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Old 9th July 2007, 17:01
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Re: Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

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Originally Posted by Roger Gaemperle View Post
Hermann Goering was not sceptical, he just ironically referred to the Allied propaganda that the engines would stop above 6'000meters and self-destruct above 750 km/hr as the achievement demonstrated that this was not true.

You are sadly mistaken. Goering's remark was not a public statement and the wartime Allied propaganda machine knew nothing about it.