Yet another suggestion for a LW long Range MPA. The Me261 was an experimental aircraft intended to carry the Olimpic Torch for the 1940 Tokyo Games in a non stop Berlim Tokyo flight. The prototype, with 2 DB606, flew in December 1940, and had a 600km/h speed and 8000miles + range. My suggestion is for a MPA variant, with DB601 engines, for service entry in 1941 and with the definitive variant, with DB605 engines, to be introduced in 1942. Speed would be much less, but range could still be useful. This would be essentially a spotter plane for U Boote groups.
Or it could be built with the DB606, that actually worked in the tests with this aircraft, and have the speed and range to roam unintercepted over the Atlantic.
Or it could be built with the DB606, that actually worked in the tests with this aircraft, and have the speed and range to roam unintercepted over the Atlantic.
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