Artwork by Jared A. Zichek

BLOHM und VOSS / S. Isacson
"ZERSTOERER"

The article on this project was published in the Russian TsAGI Bulletin #26 (269) by well known Russian aviation historian V.Bakursky. The project is dated July 1944. It was designed as a two-seat zerstoerer/long range fighter/bomber powered with two tandem mounted engines (presumably DB 613, 3,900hp). Unfortunately the correct "P" number of this project is still unknown...

FOLLOW-UP It was assumed that this asymmetric layout was typical to Dr.Vogt's (chief Blohm-Voss designer) projects. This decision was confirmed once more when Mr. Gary Webster shared the copy of the 1935 patent drawing by Dr.Vogt showing exactly the same aircraft scheme. Just recently Mr. Scott Lowther forwarded a copy of 1943 "Flight" article, where the original drawing appears to be copied from. The article states the project was designed by Swedish engineer Sigurd Isacson. However, it is still believed that the origin of this project belongs to German Blohm und Voss company research output. Any additional information on this subject will be appreciated.
Thanks to Mr.G.Webster and Mr.S.Lowther for valuable information.
A VERY INTERESTING follow-up added by Mr. Lars Sundin. Read below the drawings.

Type: Zerstoerer / Fernjaeger / Bomber

Engine:
Two in-line engines.

Dimensions:
Wing span:
16m

Length:
13.1m

Weight:
Loaded:
9,000kg

Performance:
Maximum Speed:
770kph

Range:
1,800km

Service Ceiling:
10,700m

Armament:
Two 20mm cannon (in the fuselage nose)
Six 13mm guns (in wings)
1,500kg bombs


IMAGES
Original 3-view drawing

Artwork by Igor Shestakov

This follow-up is written by Mr. Lars Sundin of Sweden:
I am quite convinced that it is as Mr Isacson writes in his autobiography, from which I attach two pages, namely that he presented this "project" as a graduation thesis for an engineering degree. He does not tell how detailed the study was and he gives the impression it was all his own concept. He tells the the two man crew were located in lying positions (pilot on his belly and the other man on his back) and that a braking parachute was to be used. Mr Isacson also tells that the German "Signal" wrote "The design by the "Swedish" designer Sigurd Isaacson that is shown in "Aero-Express" is a copy of a German..." He also draws the attention to the antisemitic flavour in the Signal wording (Swedish between quotation marks and the misspelling of his name.) He does not tell how the knowledge of his ""project" spread to the belligerent powers but I guess it first was presented in a Swedish magazine It may very well be just that Mr Isacson knew of the patent of Richard Vogt or some presentation of it. He is in his autobiography not always fully correct. For example, he tells that the magazine Aeroplane Monthly in the February 1999 issue states that the Germans started to develop a similar project after he had presented his. However, in this article "Flying flat out" by Hans Amtmann and dealing partly with the "attack glider" Bv 40 (where the pilot is in a prone position), nothing is mentioned of Mr Isacson or any other B&V project. Mr Isacson was born in 1922. He was active in oldtimer model flying last year.

Original crew position drawing

Artwork in Swedish markings

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