24 HOURS MESSERSCHMITT mechanical wristwatch. Dial background with German Iron
Cross award insignia and Jet-fighter Me-262 front image.
Case is 37 mm (40 mm inc.crown) x h 9 mm
Mechanical 40h winding
24-hour dial
Case - stainless alloy neusilber
16 Ruby jewels
Comes with leather band
The Messerschmitt Me-262 was the first jet fighter to enter operational service.
It was a superb day and night bomber interceptor, with a speed advantage so
great, and armament so powerful, that it could easily intercept and destroy
allied heavy bombers, while practically ignoring their swarms of piston-engined
escort fighters, and the bombers' own gun turrets. The Messerschmitt Me 262
Schwalbe (Swallow) was the first operational jet powered aircraft. It was mass-produced
in World War II and saw action from late 1944 in bomber/reconnaissance and fighter/interceptor
roles. German pilots nicknamed it the Turbo, while to the Allies it was the
Stormbird, or in radio code, "blow job", in reference to its jet engines. Although
the Me 262 had a negligible impact on the course of the war - shooting down
an estimated 150 Allied aircraft for the loss of 100 Me 262s, the majority of
aircraft grounded for lack of fuel - the jet was both well-known and highly
influential on post-war aircraft development.
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