Hornisse Hunter (Unisex T-Shirt)

The Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse is the heavy fighter the Luftwaffe always wanted from the disappointing Me 210.

With a longer fuselage, refined wing and powerful Daimler-Benz DB 603A engines, the Hornet finally delivered what its predecessor could not: a genuinely capable twin-engine multi-role platform.

It served as fast bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, night intruder, and most notably as a bomber-destroyer armed with cannon heavy enough to bring down a B-17 with a single strike. Almost 1,200 were built before production ended in 1944, and surviving examples are vanishingly rare today, with the only complete original airframe held at the RAF Museum Cosford.

A piece for enthusiasts who follow the deeper end of WWII Luftwaffe aviation and recognise the engineering refinement behind one of Germany's most capable twin-engine designs.

NOTE: The exact placement of the design may vary from the images due to scaling for different t-shirt sizes and variations in the printing process.

Aircraft Quick Facts

• Aircraft: Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet)
• Type: Heavy fighter / Schnellbomber (fast bomber)
• First flight: 14 March 1942
• Entered service: 1943
• Top speed: Mach 0.55 (around 388 mph / 624 km/h)
• Engines: 2 × Daimler-Benz DB 603A (1,726 hp each)
• Production: 1,189 aircraft built (May 1943 – August 1944)
• Operators: Luftwaffe, Hungarian Air Force
• Surviving aircraft: RAF Museum Cosford (complete A-1/U2), partial airframe at NASM Smithsonian

Features

• 100% ring-spun cotton, lightweight at 153 g/m² (4.5 oz), pre-shrunk jersey knit
• Modern classic fit
• Seamless double-needle collar with taped neck and shoulders
• Double-needle sleeves and hem; tubular body, quarter-turned to avoid a centre crease
• High stitch density for a smooth, sharp print surface

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