Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse

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Me 410
Me 410 A-1/U2, RAF Museum Cosford, 1985
Role	Heavy fighter, fighter-bomber Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Messerschmitt
First flight	14 March 1942
Introduction	1943
Retired	1945
Primary users	Luftwaffe Hungarian Air Force
Produced	May 1943-August 1944
Number built	1,189
Developed from	Messerschmitt Me 210

The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet) is a German heavy fighter and Schnellbomber, or "Fast Bomber" in English, used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Though an incremental improvement of the Me 210, it had a new wing plan, longer fuselage and engines of greater power. The changes were significant enough for the aircraft to be renamed the Me 410.