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Heinkel He 280

An early twin-jet fighter prototype that preceded the Me 262 but was not selected for production.

Archive ID: afm_0000263
Heinkel He 280, shown in the selected representative source image.Ray Wagner Collection / San Diego Air & Space Museum / Wikimedia Commons · Flickr Commons — no known copyright restrictionsImage source

An early twin-jet fighter prototype that preceded the Me 262 but was not selected for production.

Primary roleFighter
First flight1941
OriginGermany (1933–1945)
ManufacturerHeinkel Flugzeugwerke
Documented variants1
Crew modeCrewed
AirframeFixed Wing

Variants

DesignationTypeRoleRecorded operators
He 280 V2PrototypeFighterLuftwaffe (1935–1945)

Sources and further reading

Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.

  1. German Aircraft of the Second World War: Including Helicopters and Missiles — Putnam · Tier 3