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In the IL-2 Game scenario of 1945...

The Americans have the P-80 "Shooting Star"
The Germans have the Me-262 "Schwalbe"
The British have... have... Zippi-dy-Do-Dah !

At least that is what IL-2-1946 looks like without a British "Meteor"
What was Oleg thinking of at the time he put out Il-2 1946? Everyone got Jets except the British , and
the Japanese. Those guys had already a few Nakajima "Kikka" ready to fly.

True, The Meteor did see some action in 1945, but not against the Me-262.
True, The Americans came in too late with the P-80, but the jets did arrive in Europe, but the war was over in a few days time.

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BRITISH
Operational jet aircraft
Gloster Meteor - First operational Allied fighter jet, entered Service July 27, 1944.
De Havilland Vampire - production aircraft entering service in April 1945.

United States
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star - in early 1945 it became the first operational jet fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces

Soviet Union
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 - First flew April 24, 1946. First true Russian turbojet.
Yakovlev Yak-15 - First flew April 24, 1946.

Germany
Messerschmitt Me 262 - the world's first jet-powered fighter aircraft to enter operations.
Heinkel He 162 - second jet engined fighter aircraft to serve with the Luftwaffe
Arado Ar 234 - the world's first operational jet-powered bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.

Japan
Nakajima J9Y KIKKA - Turbojet Interceptor

The Meteors were used to intercept V1 rockets. The British did not want to send them across the channel because they did not want to risk losing one to the enemy, so they were used as "homeland Defence" interceptors. They did eventually end up on main land Europe right at the very end of the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor