In the last months of World War 2, after work on the P. 1111 was halted, designers at Messerschmitt AG began studies on a new aircraft that built on the disadvantages of the P. 1111. What they came up with was the P. 1112, which may have become the standard jet fighter of the Luftwaffe, had the Third Reich managed to hold its ground and push back the allies.
Aircraft Images & Data3-View
A Messerschmitt P. 1112 with JG 7 markings
DimensionsLength: 7.2m
Height: 2.8m
Wingspan: 7.6m
Wing area: 19m²
Wing sweep: 40 degrees
WeightsEmpty Weight: 2290 kg
Takeoff weight: 4673 kg
Maximum Wing Load: 246 kg/m²
Fuel Load: 1900 Liters
PerformanceMax Speed: 1100 km/h
Ceiling: 14000m
Endurance: 2 hours at 7000m at full thrust
Equipment1x Heinkel HeS011B turbojet, 14.7 kN thrust (or maybe give it the C variant, apparently meant to produce about 16 kN)
4x MK 108 30mm cannons OR 2x MK 108 30mm cannons + 2x MK 103 30mm cannons
Brief HistoryWhen Willi Messerschmitt halted all design work on the P. 1111, Messerschmitt's entry into the Jägernotprogramm (alongside the P. 1110), work was started on a new aircraft. The project was given the designation P. 1112 as it was the successor to the P. 1111. The team involved with the P. 1112 was headed by Waldemar Voigt, who estimated that a flying prototype could be constructed by the summer of 1946. This would never happen, of course, as the Oberammergau facility (where Messerschmitt design work was taking place) was overrun by the US Army on April 29, 1945. Even though a prototype was never constructed, a mock up cockpit was in progress at the time the Americans seized the facility.
Extra Images
Mock up Cockpit
Hypothetical Instrumentation arrangement (from mep1112.de)
Multi-View image of a P. 1112 in service with JV 44
A P. 1112 of JG7
Two P. 1112's in flight
P. 1112's of JG7 at a Luftwaffe airbase
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