For the fictional aircraft in the film Aces: Iron Eagle III, see Messerschmitt Me 263 (fictional).
Me 263
Model of Me 263
Role
Fighter-interceptor
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Messerschmitt/Junkers
Designer
Alexander Lippisch
First flight
8 February 1945 (unpowered)
Primary user
Luftwaffe
Number built
3
Developed from
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
The Messerschmitt Me 263 Scholle (plaice)[1] was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft developed from the Me 163 Komet towards the end of World War II. Three prototypes were built but never flown under their own power as the rapidly deteriorating military situation in Germany prevented the completion of the test program.
^Christopher 2013, p. 142.
and 25 Related for: Messerschmitt Me 263 information
The MesserschmittMe263 Scholle (plaice) was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft developed from the Me 163 Komet towards the end of World War II. Three...
MesserschmittMe 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt...
MesserschmittMe 321 Gigant was a large German cargo glider developed and used during World War II. Intended to support large-scale invasions, the Me...
The MesserschmittMe 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions,...
The MesserschmittMe 210 was a German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. Design started before the war, as a replacement for the...
designer Willy Messerschmitt from mid-July 1938 onwards, and known primarily for its World War II fighter aircraft, in particular the Bf 109 and Me 262. The...
The MesserschmittMe 309 was a prototype German fighter, designed in the early years of World War II to replace the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Although it...
The MesserschmittMe 261 (unofficially nicknamed Adolfine) was a long-range reconnaissance aircraft designed in the late 1930s. It looked like an enlarged...
The MesserschmittMe 323 Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider...
The MesserschmittMe 264 was a long-range strategic bomber developed during World War II for the German Luftwaffe as its main strategic bomber. The design...
The first MesserschmittMe 209 was a single-engine racing aircraft which was designed for and succeeded at breaking speed records. This Me 209 was a completely...
The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110, is a twin-engined Zerstörer (destroyer, heavy fighter), fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber or...
Il-2. Another Messerschmitt aircraft, first called "Bf 109R", purpose-built for record setting, but later redesignated MesserschmittMe 209, broke the...
The MesserschmittMe 609 (alternatively Me 309 Zwilling) was a World War II German project which joined two fuselages of the Me 309 fighter prototype...
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter...
The MesserschmittMe 410 Hornisse (Hornet) is a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber, or "Fast Bomber" in English, used by the Luftwaffe during World...
Due to the Messerschmitt Bf 109's versatility and time in service with the German and foreign air forces, numerous variants were produced in Germany to...
The MesserschmittMe 265 was a design project for a Zerstörer (“Destroyer;” heavy fighter), produced by leading German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt...
The MesserschmittMe 328 was a prototype pulsejet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt AG....
The MesserschmittMe 310 was a prototype German heavy fighter of World War II. It was a project to save the aerodynamically troubled Me 210. The armament...
The MesserschmittMe 509 was an all-metal fighter project, underway in Germany during World War II. Not much information about this project has survived...
Global Information