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Luftwaffe Projects - Volume 9

Henschel P600/67J Twin Pulse Jet Low level and Ground Attack Fighter

Based on the basics learned from the larger Henschel Hs P87 design, Henschel Chief Designer Dipl-Ing Friedrich Nicolaus and his design team embarked on the PJ600/67 low-level and ground attack project. It was to be a canard layout with power provided by two Argus-Staurohre As.044 pulsejets mounted aft with one each side of the tail.

The pilot was placed in the nose. The aim was to provide a capability to carry a 2,000 kg bomb load and to help keep overall weight down, no undercarriage was to be included. Take off would have been with the aid of a land or ship based catapult, plus in addition there were plans to use a ‘Mistelschlepp’ towed take-off as an alternative. Landing would have been by belly skids. Armament included 2 or 4 x MG.151/20 guns housed in a special "Waffen-wanne" belly pod similar to those used on the Ju-88G and the He-219.

The PJ600/67 project underwent wind tunnel testing but despite good results the RLM ordered all further work on it to be stopped. Little else is known, but it is believed that the project was seized by Russian forces in 1945.

Hutter Hu ‘Ostermark’ High Altitude Zerstorer

On 9th December 1942 Wolfgang Hutter presented a concept for a two/three-seat twin-engined long-range Zerstorer designated ‘Ostermark’. Construction was to be all-metal and the proposed powerplants were for DB 601A-1s installed side-by-side mid fuselage, each engine driving a set of contra-rotating four-blade propellers via extension shafts. This enabled one engine to continue operating while the other was shut down. Six fuel tanks housed in the fuselage provided a range of 3,000 km. Armaments included a Bordkanone firing through the propeller boss and a rear firing remote controlled cannon in the tail. The bomb load carried internally was 1,000 kg or alternatively a BT1000 Bomb-torpedo.

Drawings exist of the side view cutaway and one of the fuselage plan view but no drawings are available showing the wings. For the profile the wings are shown as what was typical of Hutter designs. Also no reliable details for dimensions and other data remain. proportions are based on the known dimensions of the DB 601A engines.

Junkers EF82 ‘Stuka’

After the Spanish Civil War and as soon as WWII began, it became obvious, that the use of ground attack/dive bomber aircraft for the support of ground units was essential. It was also obvious, that the Ju87 had several inadequacies, which needed to be solved as a matter of priority. One approach was the Ju187, which was still based on the Ju87 and which mostly addressed the aerodynamic problems. The approach as depicted here was a completely new ‘Stuka’ aircraft design, which continued were the earlier EF 65 concept left off.

In 1939 the EF82 was a further development step and was equipped with a Junkers Jumo 214 engine, which was a secret Junkers development carried out without the backing of the RLM. The design also showed a lot of design improvements including a retractable undercarriage and an internal bomb compartment for 1000kg bomb load. The EF82 was also designed for an aircraft carrier role, i.e. for the "Graf Zeppelin".

Except the engine design, no further data for the EF82 or EF65 are available. It is not known, if the design was presented to the RLM.