Famous Fighter-Planes of WW II

DORNIER
DO 335

Pfeil (Arrow)

(Cockpit view)

The DO 335 Pfeil was one of the most unique fighter-planes of WW II
The revolutionary construction combined a front and a rear-engine with push
and pull-propellers. This ingenious drive-system permitted a fuselage with
low air-resistance and made the DO 335 one of the fastest propeller driven
airplanes of WWII. After minor troubles with the cooling-system of the rear-
engines the first four DO 335s were delivered to their unit in September 1944.
The type A-1 was an all-weather fighter-bomber. It was planned to produce the
types A-2 and A-3 as destroyers with additional cannons in wing-pods.
At a later time the plane was to be equipped with the same R4/M Rheinmetall
air to air missiles that were used with the ME 262. It was also planned to use
the new X4 Ruhrstahl wire-guided air to air missiles.

Technical Data:
Dimensions:	Span: 13,8 m(45.4 ft), Length: 13,87 m (45.6 ft), Height: 4,0 m (16.4 ft),
Weights:(A-1)	Empty:7400-7700 Kg, Loaded: 11700 Kg
Engines:	Two Daimler-Benz DB603G 12-Cylinder/inverted-V - liquid-cooled engines in a push-pull configuration - HP 1,900 HP
Performance:	Maximum Speed: 413 - 477 mph, Climb rate: 4600 ft/min
	Ceiling: 37400 ft , Range: 3750 Km (2330 miles)
Arment:	1 x 30mm MK 108 Cannon in the nose / 2x 15mm machine guns above.
additional Arment:	2 x 30mm MK 108 Cannons in wing pods

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