![]() Like all youth in Germany, Michael is a member of the Nazi Youth but he is no Nazi. Ireland has remained neutral in the war and so maintains an embassy in Berlin. Michael's father is the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, a post he was given in 1937. Thirteen year old Michael O'Shaunessy lives with his parents Davin and Megan in Berlin, Germany. In this novel, a young boy is tasked with gaining knowledge of the German plans for construction of a jet plane in the hope of giving the Allies the edge in the war. ![]() It's first flight using a jet engine was in 1942, but recurring various problems meant it did not see real action until 1944 - too late to really have a significant impact on the outcome of World War II. ![]() Seven years later, German physicist, Hans von Ohain came up with his design.Įventually under Projekt 1065, the Germans developed a jet airplane, the Messerschmitt Me 262 was developed. In the 1920s British Royal Air Force engineer Frank Whittle designed a turbojet engine. But the Germans were not the only ones working on development of a jet engine and they weren't the first either. Projekt 1065 was a real program undertaken by Germany to build an aircraft that used a turbojet engine, meaning it could fly faster than propeller craft currently in use. Alan Gratz's novel centers around Projekt 1065 which had begun prior to World War II.
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