What Was The Fastest Military Plane In WWII?

One of the Wunderwaffen (“Wonder Weapons”) of Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe, along with the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (“Swallow”) jet fighter or the Heinkel He 162 Volksjger (“People’s Fighter”), the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet rocket-powered jet was the fastest aircraft of WWII.