Messerschmitt P.1099

The Messerschmitt P.1099 was a two-seat jet aircraft project that Messerschmitt began designing in the summer of 1943 as an improvement on the Me 262. It was planned so that it could later be developed into a high-speed bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, interceptor, night fighter and trainer. The design was about 12 m long with a 12.6 m wingspan and a wider fuselage than the Me 262, with a cockpit for two at the front and two Junkers Jumo 004 turbojets. The P.1099A fighter of January 1944 kept the Me 262 wings and tail, and the P.1099B was a heavily armed version with a 55 mm MK 112 or a 50 mm MK 114 cannon. None of the variants was built, but the work led to the P.1100 all-weather fighter and then to the single-jet P.1101.