Me 262 B-1a, WNr.110639 “White 35”
NAS/JRB Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Me 262 A-0
Prototype test aircraft fitted with two Jumo 004B turbojet engines with twenty-three built.
Me 262 A-1a
Production version, fighter and fighter-bomber.
Me 262 A-1a/R-1
Equipped with provisions for R4M air-to-air rockets.
Me 262 A-1a/U1
Single prototype with a total of six nose-mounted guns, two 20mm MG 151/20 cannons, two 30mm (1.18-inch) MK 103 cannons, and two 30mm (1.18-inch) MK 108 cannons.
Me 262 A-1a/U2
Single-seat night-fighter prototype with FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN2 90 MHz radar and Hirschgeweih antenna array.
Me 262 A-1a/U3
Reconnaissance version modified in small numbers, with Reihenbilder RB 20/30 cameras mounted in the nose, and occasionally one RB 20/20 and one RB 75/30.
Me 262 A-1a/U4
Bomber destroyer version with two prototypes fitted with the 50mm MK 214 or BK-5 antitank gun in the nose. Some pilots called it the “einhorn” (unicorn) or “nashorn” (rhinoceros). The extra weight made it easy prey for Allied escort fighters.
Me 262 A-1a/U5
Heavy jet fighter with six 30mm (1.18-inch) MK 108s in the nose.
Me 262 A-1b
Only difference from the A-1a was the BMW 003 engines, with two examples known to have been built.
Me 262 A-2a
Definitive bomber version retaining only the two lower 30mm (1.18-inch) MK 108s.
Me 262 A-2a/U1
Single prototype with advanced bombsight.
Me 262 A-2a/U2
Two prototypes with glazed nose for accommodating a bombardier.
Me 262 A-3a
Proposed ground-attack version.
Me 262 A-4a
Reconnaissance version.
Me 262 A-5a
Definitive reconnaissance version used in small numbers at end of the war.
Me 262 B-1a
Two-seat trainer.
Me 262 B-1a/U1
Me 262 B-1a trainers converted into provisional night fighters, FuG 218 Neptune radar, with Hirschgeweih antenna array.
Me 262 B-2
Proposed night fighter version with stretched fuselage, extra radar and armament. Never produced.
Me 262 C-1a
Single prototype configured from Me 262A WNr. 130 186 of rocket-boosted interceptor (Heimatschützer I) with the Walter HWK 109-509 rocket motor in the tail, first flown on February 27, 1945. Never mass produced.
Me 262 C-2b
Single prototype [made from Me 262A WNr. 170 074] of rocket-boosted interceptor (Heimatschützer II) with two BMW 003R dual powerplants with the early BMW 003 jet, with a single 1000-kilogram thrust BMW 718 rocket engine only flown on only one occasion on March 26, 1945. Never mass produced.
Me 262 C-3a
Design for the Heimatschützer III prototype of the rocket-boosted interceptor with Walter rocket, never produced.
Me 262 D-1
Proposed variant to carry heavy Jagdfaust under wing mortars, but not produced.
Me 262 E-1
Proposed heavy cannon-armed variant based upon the A-1a/U4 design.
Me 262 S
Zero-series test model for Me 262 A-1a airframe.
Me 262 V
Original test prototype for the Me 262 series.
Me 262 W
Design for Me 262 with pulse jet engines, never produced.