# Next two lines are the question title and subject SEQ Question Air War Over Europe 1944-1945 # Next line is the question to be asked Superior to the best allied fighter, the P-51D Mustang, the German ME-262 had what major shortcoming? # The next X lines are for the X number of answers for the question Top speed 100 knots higher than the fastest allied fighter. High rate of climb. Four Rheinmetall 30mm cannon. Turbine engines with short mean time between failure. Low payload. Built by those darn Nazis. # The next two lines contain the numeric value of the correct answer and the explaination 4 By late 1944, allied bombing was taking its toll on German production and importation of raw materials. Although production totals of many wartime goods reached their peak during 1944-1945, the quality of the goods was in many cases poor as raw materials were short in supply. Nickel was a prime componenet of the Jumo Junkers turbine engines that powered the ME-262. Unfortunately, the nickel supply was severely constricted thus forcing manufactuers to use low grade ore. This greatly compromised the quality of the jet engines, shorting their operational life before an overhall was mandatory to a mere 6 hours. # The next four lines are solts for features not implimented NA NA NA NA