World War II: A defecting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> pilot delivers a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262A-1" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Messerschmitt Me 262A-1">Messerschmitt Me 262A-1</a>, the world's first operational <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbojet" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Turbojet">jet-powered</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a>, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.