The Heinkel P.1077 (or He P.1077) was a single seat
interceptor
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design developed for the
Luftwaffe
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by
Heinkel under the
Emergency Fighter Program
The Emergency Fighter Program () was the program that resulted from a decision taken on July 3, 1944 by the Luftwaffe regarding the German aircraft manufacturing companies during the last year of the Third Reich.
This project was one of the ...
during the last year of the
Third Reich
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. This rocket-powered project was originally known as He P.1068, but that name was later used for a Heinkel design project for a
turbojet-powered medium bomber.
Design and development
This airplane was one of the products of the last phase of the Third Reich, when the lack of materials and the dire need to put up a strong defense against the devastating
Allied bombing raids required such craft to be built as quickly as possible in underground factories. Comparable models were the
Junkers EF 127 ''Walli'' and the
Messerschmitt P.1104. In the design of such small aircraft little thought was given to the safety and comfort of the pilots who were intended mostly to be
young Nazis motivated by fanaticism,
[von Ulrich, Albrecht]
"Artefakte des Fanatismus; Technik und nationalsozialistische Ideologie in der Endphase des Dritten Reiches."
''wissenschaft''. Retrieved: 23 April 2015. much as was intended for the
Heinkel He 162
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.
The pilot would have flown the aircraft from a prone position. Takeoff was to be aided by four solid fuel
RATO
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boosters which were jettisoned at burnout, and a jettisonable "trolley" sled for take-off. It would climb at a nearly vertical angle to operational altitude, after which the pilot would have only five minutes for combat action, before gliding the aircraft to land on a fixed skid.
Variants
![HeP1077Romeo 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/HeP1077Romeo_1.JPG)
;P.1077 Julia I and Julia II
:Rocket (
Walter HWK 109-509
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) powered interceptor project. One prototype unit was built, but was destroyed by an Allied air raid over
Vienna
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on December 22, 1944, before having flown.
[Koos 2008, p. 246.]
;P.1077 Romeo
:Pulse-jet (
Argus As 014
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) powered interceptor project. Unbuilt concept.
Specifications (Projected - He P.1077 Julia)
See also
*
Bachem Ba 349
The Bachem Ba 349 Natter ( en, Colubrid, grass-snake) was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. After a vertical take-off, which eliminate ...
''Natter''
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List of German aircraft projects, 1939–45
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References
Notes
Bibliography
* Koos, Volker. ''Heinkel Raketen-und Strahlflugzeuge''(in German). Oberhaching, Germany: Aviatic-Verlag GmbH, 2008. .
External links
Planet Models' 1/48 scale Heinkel P.1077 Julia{{Heinkel aircraft
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