The origins
of this type date back to a specification issued by German Air Ministry in 1940
for a Fast turbojet powered single-seat reconnaissance aircraft. The design
proposed by Arado, the Ar 234, went on to become the world’s first jet powered
bomber.
The first
prototype, the Ar 234V-1, first flew on June 15, 1943 and this was quickly
followed by seven other prototypes, all using a launching trolley and landing
skid arrangement since the aircraft’s
