regardless of any side, the world will be a lesser place without them.

I salute you Sir. Respect

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Me-262s are illegal sky terror weapons in the skies due to they took the lives of many American pilots especially both my grandparents. I don’t have grandparents due to Hitler and his terror jets killed them all.

I wish I could shake hands with all these fine gentlemen veterans and say thank you.

The War that mortally wounded Europe. Dead civilization walking.

Imagine only ever knowing planes with rotors and then see this alien looking plane without rotors flying faster than anything you ever saw.

Messerschmitt

"They shot two of us down but we were able to shoot two of them down"

On no you didn't.

Don't forget about the Tuskegee pilots, they also took down a few of the me 262s.

At least spell Messerschmitt correctly you dick!

In my town there is still a Pilot Who flew the Me262 in Kampfgeschwader 54, he's getting 99 years old on 23rd of January. I guess one of the Last pilots of this plane.

Sweet that would be awesome to do, thanks for sharing!!

Among the many aircraft on display at Naval Air Base Pensacola is an ME 262. You can walk right up to it and give it a once-over if you’d like. I did so and the main takeaway for me is just how surprisingly small it is. Far smaller than I had imagined it to be for some reason. Beautiful aircraft, that’s for sure.

Great stuff. Anyone out there with access to a veteran please get a camera on them and get them talking. Think of the stories and knowledge that's already been lost and lets not let it happen anymore.

“...we shot two of them down.” mmm...possibly. Shooting one 262 down from B-26s would have been quite a feat, but two? I have no doubt the gentleman believes his unit did it, but is it confirmed by German records of the action?

Respect to the boys who fought the Me 262

He still carries the same beaming smile he did in the 40's. That's incredible.

18 years old today flew their missions.......... on Xbox or Playstation

Grandes heróis veteranos Americanos e soviéticos e outros, são todos corajosos e mereçiam estátuas.