Messerschmitt Me 310

Prototype

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Production Data

First Flight: 11 September 1943
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
Number built: 1

Technical Data

Type: Prototype fighter

Crew: 2 men
Length: 12.2 m
Wingspan: 17.9 m
Wing area: 37.7 m²
Height: 4.3 m
Empty: kg
Loaded: 11,050 kg
Engine: 2 × Daimler-Benz DB 603A 12 cylinder liquid cooled supercharged inverted Vee piston engine producing up to1,750 hp each
Maximum speed: 655 km/h
Range: 1,900 km
Service ceiling: 11,000 m
Armament:
2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 machine guns firing forward
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns firing forward
2 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns firing rearward in remote controlled barbettes
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Operators: Luftwaffe
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History

The Messerschmitt Me 310 was a high altitude version of the twin engine Me 210 fighter abandoned in favour of the Me 410 prototype

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

For a complete list of sources