Jet Fighters Jet Bombers & V-Weapons

Documentary (2016)
French title: Les dernières armes d'Hitler

Last chance weapons for Nazis.

Heinkel He 178 V1

Pictures of maiden flight on 27 August 1939.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Heinkel He 280 V2

First flight on 30 March 1941. Note the reactors without their cowling to avoid the risk of ignition due to kerosene leaks.
Depending the source, this could be too the Heinkel He 280 V1.

V4 Prototype first flight by 2 October 1941, bearing the radio call sign letters (Stammkennzeichen) KE+SW. Set a new world speed record of 1,004.5 km/h. Ten Me 163A (V4-V13) were built for pilot training and further tests; these were unarmed.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Messerschmitt Me 163A & Messerschmitt Me 163B

From left to right.

Messerschmitt Me 163A and Messerschmitt Me 163B

Messerschmitt Me 163B-0

Walter HWK 109-509A rocket engine.

Fuelling C-Stoff / T-Stoff propellant.Both fuel and oxidizer were toxic and required extreme care when loading in the aircraft.

To help prevent explosions, the engine and the propellant storage and delivery systems were frequently and thoroughly hosed down and flushed with water run through the propellant tanks and the rocket engine's propellant systems before and after flights, to clean out any remnants.

Get into the Cockpit.

Instrument panel.

Messerschmitt Me 163B-1

Registration +14. Luftwaffe's first dedicated Me 163 fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 400. See discussion tab.

Towed by a Scheuch Schlepper.

Feldwebel Siegfried Schubert was the most successful pilot, with three bombers shot down to his credit.

Unidentified Luftwaffe Aircraft

Twin-engine twin-tail aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Most probably a Messerschmitt Bf 110 or maybe a Dornier Do 17 with the national insignia on the wings hidden by a net.

Messerschmitt Me 163B-1

From fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 400.

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Reg.+04 Messerschmitt Me 163B-1 of the Luftwaffe.

I./JG 400's base at Brandis, near Leigzig.

Messerschmitt Me 163B-1 of the Luftwaffe.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Messerschmitt Me 262 V1

Messerschmitt Me 262 V1, first prototype, initially powered by a single Jumo 210G with 2 blades propeller in the nose, but later fitted with two BMW P.3302 turbojet engines and tail reshaped. Seen here in April 1941 after upgrade. Registration PC+UA.

Messerschmitt Me 262 V3

Third prototype fitted with two Junkers Jumo 004A turbojet engines, and conventional landing gear.

Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant

Cargo glider, 200 built.
Messerschmitt Me 262 V3 in the foregound.

Messerschmitt Me 262 V3

PC+UC taking off. Note the black nose outfit.

Disadvantage of conventional landing gear.
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant in the background.

Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel

Tricycle landing gear fighter-bomber version.

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe

Refuelling.

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1/U4 Pulkzerstörer

Bomber destroyer armed with a single 50 mm Mk.214a cannon in the nose.

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a/U3 Schwalbe

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a/U3 Schwalbe white 3 of Kommando Braunegg (later part of 2 Nahaufklärungsgruppe 6). Fitted with a single cannon and two cameras, this airframe was a operational testbed for the reconnaissance variant. Removing the compartment containing the film to be developed.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

... and now towing the aircraft to the maintenance unit.

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Messerschmitt Me 163A & Messerschmitt Me 163B

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