what is it?
The Blohm & Voss P215 was an advanced jet night fighter project by Blohm & Voss during the Second World War. With a crew of three and twin jet engines, it featured a tailless swept-wing layout and heavy armament. An order for three prototypes was received just weeks before the war ended.
How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 18.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Top speed is 6.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18.8 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 2,200 km: 12× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- number built
- —
- role
- night fighter
- makers
- Blohm+Voss
- engines
- 2× Heinkel HeS 011
- crew
- 3
- length
- 11.6 m
- wingspan
- 18.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 14.8 t
- top speed
- 860 km/h
- range
- 2,200 km
- ceiling
- 11,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30681527, Wikipedia: Blohm & Voss P 215 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.