Ta-183 Huckebein (paper model, Fiddlers Green) The resemblance to the Soviet MiG-15 is not a coincidence. The designer, Kurt Tank, emigrated to Argentina after the collapse of the Third Reich and designed a similar aircraft for Juan Peron. It never went into production, but the Soviets copied much of the design for the MiG-15.
Me P.1099B. This Messerschmitt design was a variant of the Me 262 and was proposed in January 1944. The P.1099B utilized the wings and tail of the Me 262, but had an entirely new and enlarged fuselage and undercarriage. Two Jumo 004C jet engines were to be fitted and a crew of two or three sat in the redesigned cockpit. The basic armament for this variant was two 20mm cannon (remotely controlled), two 30mm cannon and two 20mm cannon barbettes.
V-2 ballistic missile. The V-2 probably did more damage to the German war effort than it did to the Allied cause.
Bachem Ba 349 Natter (paper model, Fiddlers Green). The Natter was conceived as an inexpensive point defense interceptor, although it resembled a human-guided surface-to-air missile more than a conventional fighter aircraft. The Natter was launched vertically from a tower, powered by a liquid-fueled rocket engine and boosted by four solid rocket boosters. The pilot was to guide the aircraft toward a bomber formation and unleash a barrage of unguided rockets carried in the nose. Afterwards, the pilot would pull a lever that deployed a parachute from the rear of the aircraft, simultaneoulsy seperating the forward section of the aircraft and the pilot, who would descend on a seperate parachute. The aircraft would be recovered, re-armed, re-fueled, and launched again.
Natter. Another view, showing the stubby wings and relatively large tail surfaces.
Horten. I believe this is a model of a proposed flying-wing configuration fighter aircraft.
Text and Images Copyright 2004 by David H. Allen