Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika Bomber: The Luftwa... -

: As the war progressed, Germany lacked the strategic materials and fuel required to produce and operate such massive aircraft.

: It was designed as a "super-bomber" to strike the United States East Coast and support long-range maritime reconnaissance over the Atlantic. Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika Bomber: The Luftwa...

: Only three prototypes were ever built. The first flight took place in December 1942. : As the war progressed, Germany lacked the

: By 1944, the Luftwaffe shifted its focus almost entirely to "Emergency Fighter" programs to defend German airspace from Allied bombing raids. : As the war progressed

: The prototypes were eventually destroyed in Allied air raids on the Messerschmitt factories, effectively ending the program.