Messerschmitt Me 261
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Original source: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 141-2474
Author: Unknown

The Messerschmitt Me 261 Adolfine was an aircraft laid out along the lines of the smaller Bf 110 designed in the late 1930s as a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. However it was not put into production.

The Messerschmitt Me 261 Adolfine was an aircraft, laid out along the lines of the smaller Bf 110, designed in the late 1930s as a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft.1

Made by Messerschmitt.

Height Main
4.71 m
Height Alt
15
Length Alt
54
Jet Or Prop
prop
Range Main
11024.0
Max Speed Alt
23100.0
Type Of Prop
24
Introduced
Never introduced
Max Speed Main
180000.0
Ceiling Main
8
260 m
Number Built
3
Crew
7
Area Main
76 m²
Primary user
Luftwaffe
Span Alt
88
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
2900.0
Engine(prop)
Daimler-Benz DB 610A-B
Manufacturer
Messerschmitt
First Flight
23
Span Main
26.86 m
Power Main
2133.0
Number Of Props
2
Length Main
16.68 m
Area Alt
817.76
Range Alt
6
850 mi
Ceiling Alt
27100.0
Category
Abandoned military aircraft projects of Germany
German military transport aircraft 1940-1949
German patrol aircraft 1940-1949
Messerschmitt aircraft
World War II experimental aircraft of Germany

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