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Had it been produced in greater numbers, Heinkel’s jet-powered He-162 could have helped the Germans prolong World War II. By the summer of 1944, as the U.S. Army Air Forces’ massive daylight bombing campaign decimated the Third Reich’s war industry, the Luftwaffe was but a shadow of its former self. Despite the impressive combat record …
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