The Horten HIX, RLM designation Ho 229 (or Gotha Go 229 for extensive redesign work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production), also known simply as the Düsenjäger, was a German prototype fighter/bomber initially designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II12/04/16 · The Horten IX design became the Horten Ho 229 aircraft program after Göring granted the project official status in 1943 and the technical office of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium assigned to it the design number 229 This is also the nomenclature used in official German documents The idea for the Horten IX grew first in the mind of Walter Horten when he wasThe Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names The plane was called the HIX, by the Horten Brothers The identity Ho 229 had been given to the plane by the German Ministry of Aviation Sometimes, it was also called the Gotha Go 229, because Gothaer Waggonfabrik was the name of the German maker who