Me 262 should have been used as a bomber?

[Robert Forsyth]

The Achilles Heel was engines. The Jumos apparently proved unreliable - at least during early operations during the time to which the initial poster of this thread refers. Fritz Wendel's comments following his visit to Ekdo 262 and/or Kdo Nowotny are relevant. Plus the fact that Junkers just proved unreliable in delivering - both in terms of quantity and quality. It was a problem which plagued Professor Messerschmitt in his championing of the Me 262 to Hitler. As late as 1945, pilots of JG 7 complained bitterly - and regularly - about flames-outs at low altitudes. Its prospects as a fighter-bomber were thus dubious. As others have already stated, the aircraft was intended as an interceptor and it peformed relatively well in that role, though the P-51 proved an admirable adversary - a result of a a lethal pilot and aircraft combination.