[Thee_oddball]

To be fair ACE, at that stage in the war the Nazis were desperately grasping for anything that might give them an advantage against the Allied bombing campaign and to delay their defeat, so why wouldn't they be developing newer and better designs as fast as they could, regardless of the state of Allied jet development? Surpassing Allied jet development was no doubt considered important, but only in the sense that it was a prerequisite in order that Luftwaffe pilots could shoot as many bombers out of the sky as possible without losing too many aircraft.

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Yes it can. How about "Their current jet designs were more advanced than the Allies', but still not good enough at shooting down bombers" or "Their current jet designs were more advanced than the Allies', but the Germans foresaw the need to keep advancing just in case the Allies caught up."

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Some would call it silly

When you consider the fact their resources were strapped

Thus the only logical conclusion one can make is they knew their current crop of jets were not going to maintain the edge over the allied planes

Thus dispelling the myth that their current crops of jets were more advanced than anything the allied had

Note I said logical conclusion

Thus you mileage may vary

It was no Myth and I already showed you that 2 posts ago...and I highly doubt Watson's Whizzers were scouring German bases looking for the best recipe for wienerschnitzel and just because you have the latest and the greatest does not mean to stop looking for the next, the he162 was part of the "emergency fighter program" meant for the Hitler youth and the ta183/P.1101 were the replacement for the me262 much like the f86 replaced the f80 and the mig15 replaced the mig9 in a short time...evolve or die.

p.s the ME262 was more than capable of shooting a bomber down....just not enough of them used en mass