7. Jet-Powered Bombers That Were Impossible To Intercept
Superguns weren't the only highly advanced weapons developed to destroy targets in the British Isles. The Luftwaffe actually starting sending jet-powered bombers on raids over England in the closing days of the war in the European theatre. And the RAF couldn't scramble fast enough to engage with them. The plane that caused the RAF so much trouble was the Arado Ar 234, the world's first fully operational jet bomber. This fearsome aircraft was produced by Germany's Arado company in 1944 and, thankfully, was only built in very small numbers. The Luftwaffe used the plane for reconnaissance to begin with, only utilising the aircraft for bombing raids a few times towards the end of hostilities. However, the Arado Ar 234 was virtually impossible to intercept whilst over England, showing just how potentially lethal it could be as a delivery system. In fact, the Ar 234 was the last Luftwaffe aircraft to fly over English soil, in April 1945. Be grateful the Nazis didn't have time or resources to build more of these beasts, because there wasn't much that could stop them.