Messerschmitt dilema?

[Flitzer]

Hi
I have always known the aircraft below as the Messerschmitt Bf109TL, but in Manfred Griehl's Jet Planes of the Third Reich, The Secret Projects Vol 1 (Page 24)
it describes the 109 TL as having a single jet engine replacing the original piston engine, whereas the twin jet engine aircraft is named as Me 155 TL.

Can anyone shed any light on this please?

Many thanks
P

 

[Michel Van]

the RLM make demand for standardization to fewer types of Aircraft in January 1943
Messerschmitt also got order to speed up the Me 262 production
so they study the potentiality of using available parts from other aircraft mostly Me 155
but Messerschmitt discard the idea after 2 month,
because the amount of work would be same as on Me 262
this Aircraft had to build from:
Me 155b parts (a BF 109 version build as Blohm & Voss BV 155)
Me 309 nose wheel, two Jumo004 B-1 in Me262 pods
Me 409 Wings (a Fighter Project)
but the rest like tail unit, Aircaftnose (with weapons), landing gear and reservoir
had to entirely new designed

so in Literature there several Name on that project
Bf 109 TL, Me 109 TL, Me 155 TL but Literature say Two Jet engine not one
can be that Flitzer source mix up Me 109 TL with Me P.1091 to P.1095 a Fighter with singel Jet engine ?
by elide a number on end ?

Source
"Geheimprojekte der Luftwaffe: Jagdflugzeuge 1939-1945", Motorbuch verlag on page 86
"Luftwaffe Secret Projects: Fighters 1939-1945", Midland publishing on page 76
by Walter Schick and Ingolf Meyer

"Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 Vol.3"
Heinz J. Nowarra, Bernard & Graefe on page 244

 

[airman]

Compliments Flitzer, nice profile, http://www.luft46.com/mess/me109tl.html
i have discovered where speak about Me 155 TL , but i suppose it's only pure speculation without any other good resources of info ! :-\
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/bf109/Bf109Marks.html

 

[Flitzer]

Thank you to both of you.

I think I'll stay with it being the 109TL.
(profile- work in progress)

Best wishes
Peter