Luftwaffe: Secret Designs of the Third Reich

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The Me 309 Zw is two Me 309 fuselages joined together. The Me 609 is the Me 262. I found a number of references to documents about the Me 609 and on retrieving them was surprised to discover that they all related to the Me 262 (see attached examples) and had nothing to do with the twin-fuselage Me 309. I asked Dan Johnson about it and he pointed me to Willy Messerschmitt - Pioneer of Aviation Design by Erbert, Kaiser and Peters which, on p296, describes the Me 609 as "cover designation for test-ready Me 262s". The evidence certainly backs up that description.

Hi newsdeskdan,

can you tell me in which archive you found these ME 609 documents? Its an interesting fact, that the ME 609 is not two ME 309 fuselages joined together, that you read so often off in corresponding books. I just bought your book, great work!

Kind regards,
Manuel

 

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Hi newsdeskdan,

can you tell me in which archive you found these ME 609 documents? Its an interesting fact, that the ME 609 is not two ME 309 fuselages joined together, that you read so often off in corresponding books. I just bought your book, great work!

Kind regards,
Manuel

There's actually no shortage of material on the Me 609, which makes it all the more surprising that it's been misidentified for so long. I'm sure you're aware of the ADRC/T-2 microfilm reels at NASM? Well, there are Me 609 files at ADRC/T-2 2601/684, 2494/342, 2639/455, 2484/272, 2346/456 and 2630/738.

 

[novum]

There's actually no shortage of material on the Me 609, which makes it all the more surprising that it's been misidentified for so long. I'm sure you're aware of the ADRC/T-2 microfilm reels at NASM? Well, there are Me 609 files at ADRC/T-2 2601/684, 2494/342, 2639/455, 2484/272, 2346/456 and 2630/738.

Hi Dan,

thanks a lot for this information. I really appreciate. I sent you a private message on that topic.

Best,
Manuel