Ack-Ack & Butcher, don't fall and hurt your big inflated heads when dismounting from your high horses, pls thx.
For your enlightenment, I have a lot of admiration for the people who shot down V1 bombs or died trying (as did Jean Maridor, french pilot in the RAF), as much as I have for the ferry pilots who were flying planes across the Atlantic...
Karnak, this is debatable:
Meteors shot down a grand total of 14 V1. In January 45, 4(!) Meteors were brought in Belgium to fly CAP over airfields. Only in March 45 flew the whole squadron recon and ground attacks, but away from the heavily german- and russian occupied areas to avoid a plane being captured. First losses in late April when 2 Meteors collided.
He 162 saw combat from mid-April 45. Scored some kills, lost 2 planes shot down and 11 due to tech problems.
I'm not belittling what the Meteor pilots did. I have a lot of respect for them. Both planes were used marginally during WWII but the He 162 was more invloved in the fight IMO (and how could it be otherwise, Germany was attacked from everywhere on its last lines of defence at this point).
I'm not asking for a new jet to be added, I agree that other planes deserve to be added first. I'm just pointing that IF a new jet has to be added, the He 162 is a valid candidate.
Oh yeah, it is better looking than the Meteor too.