12.08.2009, 04:33
Possibly not. The situation Germany was very confused. Retreating German forces had destroyed valuable plans, tools, and jigs without which manufacture was impossible. With Hitler trapped in Berlin, Goering had announced himself the new leader of Germany (at least until Hitlers death and the swearing in of Admiral Karl Doenitz as his official successor - a hard line nazi who wanted Germany to fight on, although he surrendered shortly after. Worst of all, tThe SS had been given control of jet operations before the war ended.
With poor quality manufacture from dispersed facilities in forest camps and salt mines, combined with the loss of manufacturing assets, it's hard to see how German jets would have been produced. In any case, the allies already had jets coming into service and wouldn't have seen the need to produce German designs which to their eyes were unproven and risky.
However, the allies would have taken on board ideas they found in German aircraft and that would have affected (as indeed it did in real life) future designs.
With poor quality manufacture from dispersed facilities in forest camps and salt mines, combined with the loss of manufacturing assets, it's hard to see how German jets would have been produced. In any case, the allies already had jets coming into service and wouldn't have seen the need to produce German designs which to their eyes were unproven and risky.
However, the allies would have taken on board ideas they found in German aircraft and that would have affected (as indeed it did in real life) future designs.