Jet Bomber Milestone: The Legacy of Arado Ar 234 - PlaneHistoria

jet 234On the morning of 2nd August 1944, Lt. Erich Sommer took off for the world's first jet reconnaissance mission. Flying at 34,000 ft, pilot made three long photographic runs overThe Ar 234 was at least 100 miles per hour faster than American fhter planes, which could never catch the jet bomber in pursuit. But Allied