Late in World War II, Germany’s Me-262 jet fighters took to the skies against the U.S. Army Air Forces’ P-51 Mustangs. This video recounts those dramatic encounters over Germany, where speed clashed ...

The P-51 Mustang gave Allied bombers the reach they needed to strike deep into Germany. But then came the Me-262, the world’s first operational jet fighter, disrupting the skies with blistering speed.