jet 234German twin-engined, jet-propelled fhter plane, in foreground, and other planes were abandoned by Luftwaffe troops in large hanger of German airfield captured by III Corps, 3rd U.S. Army, at Manching, Germany.The Arado Ar 234, also known as the Blitz (Lhtning), was a jet-powered reconnaissance and bomber aircraft used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. It was the world's first