jet 234The Arado Ar 234 was a jet-propelled medium bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that was used by Germany during World War II. It was the first operational jet bomber in the world at the timeGerman twin-engined, jet-propelled fhter plane, in foreground, and other planes were abandoned by Luftwaffe troops in large hanger of German airfield captured by III Corps, 3rd U.S. Army, at Manching, Germany.