| Manufacturer |
Vickers |
Messerschmitt AG |
| Description |
The Vickers Type 432 was a British high-altitude fighter aircraft developed by the Vickers group during the Second World War. |
The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a German heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft of World War II. |
| First Flight |
1942-12-24 |
1939-09-02 |
| Entry Into service |
|
1942-01-01 |
| Service End |
|
1945-01-01 |
| Designer |
Vickers |
Messerschmitt AG |
| Type |
high altitude fighter |
|
| Length (m) |
11.8872 |
12.2 |
| Height (m) |
3.9624 |
4.2 |
| Cockpit Crew |
1 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
611.5507 |
580 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
11582.4 |
8900 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
13.97 |
|
| Armament |
6 × 20 mm Hispano cannon in a ventral gondola |
; 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon; 2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine gun; 2 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns (rear armament), one each in FDSL 131/1B remotely operated turret; maximum 2204 lb internally; 2 × 500 kg SC500 bombs; 2 × 250 kg SC 250 bombs; 8 × 50 kg SC 50 bombs |
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
|
| Number Built |
1 |
90 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 liquid-cooled V12 engines, 1133 kW (1520 hp) each |
2 × Daimler-Benz DB 605B V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engine, 1085 kW (1455 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
Luftwaffe, Royal Hungarian Air Force |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Type_432 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_210 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
17.0688 |
16.3 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
41.8064 |
36.2 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Rolls-Royce Merlin |
|
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |