HEINKEL HE P.1077 ROMEO

The Heinkel P.1077 was a prototype German rocket or pulse-powered interceptor from the Second World War. The drive - in the Julia version - was provided by a single Walter HWK-109-509 engine and four auxiliary starting engines. The deck armament was to consist of two 30mm Mk.108 cannons. The flight of the constructed prototype was planned at the turn of 1944-1945, but the only prototype was destroyed in Vienna in December 1944, just before the flight. The machine never entered mass production. At the end of World War II, German aviation manufacturers, including the Heinkel factory, developed many jet and rocket fighter designs as part of the so-called Jägernotprogramm. This program was to lead to the design and start of mass production of completely new types of fighter aircraft. The aftermath of this program was just Heinkel P.1077, which was characterized by relatively small size, light armament, but high maximum speed and climb. The only prototype P.1077 built was called Julia and was to be powered by a rocket engine. It was also planned to create a version of the Heinkel P.1077 Romeo, which was to be powered by the Argus As 014 pulse engine. Only one unchecked prototype was created, and the machine did not enter serial production.