Me 262 two-seaters were produced for training and night-fighting duties. It is believed that only 15 or so of the Me 262B-1a tandem two-seat trainers were converted into Me 262B-1a/U1 night fighters.

In July 1942 a German Messerschmitt took off from Leipheim airfield in Bavaria…but it was no ordinary aircraft… It was an Me 262 - the world’s first operational jet fighter. Powered by two ...