Blohm & Voss P 214
| P 214 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Single-seat dive bomber |
| National origin | Nazi Germany |
| Manufacturer | Blohm & Voss |
| Designer | Richard Vogt |
| Status | Design project |
The Blohm & Voss P 214 was a small manned interceptor project described as a Bemannte Fla. Bombe (Fla. standing for Flugabwehr), meaning "Manned Air Defence Bomb".[1] It was studied late in 1944 but not developed past the project stage.
No design description or drawing of the airframe is known to exist, and contemporary knowledge of it comes only from a few pages of operational discussion and performance graphs. Even the type of propulsion is not known.[2]
Misidentifications
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The P 214 has in the past been misidentified as the MGRP composite design proposed by Karl Stöckel at the DVL. An exhibit displayed at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia is claimed to be a replica.[3]
Other authors have stated that it was one of the series of outboard-tail "batwing" projects studied by B&V during 1944-45.[4][5]
Specifications
[edit]Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Wingspan: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 10 m2 (110 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 4.9
- Empty weight: 1,900 kg (4,189 lb)
- Gross weight: 3,600 kg (7,937 lb)
See also
[edit]Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
[edit]- ^ Ulrich Albrecht. "Artefakte des Fanatismus; Technik und nationalsozialistische Ideologie in der Endphase des Dritten Reiches". Wissenschaft & Frieden 1989-4. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ a b Sharp, Dan (2020) Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe: Jet fighters 1939-1945. Mortons. Page 303.
- ^ "Blohm & Voss P-214 'Mistletoe' Rocket Bomb, Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach - a photo on Flickriver". www.flickriver.com. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ Cowin, Hugh (1963). "Bolhm & Voss Projects of World War II". Air Pictorial. 3 parts; October, November and December 1963. See Part 1, pp.315-6.
- ^ Masters, David (1982). German Jet genesis. Jane's. Page 35.