Originally Posted by
rich34glider
In fact the Me-262 is the only swept wing in the group .. amazing technology for 1942!
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The Me 262 ended up with 'Swept Wings' more by accident than design,the 18.5 deg of 'sweep' did not really add much to the performance envelope - it was adopted as a crude 'fix' for other problems as the design 'matured' into a production aircraft.