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The third prototype was the first Me 262 to fly on jet power alone, taking off on 18 July 1942 with two pre-production Jumo 004A-0 engines. The 12-minute flight reached an altitude of just over 6,000 feet and a speed of 375 mph. A second flight later the same day lasted 13 minutes and reached 11,000 feet and 450 mph. One problem that was immediately evident was that, in a bank, the airflow broke away early from the wing center section. A small fillet was added between the fuselage and engine nacelle, increasing the root chord and continuing the leading-edge sweep angle of the outer panels across the entire center section. This completed the change necessary to give the appearance of a truly swept wing.
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Where does this saying anything about Mtt not understanding swept wing theory or the Me262 not benefiting from its 18 degrees of wing sweep over a straight wing??
You do know there are other methods of fixing this problem, don't you? It could have easily been fixed with twist.
Mtt did not have add the filet and increase the sweep.
Mtt was already flying the Me163 and started the design work on the P1101 variable geometry wing.
You certainly can make some great leaps of logic off a few lines of text.