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The Bizarre German Aircraft with an Identity Crisis: The BV 155

Talyn

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First conceived by Messerschmitt as a carrier-borne fighter, the Me-155 morphed into a high-speed attack plane, and later a high-altitude iterceptor known as the Blohm & Voss BV-155.


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The single BV-155B V2 built. An unusual design, of note is the large radiator intakes slung below the wings, the extended wingspan for
high-altitude performance, and the rearward sliding canopy along with the unusual exhaust routing down the sides of the fuselage in
external ducts. (Image Credit: Source unknown, possibly German Luftwaffe or Blohm and Voss)

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An in-depth 33 page discussion here. \I/


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What if the war went longer? Had the war continued on in late 1945 and into 1946, American Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers may have indeed become a common sight in the skies over Germany, and might have faced stiff opposition from the BV 155.
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