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1943
1943 - 0365.PDF
FEBRUARY IITH, 1943 FLIGHT 143 An artist's impression of the Messerschmitt 210 A-i, Messerschmitt 210 A-I Qermany's Long-range Fighter Bomber : Remotely Controlled Quns A NOTHER type of fighter bomber captured by BritainA% is the Messerschmitt 210 A-i, a low-wing mono- *• -»• plane carrying a crew of two, comprising the pilot/bomb-aimer and radio operator / rear gunner. It can be used as a long-range fighter, dive bomber or for groundattacks, and is a development of the now familiar Me no. In the aircraft recently examined by Flight twoD.B.601 F.i engines were fitted. These appear to diBer from the 601E found in the Me 109F only in having aspecial cooling duct fitted on each side for directing cool air over exhaust stubs and into the sparking plug wells,which system is described later. The coolant radiators are of the ducted type as used in the Me 109F. The recent tendency to build the wing as a single unitpassing through the fuselage is followed, and except for this the structural design is in line with' previous Messer-schmitt construction, that is, a single-spar wing and a SPAN: 53ft. 9:n. GROSS WEIGHT: Approx. 21,350 .b. ENGINES: Two 1,270 h.p. D.B. 601 F.I. General arrangement of the Messerschmitt 210 A-i The two fixed 7.9mm. and two Mauser 20mm guns JI thenose showing the "blast" tubes and the bomb stowage below
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