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Totally wasted on rum filled Danish butterhorns, Prof. Anton Veeblefitzer, genius aircraft designer, in many alternate universes, whipped up this puppy, for the German Kriegsmarine.
Pictured is the prototype Ve-181 "Narwhal" seaplane torpedo bomber/bomber/long range recon' aircraft.
A very robust design, combining aspects inspired by the Heinkel 111 Luftwaffe bomber, i.e. the nose and fuselage, and Prof. Horten's flying wing designs, with Blohm and Voss flying boat hull and wing pontoons, Prof. Veeblefitzer's new craft showed much promise to becoming an effective combat machine.
Powered with two Junkers Jumo 004 turbo jets, the prototype, completed in November of 1942, was capable of nearly reaching 400 mph.
But Prof. Veeblefitzer saw a problem. When the prototype was fully loaded, with twin torpedoes, or bombs, plus full fuel tanks, it could barely
top 330 mph, making it vulnerable to enemy fighters.
Prof. Veeblefitzer's solution was to add two additional Jumo jet motors to increase performance (see following design, soon to be posted).
Only 3 crew members were necessary to deploy the craft, as it had many advanced automatic functions, eliminating the need for a large crew.
There was the pilot, and the copilot/bombardier/nose gunner and the flight engineer/radio operator/top turret gunner/navigator.
The prototype featured only two 20 mm cannon for defensive armament, as it was anticipated that production aircraft would not need extra guns, due to expected increase in speed and altitude performance with the planned 4 Jumo jet motored version.
The prototype was nicknamed the "Purple Monster" by the test crews. A name which Prof. Veeblefitzer found offensive.

Description
Totally wasted on rum filled Danish butterhorns, Prof. Anton Veeblefitzer, genius aircraft designer, in many alternate universes, whipped up this puppy, for the German Kriegsmarine.
Pictured is the prototype Ve-181 "Narwhal" seaplane torpedo bomber/bomber/long range recon' aircraft.
A very robust design, combining aspects inspired by the Heinkel 111 Luftwaffe bomber, i.e. the nose and fuselage, and Prof. Horten's flying wing designs, with Blohm and Voss flying boat hull and wing pontoons, Prof. Veeblefitzer's new craft showed much promise to becoming an effective combat machine.
Powered with two Junkers Jumo 004 turbo jets, the prototype, completed in November of 1942, was capable of nearly reaching 400 mph.
But Prof. Veeblefitzer saw a problem. When the prototype was fully loaded, with twin torpedoes, or bombs, plus full fuel tanks, it could barely
top 330 mph, making it vulnerable to enemy fighters.
Prof. Veeblefitzer's solution was to add two additional Jumo jet motors to increase performance (see following design, soon to be posted).
Only 3 crew members were necessary to deploy the craft, as it had many advanced automatic functions, eliminating the need for a large crew.
There was the pilot, and the copilot/bombardier/nose gunner and the flight engineer/radio operator/top turret gunner/navigator.
The prototype featured only two 20 mm cannon for defensive armament, as it was anticipated that production aircraft would not need extra guns, due to expected increase in speed and altitude performance with the planned 4 Jumo jet motored version.
The prototype was nicknamed the "Purple Monster" by the test crews. A name which Prof. Veeblefitzer found offensive.