Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Henschel Flugzeugwerke
- Summary
- Dr. Herbert Wagner's missile group at Henschel Aircraft in World War II Germany designed this small, experimental, air-to-air missile. A Schmidding solid rocket propelled the Hs 298 for about 25 seconds, and the pilot in the launch aircraft guided it using a joystick and transmitter.
- The initial Hs 298 V1 design, first tested in 1944, had a different wing, square fins, a warhead on top, and a generator propeller below. Henschel built more than 300 V1s model and over 100 V2s, but the project was cancelled in early 1945 in favor of the Ruhrstahl X-4, which performed better. The Smithsonian obtained this missile from the U.S. Navy in 1948.
- Alternate Name
- Hs 298 Missile
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
- Inventory Number
- A19510066000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Aluminum
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 ft. 4 5/16 in. tall x 8 ft. 4 3/16 in. long x 4 ft. 2 3/16 in. wing span, 275.6 lb. (41.5 x 254.5 x 127.4cm, 125kg)
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19510066000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv994844e29-b0cc-4f80-a582-432d62123120
