Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe - Blohm & Voss BV 155

Description: Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe: Blohm & Voss BV 155Dan SharpThe story of the Messerschmitt Me 109’s ultimate development, the Blohm & Voss BV 155, begins in 1942 with plans to split the Me 109 family into three branches – a standard fighter, a high-altitude fighter and a carrier-based fighter. Initially these were known as the Me 409 but later became the Me 155 A, B and C. The project was given to the French to develop, where it stalled. But when Germany got its first taste of what the USAAF’s bomber force was capable of – suffering huge damage to its war-critical industries as a result of massed raids on its factories and cities – work on the Me 155 B was recommenced as a matter of urgency. With the Me 262 consuming most of Messerschmitt’s design capacity, the project was then passed on to a sub-contractor: Blohm & Voss. Richard Vogt, B&V’s chief designer, quickly realised that Messerschmitt had made very little progress on the design and was forced to begin again almost from scratch. In just over a year, a prototype was built and flown – but the war ended before production could begin. Series: Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe Close Up (Book 3)Paperback: 90 pagesPublisher: TempestLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1911658328ISBN-13: 9781911658320Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.2 x 9.5 inches

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