Deutschland / Germany
TYPE: Night and Bad Weather Fighter
ACCOMMODATION: Crew of three
POWER PLANT: Two Junkers Jumo 211J-2, rated at 1,350 h.p. each
PERFORMANCE: 303 m.p.h. at 19,700 ft
COMMENT: The Junkers Ju 88C-6b was the first radar equipped Junkers night fighter with either FuG 202 “Lichtenstein BC” or FuG 212 “Lichtenstein C-1”. Later variants were equipped with the FuG “Lichtenstein SN-2” radar with “Hirschgeweih Antennen” (Stag’s Antlers)
TYPE: Night and bad weather fighter
ACCOMMODATION: Crew of four
POWER PLANT: Two Junkers Jumo 213A, rated at 1,750 h.p. each
PERFORMANCE: 331 m.p.h. at 19,400 ft
TYPE: Close Support Fighter Bomber. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: Daimler-Benz DB-ZTL 109-007 Bypass turbojet, rated at 1.150 kp each
PERFORMANCE: Not available
COMMENT: Project of a heavily armed jet aircraft from 1941. Pilot’s cockpit, engines and ammunition compartments were heavily armoured from underside. Due to lack of experience with nose landing gear on earth fields a nose skid was planned. Thrust deflecting flaps behind the exhausts allowed short take-off runs
TYPE: Bomber Formation Destroyer (” Pulkzerstörer”) as as pickaback (“Mistel”) combination of a Ta 154 and a Fw 190
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only in the Fw 190
POWER PLANT: Two Junkers Jumo 213E, rated at 1,750 h.p. (Ta 154) and BMW 801D-2, rated at 1,700 h.p. (Fw 190)
PERFORMANCE: Not available
COMMENT: Six Ta 154 pre-production aircraft should be adapted for the “Huckepack” composite role. The Ta 154 had an explosive charge in the forward fuselage and was piloted by a Focke Wulf Fw 190 . It was proposed that the Mistel combination – reportedly designated “Mistel 7” (“Mistletoe 7”) – should be aimed at the bomber formation, the pilot detached his aircraft from the superstructure and then detonated the charge by radio signal. None combination was realized.
TYPE: Fighter-bomber, close support aircraft
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and observer/radio operator
POWER PLANT: Junkers Jumo 213E, rated at 1,750 h.p. each
PERFORMANCE: 332 m.p.h. at sea level
COMMENT: Projected close support fighter bomber on the basis of the Ta 154A-1. None built
TYPE: Night and Bad-weather fighter
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and Radar observer
POWER PLANT: Two Junkers Jumo 213E, rated at 1,750 h.p. each
PERFORMANCE: 404 m.p.h. at 23,250 ft.
COMMENT: The Ta 154V 15, the eighth pre-production Ta 154A-0, was equipped with the FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2 radar, fitted with a “Hirschgeweih” (Stag’s Antlers) antennae array
TYPE: Night and bad-weather fighter
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and Radar observer
POWER PLANT: Two Junkers Jumo 213E, rated at 1,750 h.p. each
PERFORMANCE: 404 m.p.h. at 23,250 ft
COMMENT: This Ta 154V3, also designated Ta 154A-03/U1, was the first pre-production aircraft. It was equipped with a FuG 212 Lichtenstein C-1 radar, fitted with “Matratzen” (Mattress) antennae array. An order for 250 Ta 154A-1 fighters was placed, but only a few produced.
TYPE: Fast attack bomber, Night and Bad-weather Fighter. Project.
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and Radar-observer
POWER PLANT: Junkers Jumo 211R, rated at 1,322 h.p. each
PERFORMANCE: 400 m.p.h. (estimated)
COMMENT: The Focke-Wulf Ta 211, designed by Prof. K. Tank and his team and what was named after the Jumo 211R engine to be used, was the first design what later became the Focke-Wulf Ta 154. The idea was to design a plane that was comparable or even better than the de Havilland “Mosquito”. In the form shown here, equipped with FuG 217 Neptune radar, it never flew (Ref.: 19).
TYPE: Interceptor fighter. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: Argus As 014 pulsejet, rated at 333 kp
PERFORMANCE: 388 m.p.h. at 19,700 ft
COMMENT: Blohm & Voss design for the “Miniaturjäger” (Miniature fighter) competition from November 1944. It called for a cheap and easy to built interceptor, powered by an Argus pulsejet. Two more companies, Heinkel and Junkers submitted their designs, Heinkel He162B Single Argus and Junkers EF 126. No orders were given, the program was cancelled in December 1944
TYPE: Interceptor fighter. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: Heinkel HeS 011 turbojet, rated at 1,500 kp
PERFORMANCE: Max speed 642 m.p.h., endurance 4 h with wing drop tanks (estimated)
COMMENT: Third and final design submitted by Blohm & Voss for the “Jägernotprogramm” (Fighter emergency competition) early 1945. Three prototypes were ordered, none realized.
Winner of the competition was the Focke-Wulf Ta 183
