10 прототипов, уничтоженных своими же, чтобы не достались врагу

Ten prototypes—ten moments of final choice. Airplanes, submarines, and engines that took years to develop and were destroyed in a matter of hours. A Junkers Ju 287 with its wings turned forward, blown up in its firewall twelve days before the Americans arrived. A BV 238 flying boat—the heaviest aircraft of its time—sunk by Mustangs on a German lake: the pilot who destroyed it didn't know for thirty years what he had destroyed. A Horten Ho 229 jet-powered flying wing, whose only flying prototype crashed, killing its test pilot, and the Germans didn't have time to blow up the next one—it was taken by Patton. A Japanese Shinden, which made its maiden flight twelve days before Japan's surrender. A rocket-powered Natter, whose first manned takeoff lasted fifty seconds and ended with the death of Lieutenant Sieber—shortly before his wedding. Each of these machines carried an idea that couldn't be destroyed along with the hull. The Horten wing became the prototype for the B-2. The Dolphin's teardrop-shaped hull became the standard for all submarines worldwide. Technology destroyed, knowledge didn't. Sources: wikipedia.org - articles junkers ju 287, horten ho 229, blohm & voss bv 238, bachem ba 349, kyushu j7w shinden, rogozarski ik-3, messerschmitt me 209, heinkel he 100, delphin submarine, bmw 018 airandspace.si.edu - horten ho 229 v3 preservation project, bachem ba 349 b-1 natter militaryfactory.com - rogozarski ik-3, blohm & voss bv 238, nakajima ki-201 ww2db.com – bachem ba 349 natter prototype warbirdsresourcegroup.org - horten ho 229 operational history, blohm und voss bv 238 amusingplanet.com – bachem ba 349 natter zmescience.com – horten ho 229 stealth analysis vintageaviationnews.com — kyushu j7w shinden first flight planehistoria.com - heinkel he 100, kyushu j7w shinden plane-encyclopedia.com - rogozarski ik-3, messerschmitt me 209 grokipedia.com – junkers ju 287, rogozarski ik-3, blohm & voss bv 238 naval-encyclopedia.com - gourdou gl.800 series