Messerschmitt Me - 262A - 2a Sturmvogel The Messerschmitt Me - 262A - 2a Sturmvogel was a project ordered by Hitler to make a Fighter - bomber version of the Me - 262 Schwalbe . Description . The ' Sturmvogel ' assault bird or storm bird was designed and conceived by direct influence of Adolf Hitler , as the war was evolving , the Germany began increasingly depositing their hopes of victory in Wunderwaffen , or ' wonder weapons ' . In November 1943 Hitler had asked the head of the Luftwaffe , Hermann Goering and Willy Messerschmitt , the Me - 262 could be converted to fighter - bomber . At the time the two a positive response . The head of the factory claimed that the Me - 262 had been prepared to carry 500 kg of bombs and could be further developed to allow the transport of the double . Hitler was therefore included this aircraft in its defense plans against an Allied attack that was expected for 1944 . But in a meeting held a few months later May 23 , 1944 , Hitler - he believed that the Me - 262 was being developed primarily as fighter - bomber - was informed that the aircraft was a fighter aircraft , i . e . a fighter interceptor . Hitler becomes even more amazed and angered when he asks Herhard Milch , the Head of the Air Ministry , how many bombs the Me - 262 could carry , and the latter answered : None ! At the time Hitler Erhard Milch said that the plane only with a major redesign could carry bombs , and even then could only carry two 250 kg bombs at most . Hitler had one of his familiar rages , but apparently Herhard Milch had staked almost exclusively in the interceptor version of the Me - 262 , when German intelligence services found that Americans were preparing to introduce new aircraft and bomber escort large footprint in the attacks against Germany . Milch ended up being blamed for not having developed the fighter - bomber version and insisted that Hitler was such urgency to the development version of ' Jagger ' or fighter - bomber variant of the Me - 262 . The German engineers tried to solve the problem of the order of Hitler with a solution that was clearly unprepared . The ' Sturmvogel ' would have only two 30mm cannons instead of four . Would be equipped with an aiming system and supporters had engaged to carry a 500 kg bomb or two 250 kg bombs that were carried on the front of the plane . The Me - 262 was designed for speed and therefore its usefulness as a bomber was reduced . He could not serve as dive bomber , would gain too much speed and it would be uncontrollable . To be able to carry up to 500 kg of bombs to protect the cabin was removed and an additional fuel tank had to be included on the back of the plane . The Sturmvogel was far from being a success . The costs of developing this version and the cost of building the aircraft , which would have been much more useful function of interceptors eventually be more harmful than beneficial to the Germans . A small number of 9 ' Sturmvogel ' was sent to France in 1944 to tackle the expected invasion at Pas de Calais , which did not occur and in August 1944 Hitler came to give orders that would develop the fighter version , but guarantee it is was possible to convert the Me - 262 fighter at fighter - bomber with ease .