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The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German for "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel ("Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.
Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 produced by the project in 2006 Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 operated as D-IMTT at the Berlin Air Show 2016. The Me 262 Project is a company formed to build flyable reproductions of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet fighter. The project was started by the ...
Me 262 V3. Messerschmitt began work on a single-seat jet-powered fighter before the start of World War II. The initial design was known as Projekt 1070 (P.1070). A twin-engined straight-wing design, the P.1070 was canceled in favor of the similar P.65. [1]
Messerschmitt Me 209-II fighter (prototype – unrelated to Me 209) Messerschmitt Me 210 heavy fighter/reconnaissance; Messerschmitt Me 261 long-range reconnaissance; Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe ('Swallow'), jet fighter-bomber; Messerschmitt Me 263 rocket interceptor; Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika Bomber long-range bomber (prototype ...
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun; Messerschmitt Bf 109; Messerschmitt Bf 110; Messerschmitt Me 163A & B Komet - Me 163B flown under power [61] Messerschmitt Me 262; Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse [62] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15; Mil Mi-1; Mil Mi-2; Mil Mi-4; Miles M.18; Miles M.20 [63] Miles M.28; Miles M.38 Messenger; Miles M.48 ...
Messerschmitt Me 262 in January 1976 at the RAF Museum in north London; Woldemar Voigt was head of the aircraft's design team [1] He joined Messerschmitt, in Bavaria, in 1933. He was the project leader for the designs of the Messerschmitt Me 264 (four-engined bomber), Messerschmitt Me 328, and the infamous rocket-engined Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet.
8-262 Messerschmitt Me 262: Schwalbe (Swallow), fighter, Sturmvogel (Stormbird), attack (jet-engined) 8-263 Messerschmitt Me 263: interceptor (rocket-engined), (early development as Junkers Ju 248) 8-264 Messerschmitt Me 264: Amerikabomber design competitor, long-range bomber (three prototypes built/flown) 8-265 Flettner Fl 265
After the Japanese military attaché in Germany witnessed trials of the Messerschmitt Me 262 in 1942, [1] the Imperial Japanese Navy issued a request to Nakajima to develop a similar aircraft to be used as a fast attack aircraft. Requirements included being built largely with unskilled labor, and that the wings should fold.