Germany late August 1945.
With the war still on the divisive fronts locked and most of Eastern Europe under German control thanks to Donitz's and Kesselring's assault on Berlin to oppose the Russians as well as the 3 armies near Prague which successfully destroyed the Soviet front line on April 27th 1945. Meanwhile more advanced fighters were starting to be hurriedly produced... Kurt Tank who developed the Fw-190/Ta-152 series was called upon by General Field Marshal Von Greim who replaced Goering as Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe and that resulted in Hermann Goering going into hiding across the Austrian border.
Meanwhile Focke Wulf started to develop an evolution of the successful Ta-152H and C models which was now serving as the Luftwaffe's piston engined backbone alongside the Bf-109L and K-14 models. This fighter was the Ta-152H-6 which was an evolution of the Ta-152H-4 with the Jumo 222 engine which had overheating problems and excessive weight proving the engine and the alterations of the Ta-152 was taking a downfall. However Kurt Tank knowing the H-4 was a failure in July 1945 had evolved the Jumo 213 and made it into the Jumo 215C, a huge engine which developed 2,700hp and was equipped with quad stage superchargers as well as an enhanced MW50 system which increased the horse power to 3,100hp. This gave the new Ta-152 a top speed of 490mph at medium altitudes whereas at 52,000ft she could reach a top speed of 550mph which far exceeded the P-51H, Spitfire F.21, Yak-9UT and the P-47N as well as putting it very close to Me-262A-1 which was the frontline jet of the Luftwaffe at the time.
Her armament was 4 MG-151 cannons and like the Ta-152H-1 she carried a single MK-108 Motorkanone in the engine nacelle outclassing the firepower of jet fighters the Germans possessed currently as well as Allied fighters, the Ta-152H-6 proved to be the ultimate in the design and was met with high praise from the German Chancellery under Karl Donitz who was promoted to leader of the Third Reich after Hitler committed suicide on April 30th 1945.
Donitz immediately requested a prototype be built and it's capabilities evaluated by a test pilot. Adolf Galland then in charge of JV44 stated he'd never seen any fighter like it, especially the propeller arrangement which consisted of a contra-rotating airscrew. However it would be Hanna Reitsch who'd be the first to fly it. Reitsch in her test flight concluded that the Ta-152H-6 be put into production immediately, reasons being it was the first aircraft she tested to give her an adrenaline rush due to her high speeds even at low altitudes, in which she attained 420mph and that was at low height. She also commented that the contra-rotating propeller enhanced the torque but needed little trim on takeoff, however she was insistent about the landing speed, which was very high at around 290mph even with landing flaps engaged, however the V1 prototype was shown in later tests that she could land at 250/260mph without stalling.
Overall one prototype was completed and assigned to JG.11 which at the time was converting to the Horten 229 flying wing fighters. But the commander of the unit stated he needed a fighter that was capable of protecting the jets on landing as well as takeoff, so the Focke Wulf's factory deep under the Harz Mountains started work producing the H-6...
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