Bat Out of Hell

The rocket-powered Me-163 Komet interceptor outperformed every other World War II combat aircraft…if its pilots lived to fight. In late July 1944, P-51 Mustang pilots who thought they flew the best fighter aircraft over Germany received a rude surprise. Colonel Avelin P. Tacon Jr. of the 359th Fighter Group reported: “My eight ship section was …

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