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Messerschmitt Me 163
Messerschmitt Me 163 V8 on the ground.jpg
Role Fighter aircraft
Manufacturer Messerschmitt
First flight 1941
Introduction 1945
Retired 1945 (Luftwaffe)
Primary user Luftwaffe
Number built 370

The Messerschmitt Me 163 is a german military aircraft of the World War II. it was the first and only one rocket-powered aircraft of the History. It was the basis of the japanese Mitsubishi J8M. Some were tested by Allies forces after-war.

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  • Me163Variants

    Development of the Me 163

  • HWK 109-509 A

    A Me 163's HWK 109-509A engine

  • HWK 109-509

    Position of the Walter HWK 109-509A-1 rocket motor

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-058-62, Raketenjäger Me 163 A-V4

    The Me 163A V4 (first prototype) in 1941

  • Me163 Dropping type wheel

    Me 163B's unsprung jettisonable main gear "dolly" unit

  • Scheuch-Schlepper

    Use of the "Scheuch-Schlepper" before an Me 163B's flight (above) and after (below)

  • Me163efJM

    Me 163 B-1a at the National Museum of Flight in Scotland

  • ME 163 landing skid extended

    Landing skid of a Messerschmitt Me 163B shown extended for takeoff, with the take-off dolly attached.

  • Walter HWK 509B-1 USAF

    A preserved HWK 109-509B "cruiser" twin-chamber rocket motor (National Museum of the United States Air Force)

  • Me163C 2

    Model of the Me 163C

  • Me163D 1

    Model of the unbuilt Me 163D, erroneously marked with the Me 163B V18's markings for this airframe design

  • Me 163 at Melbourne c1950

    Typical appearance of a Komet after landing, waiting for the airfield's Scheuch-Schlepper tractor and lifting trailer to tow it back for reattachment of its "dolly" maingear

  • Me 163 191907 on display at the Australian War Memorial May 2015

    Me 163B, Werknummer 191907, is part of the collection of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra

  • Me-163 Komet (Can)

    Me 163B, Werknummer 191914, at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum; the tiny propeller operates as a ram air turbine that provided electrical power

  • Me163

    Messerschmitt Me 163 at the Luftwaffenmuseum in Berlin-Gatow

  • Messerchmitt Me163B-2 (4976596499)

    Me 163B 191 301 at Wright Field display in October 1945

  • Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet

    Unrestored Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet at the Udvar-Hazy center

  • Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet, Private JP6586040

    The Me 163 replica glider, D-1636, Aérodrome de La Ferté-Alais, France, 2009

  • Plan view of a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

    Plan view of the un-restored Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet at the Smithsonian Institute's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, USA.

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