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Originally Posted by Catfish
Well done Rockstar 
The Blohm & Voss 155 stratospheric fighter/interceptor, derived from the ME 155 project first labelled as Messerschmitt 409 (a "Me 109 on steroids"), able to reach almost 17,000 meters of altitude, designed to intercept pressurised high-flying Liberators and the B-29. It had a DB 605 engine with a Hirth two-stage turbocharger. Its wing span was almost as wide as the later U-2 US spy plane. The two giant wing radiators were necessary to cool engine and turbochargers.
The only survivor is in the US Smithsonian National Air and Space museum:
https://airandspace.si.edu/collectio...m_A19600314000
Over to Rockstar  |
I looked right at that photo in air and space link so many times the last few days you wouldn't believe. Didn't dawn on me til me now, those strut covers were distracting me. What can I say I'm just a slow on the uptake sometimes.
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