Originally Posted by
JohnnyS
Blohm & Voss BV 40
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
Neither answer is correct, JohnnyS; but you do get a bonus clue for your efforts. Please try again. Thanks; Ernie P.
What warbird do I describe?
1. During WWII, a number of nations explored, designed, tested and perhaps constructed a variety of “Emergency Fighters”.
2. These were planes intended to be produced, should supply lines be cut and certain “strategic materials”, normally essential to modern aircraft production, become unavailable.
3. By and large, these “Emergency Fighters” were simply taken to the “proof of concept” stage; and then forgotten until such time as they might be needed, should the war effort not go in their favor.
4. However, a number of these planes were seriously considered, and intended to be put into mass production.
5. And this is the story of one such plane.
6. Strangely enough, this project started as a design for a glider.
7. A wooden glider.