Messerschmitt P.1099
| Me P.1099 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | Multirole fighter |
| Manufacturer | Messerschmitt |
| Status | Project terminated owing to end of war |
| Primary user | Luftwaffe |
| Number built | None completed |
| Developed from | Messerschmitt Me 262 |
| Developed into | Messerschmitt P.1100 |
The Messerschmitt P.1099 was a two-seat prototype jet plane designed by Messerschmitt for the Luftwaffe before the end of the Second World War.
History
[edit]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 a way which could later be developed into high-speed bomber (Schnellbomber), reconnaissance plane, interceptor, night fighter and trainer versions.[1]
The Messerschmitt P.1099 was a 12 m long, conventional-looking[vague] aircraft with a wingspan of 12.6 m. It had a wider fuselage than the Messerschmitt Me 262 and was equipped with a cockpit for two pilots, located at the front end. The planned powerplants were two Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines, later to be replaced by Heinkel HeS 011 turbojets in a further development with swept wings, the Messerschmitt P.1100. None of the variants was built, but this project was developed into the Messerschmitt P.1100 all-weather fighter project, which in turn would lead to the single-seat, single-jet Messerschmitt P.1101 design for the Emergency Fighter Program in July 1944.[1]
Variants
[edit]The Messerschmitt P.1099 project had different versions of two-seat fighters which retained the tail and the wing design of the Me 262. All of the projected aircraft variants would be powered by two Junkers Jumo 004 turbojets.[2]
Messerschmitt Me P.1099A
[edit]Jet-powered fighter with a crew of two, developed in January 1944. It retained the wings and the tail section of the Me 262A-2a, but with a wider fuselage. There were three planned versions, differing in armament: Version A with four MK 108 30 mm cannon. Version B with two MK 103 30 mm cannon and Version C with two MK 108 and two MK 103 cannon in the nose.[1]
Messerschmitt Me P.1099B
[edit]A heavily armed variant, developed from the Me 262, of which two versions were foreseen: Version A would be armed with a MK 108 cannon and a MK 112 55 mm cannon. Version B was armed with a MK 114 50 mm cannon. The radio equipment would be a FuG 16, Peil G6, FuG 101 radio altimeter, FuBl 2 blind landing equipment, as well as the FuG 25a Erstling identification friend or foe transceiver.[3] There was also a night fighter version equipped with two upward-firing MK 108 cannons.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode, Geheimprojekte der Luftwaffe, Band I Jagdflugzeuge 1939–1945, Motorbuch-Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-613-02242-7
- ^ German WW2 Secret Projects – Vol. 3
- ^ Heinz J. Nowarra, Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945, Vol. 3, Bernard & Graefe Verlag Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5466-0., Page 245
External links
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Media related to Messerschmitt P.1099 at Wikimedia Commons- "Wildgans", "Libelle", "Wespe", P.1106: bogus Messerschmitt Projects?
