In Service: 1 March 1944 to 1945
First Flight: 1 March 1944
Manufacturer: Gothaer
Number built: 3
Type: Prototype fighter bomber
Crew: man
Length: 7.47 m
Wingspan: 16.78 m
Wing area: 51.5 m²
Height: 2.81 m
Empty: 4,600 kg
Loaded: 9,000 kg
Engine: 2 ×
Junkers
Jumo 004B turbojet producing up to 900 kg of thrust each
Maximum speed: 1,100 km/h
Range: 1,500 km
Service ceiling: 15,000 m
Armament:
2 ×
30 mm MK
108 cannons
1 ×
55
mm R4/M air-to-air missile
Bomb load up to 2 × 500 kg
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Other: Prototypes
Articles:
The Horten Ho 229 (was often mistakenly called Gotha Go 229
due to the identity of the manufacturer of the aircraft) was
a single seat Twin jet flying wing tailless fighter aircraft
only three built
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
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