List of Blohm & Voss aircraft

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The aircraft listed here were all designed by the aircraft manufacturing company associated with Blohm & Voss shipbuilders of Hamburg, Germany. The company changed its name several times, from Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH to Blohm & Voss Abteilung Flugzeugbau, and back to Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH (HFB). Some types therefore carry designations for more than one name. Many of the company's design studies were never built but are nevertheless of significant technical or historical interest. [1] [2] Less significant designs, other company's types manufactured under contract and joint projects under other names are not listed. Blohm and Voss made planes for the luftwaffe.

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List of aircraft

TypeClassRoleDateStatusNotes
Ha 135 PropellerTrainer1934PrototypeBiplane.
Ha 136 PropellerTrainer1934Prototype
Ha 137 PropellerAttack1935Prototype
Ha 138/BV 138 SeedracheFlying boatPatrol1937ProductionTwin-boom trimotor.
Ha 139 FloatplaneTransport1936PrototypeThird prototype redesignated and used operationally.
Ha 140 FloatplaneAttack1937Prototype
Ha 141/BV 141 PropellerPatrol1938PrototypeAsymmetric. A pre-production batch delivered.
Ha 142/BV 142PropellerTransport1938PrototypeLandplane version of Ha 139.
BV 143 MunitionMissile1939PrototypeHybrid glide/rocket anti-shipping munition.
BV 144 PropellerTransport1944PrototypeVariable-incidence wing.
BV 155 PropellerFighter1944PrototypeDevelopment of Messerschmitt Me 155.
Ha 222/BV 222 WikingFlying boatTransport1940ProductionLargest production flying boat of WWII.
BV 237 PropellerAttack1940ProjectAsymmetric. Development of the BV 141.
BV 238 PropellerPatrol1944PrototypeLargest WWII aircraft flown. BV 238-land variant was redesignated the BV 250.
BV 246 HagelkornMunitionGlide bomb1943ProductionNever used operationally.
BV 250 PropellerMulti-role1942ProjectLand version of the BV 238 for transport, bombing and patrol use.
BV 726 Jet flying boatTransport1941ProjectDevelopment of the propeller-driven P 200. [3]
BV 950 L10 FriedensengelMunitionGlide torpedo1942ProductionNever used operationally.
BV 950 L11 SchneewittchenMunitionGlide torpedo1944ProductionHigh-speed launch version of L10. Never used operationally.
BV 40 GliderFighter1944Prototype
P 7PropellerAttackProjectAlternative to the Ha 137. [4]
P 8Flying boatPatrol1934ProjectTwin-boom trimotor. Alternative to P 12 and P 13. Scaled-up to become the Ha 138. [5]
P 11PropellerAttack1936ProjectNavalised Ha 137. P 11a modified with floats. [4]
P 12Flying boatPatrol1934ProjectConventional trimotor. Alternative to P 8 and P 13. [5]
P 13Flying boatPatrol1934ProjectTwin-hulled, four-engined. Alternative to P 8 and P 12. [5]
P 19aPropellerPatrol1935ProjectLandplane variant of the P 19/Ha 140. [6]
P 20FloatplaneTransport1935ProjectReconnaissance-bomber variant of Ha 139. [7]
P 42Flying boatTransport1937ProjectTwin-hull. Predecessor to Ha 222. [8]
P 43Flying boatTransport1937ProjectPredecessor to Ha 222. [8]
P 97Flying boatTransport1939ProjectRe-engined BV 222. [9]
P 98Flying boatTransport1939ProjectRe-engined BV 222. [9]
P 110Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectTwin-boom BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 111Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectAsymmetric BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 112Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectAsymmetric BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 113Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectTwin-hull BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 122Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectTwin-boom BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 123Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectTwin-hull BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 124Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectTwin-boom BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 125Flying boatPatrol1940ProjectTwin-hull BV 138 replacement. Alternatives were P 110-113 and 122-125. [10]
P 163 PropellerBomber1942ProjectCrew in wingtip nacelles, single contra-prop.
P 170 PropellerBomber1942ProjectTrimotor with wingtip nacelles.
P 175JetFighterProjectShipboard or parasite. [11] [ citation needed ]
P 178 JetAttackProjectAsymmetric.
P 184 PropellerPatrol1943ProjectHigh aspect ratio, four engines. [12]
P 188 JetBomber1943ProjectW-wing.
P 190JetFighterProject [13]
P 192 PropellerAttack1944ProjectThree-surface with mid-mounted propeller.
P 193 PropellerAttack1944ProjectPusher, variable-incidence wing.
P 194 HybridAttack1944ProjectAsymmetric. Propeller + jet.
P 196 JetAttack1944ProjectTwin-boom.
P 197 JetFighter1944ProjectSwept wing.
P 198 JetFighter1944Project
P 199JetFighterProject [14]
P 200 Flying boatTransport1941Project
P 201RocketFighterProject [14]
P 202 JetFighter1944Project Slewed wing.
P 203 HybridFighter1944ProjectPropeller + jet.
P 204 HybridAttack1944ProjectAsymmetric. Propeller + jet.
P 207PropellerFighter1944ProjectAlternative to P 208. [15]
P 208 PropellerFighter1944ProjectTailless pusher. Alternative to P 207. [15]
P 209 JetFighter1944Project.01 was tailless, .02 forward swept.
P 210 JetFighter1944ProjectTailless. Volksjäger submission.
P 211 JetFighter1944Project Volksjäger submission.
P 212 JetFighter1945ProjectTailless.
P 213 Pulse jetFighter1944ProjectMiniaturjäger submission.
P 214 GliderAttack1944ProjectSuicide bomb.
P 215 JetFighter1945ProjectTailless.
Ae 607 JetFighter1945ProjectFlying wing delta (drawing number). [16]
HFB 209 PropellerTransport1960Project
HFB 314 JetTransport1960Project
HFB 320 Hansa Jet JetTransport1964ProductionForward-swept wings.

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These aircraft were built under the direction, in whole or in part, of B&V/HFB:

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References

Citations

  1. ↑ Green 1979, p. 69.
  2. ↑ Cowin 1963, p. 312, Part I, October issue.
  3. ↑ Amtmann, Hans; "Blohm & Voss Remembered", Part I, Aeroplane Monthly, February 1998, pp.26-27.
  4. 1 2 Green 1979, pp. 70–71.
  5. 1 2 3 Green 1979, p. 71.
  6. ↑ Green 1979, p. 80.
  7. ↑ Green 1979, p. 78.
  8. 1 2 Green 1979, p. 92.
  9. 1 2 Green 1979, p. 96.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Green 1979, p. 75.
  11. ↑ Masters 1982, p. 26: "...known to have been intended as a shipborne fighter"
  12. ↑ Cowin 1963, pp. 404–5, Part III, December issue.
  13. ↑ Masters 1982, p. 27.
  14. 1 2 Masters 1982, p. 30.
  15. 1 2 Sharp 2017, p. 68.
  16. ↑ Sharp 2017, pp. 68, 73.

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