"The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe / Sturmvogel (English: \"Swallow\"/ \"Storm Bird\") of Nazi Germany was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems and top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944. Heavily armed, it was faster than any Allied fighter, including the British jet-powered Gloster Meteor."@en . . "1430"^^ . . . .