The Luftwaffe Project Design Board

 The trouble with conventional aircraft is that they need runways, long expensive
concrete runways so that they can take-off and land. During times of war, the
enemy's airports and their hard-surfaced runways make inviting targets. They
might just as well have big white letters stating "BOMB HERE"! What is needed in
times of total war is an interceptor which can take-off and land vertically from
hiding places like cities, farms and wooded areas. This is the story of one VTOL
(verticle take off and landing) proposed by the Heinkel AG company, for the
Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II.