1. Design

2. Replica

3. Specifications

4. See also

5. References

The Blohm & Voss P 214 was a small manned powered bomb project with a large warhead mounted integrally with the fuselage, designed in late 1944 but not developed past the project stage.

Officially this project was known in German as Bemannte Fla. Bombe (Fla. standing for Flugabwehr), meaning "Manned Air Defence Bomb".^[1]

Design

The P 214 would have been carried as a parasite aircraft by a mother plane to an altitude above the enemy bomber fleet. Then the pilot would have put the aircraft into a steep dive in order to deliver a strong explosive charge. Once the aircraft was well-aimed at the target the pilot should have bailed out, letting the unmanned plane explode in the middle of the enemy bombers.^[2] However, even though it was theoretically feasible for the pilot to escape, in practice the chances were next to nil.^[1]

Although it was not intended as such, owing to the real dangers for the pilot inherent in the operation of this dangerous aircraft, the P 214 is sometimes listed as a suicide weapon.^[1]

Replica

An exhibit on display at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia is claimed to be a replica.^[2]

Specifications

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See also

• Fliegende Panzerfaust
• Sombold So 344

• List of German aircraft projects, 1939–45
• List of rocket aircraft

• Emergency Fighter Program

References

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