Deutschland / Germany
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: 642 mph., endurance 4 h with wing drop tanks (estimated)
COMMENT: The Blohm & Voss Bv P.212 was a proposed jet fighter designed by Blohm & Voss for the Jägernotprogramm (Emergency Fighter Program) Luftwaffe design competition during the Second World War.
In early 1945, a replacement was sought for the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (Peoples fighter) under the continuing Emergency Fighter Program, challenging engeneers to develop a new aircraft built around the Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011, a new turbojet engine which was being developed, in order to create a better high-altitude fighter jet. By February 1945, the Luftwaffe had received several proposals. Three proposals had been received from Messerschmitt, two from Focke-Wulf and one each from Heinkel, Junkers and Blohm & Voss respectively. The competition was won by the Junkers EF 128, a broadly similar design
Three iterations of the Bv P.212 were studied, all featuring a similar general layout of a short fuselage with nose intake leading to a single buried Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011 jet engine, and a tailless swept wing.
Bv P.212.01: The first design had a short, squat fuselage and a short air intake for the He S 011 jet engine. Its wings were swept at a 45-degree angle.
Bv P.212.02 was the second design and featured a slightly lengthened fuselage and was seen as a refined version of the original.
Bv P.212.03 was the third version and boasted a further lengthened fuselage with a pressurized cockpit and larger internal fuel tanks. Its wings were swept back at forty degrees. Uniquely, the wings were designed to be made out of either wood, steel or luminium as available. With an ideal fuel weight, the aircraft could fly for up to four hours at a time. This was the model presented to the Luftwaffe (Ref.: 24).
TYPE: Interception fighter. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: Heinkel HeS 011 turbojet, rated at 1,500 kp
PERFORMANCE: +600 mph (estimated)
COMMENT: The Blohm & Voss Bv P.212 was a proposed jet fighter designed by Blohm & Voss for the Jägernotprogramm (Emergency Fighter Program) Luftwaffe design competition during the Second World War.
In early 1945, a replacement was sought for the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (Peoples fighter) under the continuing Emergency Fighter Program, challenging engeneers to develop a new aircraft built around the Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011, a new turbojet engine which was being developed, in order to create a better high-altitude fighter jet. By February 1945, the Luftwaffe had received several proposals. Three proposals had been received from Messerschmitt, two from Focke-Wulf and one each from Heinkel, Junkers and Blohm & Voss respectively. The competition was won by the Junkers EF 128, a broadly similar design
Three iterations of the Bv P.212 were studied, all featuring a similar general layout of a short fuselage with nose intake leading to a single buried Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011 jet engine, and a tailless swept wing.
Bv P 212.01 presented here was the first design. It had a short, squat fuselage and a short air intake for the He S 011 jet engine. Its wings were swept at a 45-degree angle.
Bv P.212.02 was the second design and featured a slightly lengthened fuselage and was seen as a refined version of the original.
Bv P.212.03 was the third version and boasted a further lengthened fuselage with a pressurized cockpit and larger internal fuel tanks. Its wings were swept back at forty degrees. Uniquely, the wings were designed to be made out of either wood, steel or luminium as available. With an ideal fuel weight, the aircraft could fly for up to four hours at a time. This was the model presented to the Luftwaffe (Ref.: 24).
