The work on the Me P.1112 started on 25 February 1945 after
Willy Messerschmitt decided to halt the development of the
Messerschmitt P.1111, which would have required, as standard equipment, a
pressurized cockpit and
ejection seat. Designed by the head of the Messerschmitt Project Office
Woldemar Voigt (1907–1980), between 3 and 30 March 1945 as an alternative to the
Me P.1111, the Me P.1112 design was less radical than the P.1111 and incorporated the lessons learned from the development of the
Messerschmitt P.1110 design. The aircraft's wing design was similar in appearance to that of Messerschmitt's
Me 163 Komet rocket fighter. The pilot was seated in a semi-reclined position, and was equipped with an
ejection seat. A partial mockup of the Me P.1112 V/1, consisting of the aircraft's forward fuselage section, was constructed in the
"Conrad von Hötzendorf" Kaserne at
Oberammergau, but the Messerschmitt facilities there were occupied by American troops in April 1945, before construction of the prototype could begin. Although the Me P.1112 was never completed, follow-on designs were already proposed, even as design work on the type itself was done. These included a proposed
night fighter version, which was intended to be fitted with twin engines mounted in the
wing roots of the aircraft. Following the war, Voigt's experience in
tailless aircraft design was put to use by the
Chance Vought company in the
United States, where he was involved in the design of the
F7U Cutlass fighter. ==Specifications==