Projects
TYPE: Interceptor, fighter. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only, prone position
POWER PLANT: 2 x Heinkel HeS 011 turbo jets, rated at 1,300 kp each
PERFORMANCE: Not available
COMMENT: Project of a twin engined delta fighter. Only a model was built
TYPE: Interceptor fighter. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: Walter HKW 109-509 A-2 liquid fueled rocket engine, rated at 1,700kp
PERFORMANCE: 621 mph
COMMENT: Although nicknamed “Volksjäger” (“peoples fighter”), this project was not proposed for the RLM “Volksjäger” competition from September 1944. This design was possibly submitted for the “Miniaturjäger” (Miniature fighter) competition of the RLM.
TYPE: Interceptor. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: One Walter HKW 109-509A, rated at 1.700 kp
PERFORMANCE: Not available
COMMENT:The Sombold 344 “Schußjäger” (Shoot Fighter) was a rocket powered aircraft designed in 1943/44. It was originally intended as a parasite escort fighter, but its original design was changed in January 1944. The second version of the aircraft retained the two MG machine guns, but its front section was an ejectable explosive nose with stabilizing fins filled with 400 kg of explosives. The pilot sat in the cockpit near the tail which was in the back section. The plane would have been released from a mother plane upon reaching combat altitude. Then it would ignite its single rocket engine and dive towards the enemy bomber fleet at a 45 degree angle. Shortly before contact it would release its explosive nose, equipped with a proximity fuze into the center of the combat box formation in a way that it would damage as many bombers as possible. Then it would try to get away with the remaining fuel in its rocket engine and finally land on its fixed skid. A 1/5 scale model for aerodynamic tests existed when the works on the So 344 were abandoned in early 1945 (Ref.: 23).
TYPE: Interceptor, fighter. Project.
ACCOMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: Two Lorin ramjet engines, rated at 1.500 kp each (estimated) plus one Walther WHK 109-509A liquid-fueled rocket engine, rated at 1.700 kp
PERFORMANCE: 680 mph in 36090 ft (estimated)
COMMENT: Very little is known about this project, which was designed around the same time as the Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 238. The “Super Lorin” featured sharply swept back wings which were mounted mid-fuselage. There were two ramjets mounted at the tips of the swept back tail plane, this was thought to minimize airflow disturbance. Since ramjets do not begin to operate until a speed of approximately 150 mph is reached, Schmidding solid- fueled or Walter WHK 109 liquid-fueled rockets were proposed to accelerate the aircraft until the ramjets could begin operating. The landing gear was to be a tricycle arrangement, and armament would have been two MK 108 30mm cannon. The aircraft shown here is fitted with two Ruhstahl/Kramer X-4 guided missiles. (Ref.: 16).
TYPE: Fast bomber, destoyer , ground attack aircraft. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: Two Junkers Jumo 003B turbojet engines, rated at 900 kp each
PERFORMANCE: 590 mph, estimated
COMMENT: The Messerschmitt Me P.1079/18 „Schwalbe“ (Swallow) project of 1942, not to confuse so to the Messerschmitt Me 262 „Schwalbe“, was designed in the Messerschmitt Abteilung L (for Lippisch) under the leadership of Dipl.-Ing R.Seitz. This single-seat tailles aircraft with a wing leading edge sweep of 37 degree and fitted with fixed outboard slots, ailerons and elevators, was powered by two superimposed turbojet engines, the upper and the lower air intakes bifurcated by the cockpit and nosewheel enclosures. The wide-track main wheels retracted diagonally forwards into the wing roots, the aircraft having a total of six protected fuel tanks. The significance of tail brakes is not known. Beside its use as fast bomber and ground attack aircraft, it was also to function as a Zerstörer. Although this seemingly advanced project was stopped by the RLM in 1942, the Me P.1079/17 which later received the RLM designation Messerschmitt Me 328, was given green light to procced (Ref.:16).
TYPE: Dive-bomber and close-support aircraft. Project
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot and rear gunner/observer
POWER PLANT: Junkers Jumo 213 A-1, rated at 1,750 h.p.
PERFORMANCE: Not available
COMMENT: Needed as replacement for the shortcoming Ju 87, the design was faster, better armored and had a greater bomb load. The most unusual feature was the movable tail fin. In order to clear the field of fire for the remote-controlled rear turret the whole tail plane could be turned downwards by 180 degree. Although a full sized mock-up was built the OKL preferred the Focke Wulf Fw 190 as close-support fighter bomber
TYPE: Fighter bomber, ground support aircraft. Project
ACCOMODATION: Pilot only
POWER PLANT: One Junkers Jumo 213 inline engine, rated at 1.800 hp
PERFORMANCE: Not available
COMMENT: This fighter design used a Junkers Jumo 213 buried in the fuselage just behind the cockpit. The air intake was located beneath the fuselage and the pusher propeller was driven by means of a long shaft. The rectangular wing was mounted at the bottom of the fuselage and had no sweep back or taper. The tail unit was of cruciform design and a tricycle undercarriage was fitted. Proposed armament was two MK 103 30mm cannon and two MG 151/20 20mm cannon located in the nose. A refined design was the Blohm & Voss Bv P.207/03 where the upper fin and rudder were deleted. But neither the BV P.207/2 or /3 proceeded past the design stage (Ref.: 16).
