The wonder weapon was indeed wonderous, but it was not enough to save Hitler.
Key point: The bomber was the fastest plane in the world when it debuted. But it also arrived very late in the war when the end was clearly nigh.
When the Arado Ar-234 Blitz jet bomber first appeared in the skies of Europe, most Allied airmen did not know what it was. Many had never heard of jet engines, let alone a jet bomber. Fewer still knew that the Ar-234 was a shining star in Adolf Hitler’s constellation of wonder weapons, the super-secret and super-technology arsenal that the Führer hoped would reverse the Reich’s declining fortunes.