To quote one of my current favourite Youtube channels - To err is human. To really mess up takes Nazis.
Blohm + Voss had an interesting obsession with asymmetric and generally weird aircraft. You can sort of forgive the small jet designs as they were so constrained by materials at the end of the war, but I'm not sure I can explain the P 170, P 188, or my personal favourite the BV 141
There's a few more here
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 9:49, Reply)
this was another weird nazi beast
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_335
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 10:56, Reply)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_335
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 10:56, Reply)
My pet theory is that Blohm & Voss were dedicated anti-Nazis
who were deliberately pushing for the development of dead-end projects in order to waste Nazi resources.
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 14:50, Reply)
who were deliberately pushing for the development of dead-end projects in order to waste Nazi resources.
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 14:50, Reply)
They weren't the only ones. Seems like everyone and their dog was lining up with their terrible ideas for a piece of the military budget.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderwaffe
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 16:15, Reply)
Come on, only about 1/3 of those look like rejected Star Wars ship designs.
Most of those jet/rocket planes look like they could be American designs from the 50s (and probably were, more or less).
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 18:59, Reply)
Most of those jet/rocket planes look like they could be American designs from the 50s (and probably were, more or less).
( , Wed 6 Sep 2023, 18:59, Reply)