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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...
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    flames. In 1937, Willy Messerschmitt hoped to win a lucrative contract by showing Hitler a prototype of the Messerschmitt Me 264 that was being designed...
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    designer Willy Messerschmitt from mid-July 1938 onwards, and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft, in particular the Bf 109 and Me 262. The...
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  • 1945, Messerschmitt proposed the P.1107/I jet-powered bomber. The P.1107/I was designed using experiences from the company's earlier Me 264 bomber,...
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  • Woldemar Voigt (engineer) (category Messerschmitt Me 262)
    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...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions,...
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    trans-Atlantic-range piston-engined strategic bombers such as the Messerschmitt Me 264 and the Junkers Ju 390, the only two airframe types which were actually...
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    The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110, is a twin-engined Zerstörer (destroyer, heavy fighter), fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber or...
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  • Thumbnail for Messerschmitt Me 210
    The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. Design started before the war, as a replacement for the...
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    The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter...
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    The first Messerschmitt Me 209 was a single-engine racing aircraft which was designed for and succeeded at breaking speed records. This Me 209 was a completely...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 309 was a prototype German fighter, designed in the early years of World War II to replace the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Although it...
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    Il-2. Another Messerschmitt aircraft, first called "Bf 109R", purpose-built for record setting, but later redesignated Messerschmitt Me 209, broke the...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider...
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  • (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined) Messerschmitt Me 263, interceptor (rocket-engined) Messerschmitt Me 264, long-range bomber, primary Amerika Bomber...
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    submitted for the abortive Amerikabomber project, along with the Messerschmitt Me 264, the Focke-Wulf Ta 400 and the Heinkel He 277. Two prototypes were...
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    88 Junkers Ju 90 Junkers Ju 252 Messerschmitt Me 264 (V1 prototype only, replaced with four BMW 801s) Messerschmitt Me 323 (only for tests) Savoia-Marchetti...
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    Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt...
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    company ceased to exist in 1948. 1944: A steam-powered version of the Messerschmitt Me 264, an Amerika Bomber was hypothesized but never constructed. It was...
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    heavy bomber with four radial engines with a range of 3,395 km. Messerschmitt Me 264 – an Amerikabomber candidate with four inline or radial engines and...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 328 was a prototype pulsejet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt AG....
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  • version of "America the Beautiful" by Jaco Pastorius from Invitation Messerschmitt Me 264 or Amerika, a German reconnaissance aircraft Amerika Bomber, a Nazi...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 609 (alternatively Me 309 Zwilling) was a World War II German project which joined two fuselages of the Me 309 fighter prototype...
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  • program documents, the Messerschmitt Me 264 ended up being the first design to challenge the He 277's chance for production. The Me 264 was a purpose-built...
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  • essentially a backup design for the Messerschmitt Me 264. As the design required more materials and labor than the Me 264, the RLM became convinced that further...
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    was initiated as a resuscitation of the Ural Bomber idea, with the Messerschmitt Me 264, Junkers Ju 390 the Heinkel He 277 becoming the major competitors...
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    Related development Messerschmitt Bf 109 Messerschmitt Me 209 Messerschmitt Me 309 Messerschmitt Me 409 Messerschmitt Me 509 Messerschmitt Me 609 Related lists...
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    Due to the Messerschmitt Bf 109's versatility and time in service with the German and foreign air forces, numerous variants were produced in Germany to...
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    War. The design of the Me P.1099 began in the summer of 1943 and was intended as an improvement to the Messerschmitt Me 262. The Me P.1099 was planned in...
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    The Messerschmitt P.1110 (Me P.1110) was a design for a single-seat, high-altitude interceptor, prepared for the German Luftwaffe by the Messerschmitt aircraft...
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