Thank the Lord we beat the Nazis before they could turn out a massive number of these jets. If Nazi Germany had had these planes in large numbers during the Battle of Brittan or the Battle over Nazi occupied Europe after the invasion the outcome could have been totally different.
The end would have probably been the same (Allies just had too many resources and other logistical advantages) but getting there would have been much longer and much more painful. I, for one, am glad it worked out the way it did.
My father was a bomber crewman in the 8th Air Force. Based on his recounting of his missions, the Germans were quite bad enough in their Me-109s and FW-190s, thank you very much.
He did see Me-262s towards the end. As he explained it, the traverse motors in the turrets of his bomber (B-24J) were not fast enough to allow the gunners to actually “lead” the jet fighter when aiming. So their tactic was to just pick a clear spot in the sky that they thought the aircraft would fly through and fill it with .50 cal in the hope that it might fly into some of them.
What a revoltin’ situation!