| Ar E.560 | |
|---|---|
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| Ar E.560 11 | |
| Role | Tactical bomber |
| Designer | Arado |
| Status | project only |
| Primary user | Luftwaffe (intended) |
| Developed from | Arado Ar 234 |
The Arado E.560 was a multi-engined Arado medium-range jet tactical bomber proposed during the Second World War.
The Arado E.560 designs were a development based on the Arado 234, and they share some characteristics with that plane.
Only four designs of E.560 variants have survived; the remaining are unknown. Except for one variants which was propeller-driven, the other three E.560 designs were to have been powered by turbojets. They were all equipped with retractable tricycle undercarriage.The E.560, like many other advanced German jet bomber projects, did not progress past the design phase. [1] [2]
All of the Arado E.560 variants had a pressurized cockpit for a crew of two, located at the front end of the fuselage. [1]
Four-engined bomber project powered by turbojet engines. The wings were swept back.
Data from Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode, The Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935–1945. Midland Counties Publ. ISBN 978-1857800920
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Smaller two-engined bomber project powered by turboprop engines. It had swept back wings.
Data from Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode, The Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935–1945. Midland Counties Publ. ISBN 978-1857800920
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Six-engined bomber project powered by turbojet engines. It had swept back wings.
Data from Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode, The Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935–1945. Midland Counties Publ. ISBN 978-1857800920
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Four-engined bomber project powered by turbojet engines. It had swept back wings.
Data from Dieter Herwig & Heinz Rode, The Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Strategic Bombers 1935–1945. Midland Counties Publ. ISBN 978-1857800920
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