jet 234The Arado 234 enjoyed brief success where it scored many distinctions in the field of aviation. It was not only the world’s first jet bomber, but also the first combat aircraft to use RATO unitsGerman 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.