Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

[Roger Gaemperle]

It is new to me that a piston engined fighter had a higher performance in terms of speed than the Me 262, but then again, I am no Spitfire expert. But I do have one question if the Spitfire indeed had a higher performance: how many Me 262 did the superior Spitfire XIX (pressurized) shot down? Must have been a lot if it had a higher performance and less engine troubles....

I think the main reason that more Me 262 were shot down by Allied fighters as compared to the number of Allied fighters by Me 262 is less due to higher performance but much more due to the far superior number of aircraft employed on the Allied side. Or do you think the result would have been the same if 100 Me 262 met 100 Spitfires? OK, I don't want to start another "what-if" discussion. We will never now as it didn't happen ;-)