Kawasaki Ki-100: 5 Fast Facts About This WWII Superplane

Much ado has been made of the “Wundewaffen” (“Wonder Weapons”), i.e. Nazi Germany’s technologically advanced warplanes of World War II such as the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (“Swallow”) and Heinkel He 162 Volksjger (“People’s Fighter” AKA “Salamander”) jet fighters, Me 163 Komet (“Comet,” as should be fairly obvious) rocket plane, and Arado Ar 234 Blitz (“Lightning”) jet bombers, all of which, had they been produced either sooner and/or in greater numbers, could conceivably have enabled the Luftwaffe to gain the upper hand against the Allies in aerial combat over Western Europe.