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The Messerschmitt Me 264 was a long-range strategic bomber developed during World War II for the German Luftwaffe as its main strategic bomber. The design was later selected as Messerschmitt's competitor in the Reichsluftfahrtministerium ' s (the German Air Ministry) Amerikabomber (America Bomber) programme, for a strategic bomber capable of attacking New York City from bases in France or the ...
Partly as a liaison with the Wehrmacht Heer, in May 1942 Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch requested the opinion of Generalmajor Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz on the new proposal, [7] with regard to the aircraft available to fill the needs of an Amerikabomber, which had then included the Me 264, Fw 300 and the Ju 290. von Gablenz gave his opinion ...
The Ju 390 V1 was constructed and largely assembled at Junkers' plant at Dessau in Germany and the first test flight took place on 20 October 1943. [4] This was done by adding an additional wing section and engines and adding a fuselage section immediately aft of the wings to increase the length to 31 m (102 ft).
8-264 Messerschmitt Me 264: Amerikabomber design competitor, long-range bomber (three prototypes built/flown) 8-265 Flettner Fl 265: Pioneering, first-ever synchropter helicopter, for reconnaissance use Messerschmitt Me 265: tail-less fighter (project), became Messerschmitt Me 329: 8-266 Focke-Achgelis Fa 266: Hornisse (Hornet), helicopter ...
Messerschmitt Me 329 - flying-wing heavy fighter/ground-attack design project; Messerschmitt Me 334 - proposed tailless fighter with pusher propeller; Messerschmitt Me 364 - six-engine version of Me 264; also known as Me 264/6m; Messerschmitt Me 509 - all-metal fighter project; Messerschmitt P.08.01 [13] Messerschmitt P.1070; Messerschmitt P.1073
Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika Bomber long-range bomber (prototype) Messerschmitt Me 309 fighter (prototype) Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant ('Giant'), transport glider; Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ('Giant'), transport aircraft; Messerschmitt Me 328 parasite fighter; Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse ('Hornet'), heavy fighter + reconnaissance
The “Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela” is still missing, and the subject of plenty of conspiracy theories.
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.