In Service: August 1944 to 1945
                    
                    
                    
                    First Flight: August 1944 gliding trails only
                    
Manufacturer: Junkers
                    Number built: 1
                    
                    
                    
                    Type: Prototype fighter re-designation of Me 263
                    
                    
Crew: 1 man
                    
Length: 7.88 m
                    
Wingspan: 9.5 m
                    
Wing area: 17.91 m²
                    
Height: 2.7 m 
                    
Empty: 2,000 kg
                    
Loaded: 5,300 kg
                    
Engine: 1 × 
Walter 
                    HWK 109-509C-3 liquid fuel bipropellant rocket engine 
                    producing up to 1,700 kg of thrust
                    
Maximum speed: 950 km/h
                    
Range: 160 km
                    
Service ceiling: 16,000 m
                    
Armament: 
                    2 × 
30 mm MK 
                    108 cannons in wing roots
                    Bomb load up to 
                    
Electronics: 
                    Operators: Luftwaffe
                    
Variants: 
                    Ju 248 V-1 
                    
                    Other: Prototypes
                    Articles: 
                    
                    
                    
                    The Junkers Ju 248 was a original designation of 
Me 
                    263
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    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