The Arado Ar 234 B Blitz (Lightning) was the world's first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. The first Ar 234 combat mission, a reconnaissance flight over the Allied beachhead in ...

These were Arado Ar 234 B-2s, the first operational jet bomber to see combat. Nine of them were approaching a factory complex at Liege, each laden with a 1,100-pound bomb.

Discover the groundbreaking story of the Arado Ar 234 Blitz, the world’s first jet bomber. Designed for speed and precision, this revolutionary aircraft changed aerial warfare forever. What made ...

An Ar-234 Blitz on ground. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The first operational jet bomber in history was called the Arado Ar 234 Blitz and entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1943 during ...

However, the Arado Ar 234 was virtually impossible to intercept whilst over England, showing just how potentially lethal it could be as a delivery system.