Worlds Worst Airplanes, Jim Winchester. 2nd in the "Bad timing" section.
The BV 238 was originally designed as a passenger flying boat to be used after WWII. However, it was adapted in 1941 for military use. It was to be used as a maritime patrol and transport aircraft.
It was completd in 1944, the largest aircraft since the Maxim Gorkii and the heaviest built to that time. Indeed, loaded to capacity, it would have needed assistance from rockets to get off the ground.
Again, in the incompetence department, "The BV 238 was too heavy, and lacked the necessary power to make it a viable proposition. Despite these failings, it was pronounced fit for service."
However, after the prototype was sunk by machine gun fire, the project was abandoned.
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