28/08/2026
Messerschmitt Me 263 cockpit. The first photograph shows a panel fitted with almost all of its instruments, while the second shows the panel with cardboard mock-ups of the instruments. It is worth noting that the instruments are arranged differently on the two panels, and it is possible that the instrument panel of a production aircraft would have been considerably different in appearance.
The Me 263 was a further development of the Me 163, but despite all efforts, only three aircraft had been completed by the end of the war, none of which ever took to the air.