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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.

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This was my impression.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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