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More luftwaffe wingspan whackjobbery with the 43m wide Messerschmidt Me-264

This was Willy Messerschmidt's entry for the Reichs ambitious Amerikabomber programme to bomb the merkin's east coast. The plane had a planned range of 10000 miles and had bunk-beds on board to allow a crew change on the monster mission

Separated at birth: The Me-264 and the B-29?

Both share a 43m wingspan
Both first flew in late 1942
Both share similar design language with tricycle landing gear and stepless glass nose

But whereas the B-29 went on to greatness with 4000 built the Amerikabomber programme was cancelled and only 3 beautiful Me-264s were ever built.