Messerschmitt Me 328 Development & Politics - Dan Sharp

There Was Huge Excitement When Argus Engineer Gnther Diedrich Succeeded In Building A Pulsejet Powerful Enough To Propel A Car Up To 100kmh In 1941 It Was Simple, Cheap And Lightweight, And Before Long Germanys Premier Fighter Manufacturer Messerschmitt Had Come Up With A Simple, Cheap And Lightweight Airframe On Which To Mount It The Me 328.the Aircraft Was First Pitched As An Interceptor, Then As A Parasite Bomber For Attacks On America, Then As An Airborne Version Of The Infamous Soviet Katyusha Rocket Launcher, To Fire Heavyweight Rocket-bombs At Allied. Prototypes Were Built And Flown Both As Gliders And Under Pulsejet Power, And When Nazi Fanatics Needed An Aircraft Suitable For Suicide Attacks Against High-value Allied Targets, Their First Choice Was The Me 328. Yet The Type Never Fulfilled The Grandiose Ambitions Of Those Who Designed, Built And Supported It.dan Sharp Unravels A Development History That Was Anything But Straightforward To Find Out Exactly What Happened To The Luftwaffes Most Enigmatic Secret Project Aircraft.