Arado Ar 234: Pioneering the

jet 234Known for its speed and technological innovation, the Ar 234 was a precursor to the jet bombers that would dominate post-war aviation. This aircraft symbolized a leap forward inGerman twin-engined, jet-propelled fhter plane, in foreground, and other planes were abandoned by Luftwaffe troops in large hanger of German airfield captured by III Corps, 3rd U.S. Army, at Manching, Germany.