List of Blohm & Voss aircraft
The aircraft listed here were all designed by the aircraft manufacturing company associated with Blohm & Voss shipbuilders of Hamburg, Germany. The company changed its name several times, from Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH to Blohm & Voss Abteilung Flugzeugbau, and back to Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH (HFB). Some types therefore carry designations for more than one name. Many of the company's design studies were never built but are nevertheless of significant technical or historical interest.[1][2] Less significant designs, other company's types manufactured under contract and joint projects under other names are not listed. Blohm and Voss made planes for the luftwaffe.
List of aircraft
[edit]Type | Class | Role | Date | Status | Notes |
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Ha 135 | Propeller | Trainer | 1934 | Prototype | Biplane. |
Ha 136 | Propeller | Trainer | 1934 | Prototype | |
Ha 137 | Propeller | Attack | 1935 | Prototype | |
Ha 138/BV 138 Seedrache | Flying boat | Patrol | 1937 | Production | Twin-boom trimotor. |
Ha 139 | Floatplane | Transport | 1936 | Prototype | Third prototype redesignated and used operationally. |
Ha 140 | Floatplane | Attack | 1937 | Prototype | |
Ha 141/BV 141 | Propeller | Patrol | 1938 | Prototype | Asymmetric. A pre-production batch delivered. |
Ha 142/BV 142 | Propeller | Transport | 1938 | Prototype | Landplane version of Ha 139. |
BV 143 | Munition | Missile | 1939 | Prototype | Hybrid glide/rocket anti-shipping munition. |
BV 144 | Propeller | Transport | 1944 | Prototype | Variable-incidence wing. |
BV 155 | Propeller | Fighter | 1944 | Prototype | Development of Messerschmitt Me 155. |
Ha 222/BV 222 Wiking | Flying boat | Transport | 1940 | Production | Largest production flying boat of WWII. |
BV 237 | Propeller | Attack | 1940 | Project | Asymmetric. Development of the BV 141. |
BV 238 | Propeller | Patrol | 1944 | Prototype | Largest WWII aircraft flown. BV 238-land variant was redesignated the BV 250. |
BV 246 Hagelkorn | Munition | Glide bomb | 1943 | Production | Never used operationally. |
BV 250 | Propeller | Multi-role | 1942 | Project | Land version of the BV 238 for transport, bombing and patrol use. |
BV 726 | Jet flying boat | Transport | 1941 | Project | Development of the propeller-driven P 200.[3] |
BV 950 L10 Friedensengel | Munition | Glide torpedo | 1942 | Production | Never used operationally. |
BV 950 L11 Schneewittchen | Munition | Glide torpedo | 1944 | Production | High-speed launch version of L10. Never used operationally. |
BV 40 | Glider | Fighter | 1944 | Prototype | |
P 7 | Propeller | Attack | Project | Alternative to the Ha 137.[4] | |
P 8 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1934 | Project | Twin-boom trimotor. Alternative to P 12 and P 13. Scaled-up to become the Ha 138.[5] |
P 11 | Propeller | Attack | 1936 | Project | Navalised Ha 137. P 11a modified with floats.[4] |
P 12 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1934 | Project | Conventional trimotor. Alternative to P 8 and P 13.[5] |
P 13 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1934 | Project | Twin-hulled, four-engined. Alternative to P 8 and P 12.[5] |
P 19a | Propeller | Patrol | 1935 | Project | Landplane variant of the P 19/Ha 140.[6] |
P 20 | Floatplane | Transport | 1935 | Project | Reconnaissance-bomber variant of Ha 139.[7] |
P 42 | Flying boat | Transport | 1937 | Project | Twin-hull. Predecessor to Ha 222.[8] |
P 43 | Flying boat | Transport | 1937 | Project | Predecessor to Ha 222.[8] |
P 97 | Flying boat | Transport | 1939 | Project | Re-engined BV 222.[9] |
P 98 | Flying boat | Transport | 1939 | Project | Re-engined BV 222.[9] |
P 110 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Twin-boom BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 111 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Asymmetric BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 112 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Asymmetric BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 113 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Twin-hull BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 122 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Twin-boom BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 123 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Twin-hull BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 124 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Twin-boom BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 125 | Flying boat | Patrol | 1940 | Project | Twin-hull BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125.[10] |
P 163 | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | Project | Crew in wingtip nacelles, single contra-prop. |
P 170 | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | Project | Trimotor with wingtip nacelles. |
P 175 | Jet | Fighter | Project | Shipboard or parasite.[11][citation needed] | |
P 178 | Jet | Attack | Project | Asymmetric. | |
P 184 | Propeller | Patrol | 1943 | Project | High aspect ratio, four engines.[12] |
P 188 | Jet | Bomber | 1943 | Project | W-wing. |
P 190 | Jet | Fighter | Project | [13] | |
P 192 | Propeller | Attack | 1944 | Project | Three-surface with mid-mounted propeller. |
P 193 | Propeller | Attack | 1944 | Project | Pusher, variable-incidence wing. |
P 194 | Hybrid | Attack | 1944 | Project | Asymmetric. Propeller + jet. |
P 196 | Jet | Attack | 1944 | Project | Twin-boom. |
P 197 | Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Swept wing. |
P 198 | Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Project | |
P 199 | Jet | Fighter | Project | [14] | |
P 200 | Flying boat | Transport | 1941 | Project | |
P 201 | Rocket | Fighter | Project | [14] | |
P 202 | Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Slewed wing. |
P 203 | Hybrid | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Propeller + jet. |
P 204 | Hybrid | Attack | 1944 | Project | Asymmetric. Propeller + jet. |
P 207 | Propeller | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Alternative to P 208.[15] |
P 208 | Propeller | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Tailless pusher. Alternative to P 207.[15] |
P 209 | Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Project | .01 was tailless, .02 forward swept. |
P 210 | Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Tailless. Volksjäger submission. |
P 211 | Jet | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Volksjäger submission. |
P 212 | Jet | Fighter | 1945 | Project | Tailless. |
P 213 | Pulse jet | Fighter | 1944 | Project | Miniaturjäger submission. |
P 214 | Glider | Attack | 1944 | Project | Suicide bomb. |
P 215 | Jet | Fighter | 1945 | Project | Tailless. |
Ae 607 | Jet | Fighter | 1945 | Project | Flying wing delta (drawing number).[16] |
HFB 209 | Propeller | Transport | 1960 | Project | |
HFB 314 | Jet | Transport | 1960 | Project | |
HFB 320 Hansa Jet | Jet | Transport | 1964 | Production | Forward-swept wings. |
See also
[edit]- List of aircraft § Blohm & Voss
- List of aircraft § Hamburger Flugzeugbau
- List of aircraft § HFB
- List of German aircraft projects, 1939–45 § Blohm & Voss
Associated types
[edit]These aircraft were built under the direction, in whole or in part, of B&V/HFB:
- Skoda-Kauba SK SL6, a modification of the SK V-6 with an outboard tail, to test the proposed control system for the P 208 tailless pusher fighter.
- FGP 227 quarter-scale flying test model of the Blohm & Voss BV 238 flying boat
- Transall C-160 joint venture transport.
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Green 1979, p. 69.
- ^ Cowin 1963, p. 312, Part I, October issue.
- ^ Amtmann, Hans; "Blohm & Voss Remembered", Part I, Aeroplane Monthly, February 1998, pp.26-27.
- ^ a b Green 1979, pp. 70–71.
- ^ a b c Green 1979, p. 71.
- ^ Green 1979, p. 80.
- ^ Green 1979, p. 78.
- ^ a b Green 1979, p. 92.
- ^ a b Green 1979, p. 96.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Green 1979, p. 75.
- ^ Masters 1982, p. 26: "...known to have been intended as a shipborne fighter"
- ^ Cowin 1963, pp. 404–5, Part III, December issue.
- ^ Masters 1982, p. 27.
- ^ a b Masters 1982, p. 30.
- ^ a b Sharp 2017, p. 68.
- ^ Sharp 2017, pp. 68, 73.
Bibliography
[edit]- Cowin, Hugh (October–December 1963). Blohm und Voss Projects of World War II, 'Air Pictorial', Parts I-III.
- Green, William (1979). Warplanes of the Third Reich (4th ed.). Macdonald and Jane's.
- Masters, David (1982). German Jet Genesis. Jane's.
- Sharp, Dan (2017). Luftwaffe: Secret Wings of the Third Reich. Mortons.