Messerschmitt P.1103

The Messerschmitt P.1103 and P.1104 were a series of rocket-powered interceptor proposals drawn up in the early summer of 1944, with drawings finalized in August and September of that year. They were light interceptors of mostly wooden construction with a single rocket engine and wings and a vertical tail adapted from the V-1 flying bomb, and each was to be towed into the air behind a Bf 109G or Me 262. The P.1103/I used a Schmidding solid-fuel rocket, a prone pilot and a parachute landing, while the P.1103/II used a liquid-fueled Walter RI 202 rocket, an upright pilot and a retractable skid. All carried a 30 mm MK 108 cannon. They competed with the Heinkel P.1077 and the Bachem Ba 349, which the Luftwaffe selected, and work stopped in September 1944 so that Messerschmitt could concentrate on the Me 262 and the P.1101.