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Ta 183 Huckebein | |
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General information | |
Type | Fighter/Interceptor |
Manufacturer | Focke-Wulf |
Status | Terminated by the end of the war |
Primary user | Luftwaffe |
Number built | None completed |
History | |
Developed into | Focke-Wulf Volksjäger, Focke-Wulf Super Lorin FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II |
The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein was a design for a jet-powered fighter aircraft intended as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and other day fighters in Luftwaffe service during World War II. It had been developed only to the extent of wind tunnel models when the war ended, but the basic design was further developed postwar in Argentina as the FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II. The name Huckebein is a reference to a trouble-making raven (Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe) from an illustrated story in 1867 by Wilhelm Busch.[1]