Daimler Benz Project A

In 1943, instructed from Reichsmarschall Goring for the design and produce very long-range bombers which would be capable of attacking targets in the U.S.A. and Soviet industrial plants far beyond the Germany, Daimler-Benz combined with Focke-Wulf to form a joint study group for the development of ultra long-range aircraft. These strikes were to be carried out in non-stop flight and without recourse to aerial refuelling. The two designs, simply referred to as Project-A and -B were to have been built in 1944. The Project-A was a carrier aircraft designed to transport a jet bomber between its tall and fixed undercarriage legs. This combination was to have been capable of delivering a 30,000kg bomb load over distance of 17,000km. These destructive effect was far greater than that of conventional bombs. The project was not went behind the drawing board.