Arado Ar 234: Pioneering the Jet-Powered Bomber

jet 234On the morning of 2nd August 1944, Lt. Erich Sommer took off for the world's first jet reconnaissance mission. Flying at 34,000 ft, pilot made three long photographic runs overThe Arado Ar 234 Blitz (English: lhtning) is a jet-powered bomber desned and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Arado. It was the world's first operational turbojet-powered bomber, seeing service during the final years of the Second World War. Development of the Ar 234 can be traced back to the latter half of 1940 and th…