Nazi Germany's Last Jet Fighter - Argentina 1950

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Nazi Germany's Last Jet Fighter - Argentina 1950

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Mark Felton Productions
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Published on May 16, 2020

When the war ended, lots of Nazi war crimes suspects and scientific personnel fled to Argentina, welcomed by President Juan Peron's regime. One was Kurt Tank, one of Germany's top aircraft designers. With him he carried plans for a last-ditch emergency fighter that had never been built. In Argentina, Peron gave Tank the opportunity to create that last Nazi jet fighter - the Pulqui II.

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[SergeStorms]

1. The United States' dirty little secret.

765 Nazi scientists covertly brought to the U.S. to work on our own weapons projects. The U.S. had absolutely no qualms about these Nazi bastards living and working here, and there was no punishment whatsoever. The U.S. always has boatloads of money to throw at the Pentagon. No budget cuts there.

[machoneman]

2. Wow, had no idea of this plane. Looks just like the later MiG-15....

wing strakes, nose, tail and rudder configuration. The MiG had the wings set further down the fuselage sides and dropped the tail planes from the top of the rudder to the rear of the fuselage but other than that, it's a near perfect copy.

I wonder if the Russians stole a copy of Kurt Tank's creation right out of Argentina?

[The Magistrate]

3. There Was Plenty Of Material Available In Occupied Germany, Sir

If recollection serves, there was even one prototype found. You are correct that the MiG 15 owes something to the design, but early examples were flying long before 1950.

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. It flew, but was not a very successful design

No doubt, the resources that the United States, UK, and USSR were able to put into development made a difference - and they tried and discarded a lot of unsuccessful designs as well. Argentina had some good German engineers, but not the billions of dollars and infrastructure to try multiple experiments.

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