@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt2tv8vq.7, ISBN = {9781578066490}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tv8vq.7}, abstract = {Although over a thousand Me-262 jet fighters were built by the Germans, fewer than half were ever delivered to combat units, and fewer still were committed to actual combat. Although American airmen heard of these German jets, actual encounters were infrequent considering the thousands of American aircraft that roamed across German skies on a daily basis. Yet when they occurred, they were very different experiences for fighter pilots and bomber crews.Captain Frederic B. McIntosh, a gung-ho fighter pilot if there ever was one, flew P-47s. Like many other Americans, his heritage was German. “My stepfather’s name was Heinrich Warnholz,”}, bookauthor = {WOLFGANG W. E. SAMUEL}, booktitle = {American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets}, pages = {29--39}, publisher = {University Press of Mississippi}, title = {JET ENCOUNTERS}, year = {2004} }