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Messerschmitt Me P.1101

Fighter · WWII (1939–1945)

Messerschmitt Me P.1101 — Fighter
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The Messerschmitt P.1101 was a single-seat, single-jet fighter project of World War II, developed as part of the 15 July 1944 Emergency Fighter Program which sought a second generation of jet fighters for the Third Reich. A prominent feature of the P.1101 prototype was that the sweep angle of the wings could be changed before flight, a feature further developed in later variable-sweep aircraft such as the Bell X-5 and Grumman XF10F Jaguar.

Specifications

Category
Fixed Wing
Sub-Category
Fighter
Domain
Defence
Era
WWII (1939–1945)
Engine
1× turbojet engine
Thrust / Power
12.01 kN
Length (ft)
30
Wingspan (ft)
27
Empty Weight (lb)
5719
MTOW (lb)
9921
Service Ceiling (ft)
45932
Range (mi)
932
Max Speed (mph)
609
Max Speed (Mach)
0.8
Armament
Guns: 4 × 30mm MK 108 cannons on production aircraft; Missiles: 4 × Ruhrstahl X-4 air-to-air missiles on production aircraft