Messerschmitt Bf 162

The Messerschmitt Bf 162 was a light bomber designed in Germany before the Second World War that flew only in prototype form. It answered a 1935 Reich Aviation Ministry specification for a fast tactical bomber and was a modified Bf 110 with a glazed nose to hold a bombardier, giving a crew of three. In 1937 three prototypes were flown against rival designs from Junkers and Henschel, and the Junkers Ju 88 was chosen for production, which ended development of the Bf 162. Pictures of it appeared in the German press under the name Messerschmitt Jaguar as a disinformation tactic, a name never used outside that context, and its airframe number 8-162 was later reused for the Heinkel He 162 jet fighter.