The Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe".

The Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" is a first world's multi-ole fighter/bomber/reconnaissance/interceptor turbo jet fighter warplane for the German Luftwaffe. The Messerschmitt Me 262 it had the first test flights began on 18 April 1941. First Messerschmitt Me 262 major version was the Me 262A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow) interceptor, armed with four 30mm MK 108 cannon mounted in the nose. It was powered by two 8.825kN Junkers Jumo 109-004B-1 eight-stage axial-flow turbo-jets. The other major version was the Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel (Stormbird) bomber. Messerschmitt Me 262 it had the first regular combat (8/ZG26) in the September 1944. Me 262 fighter units were thus able, for the first time, to deliver large scale attacks on Allied bomber formations. The Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" top ace was probably Hauptmann Franz Schall with 17 kills.

Name:
Type:

Messerschmitt Me 262
(A-1a) single-seat fighter;
(A-2a) single-seat bomber;
(B-1a) two-seat night fighter.

Messerschmitt Me 262 3 views

Messerschmitt Me 262 Profiles

Crew:

one pilot

Maiden flight:

July 18, 1942(Turbojets) April 4;
1941 on Jumo 210 piston engines;
Me 262A-1a June 7 1944.

First Delivery :

May 1944

Produced:
Manufacturer:

1942-1945
Messerschmitt AG

Operators:

Germany, Luftwaffe;
Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Air Force.

Willy Messerschmitt
1.430 units

Messerschmitt Me 262 General characteristics

Length:
Wingspan:
Height:
Wing area:

10.60 m (34 ft 9 in)
12.51 m (41 ft 0 in)
3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
21.7 m² (234 ft²)

Empty weight:
Loaded weight:
Max takeoff weight:

3,800 kg (8,400 lb)
7,130 kg (15,720 lb)
6,400 kg (14,100 lb)

Powerplant:

Junkers Jumo 004B, Type: axial Turbojets
Number: Two Thrust: 1,980lb (900kg)

Messerschmitt Me 262 Performance

Maximum speed:

Me 262A-1a: 540 mph (870 km/h)
Me 262A-2a: 470 mph (755 km/h)
Me 262B-1a: 497 mph (800 km/h)

Range:
Service ceiling:
Rate of climb:
Ceiling:
Range on internal fuel:

1,050 km (652 mi)
11,450 m (37,565 ft)
2,780 ft/min (14.1 m/s)
11,500 m
1050 km (650 Miles)

Messerschmitt Me 262 Armament

Me 262A-1a:

- Four 30mm MK 108 cannon in nose
-Two with 100 rounds each, two with 80

Me 262A-1a/U1:

-Two 30mm MK 103
-Two MK 108
-Two 20mm MG 151/20

Me 262A-1b:

As A-1a plus 24 spin-stabilised R4/M 55mm rockets

Me 262A-2a:

As A-1a plus bomb load of two 500kg bombs

Me 262B-1a:

As A-1a

Me 262B-2a:

As A-1A plus two inclined MK 108 behind the cockpit in Schrage Musik installation
(D) SG 500 Jagdfaust with 12 rifled mortar barrels inclined in nose
(E) 50mm MK 114 gun or 48 R4/M rockets

Messerschmitt Me 262 variants

variants:

A-0 (pre-production aircraft);
A-1a "Schwalbe" (production version, fighter and fighter bomber);
A-1a/R-1 (equipped with air-to-air rockets);
A-1a/U1 (single prototype);
A-1a/U2 (single prototype);
A-1a/U3 (reconnaissance version);
A-1a/U4 (bomber destroyer version);
A-1a/U5 (heavy jet fighter);
A-1b ;
A-2a "Sturmvogel" (definitive bomber version);
A-2a/U1 (single prototype);
A-2a/U2 ;
A-3a (proposed ground attack version);
A-4a (reconnaissance version);
A-5a (definitive reconnaissance version);
B-1a (two-seat trainer);
B-1a/U1;
B-2 (proposed night fighter version);
C-1a;
C-2b;
C-3a (single prototype of rocket-boosted interceptor);
D-1;
E-1;
E-2 ;
S;
V;
W

Messerschmitt 262 Project
Information on the Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbes, say also Swallow airplane advanced fight hunting of the Third Reich with jet motor. Here you find the projects of the Me 262, the photos of the various versions, the history of this fighter with jet motor that has fought in the second world war.
http://www.stormbirds.com/project/index.html

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