Mysterious aircraft designations

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Aircraft with designations that are mysterious or were mysterious at some point in time. Aircraft that have a controversial designation that did not fit with a orginization and its desigantion system at the time or the planes design or how it was used.

Also, proper designations tied to a clandestine or mysterious aircraft or its designation, or multiple unclear designations for the same aircraft. Aircraft with just a complicated naming history alone are not included, but are especially debated or have a furtive or possibly clandestine confusion.

F-19 Seemingly skipped.

F-117 Some controversy over F- prefix and use of three number system and reasons for this. Note the F-17 was used by the YF-17 predecessor of the F/A-18 and competior to the F-16.

Heinkel He 113 only existed as a propaganda device.
Dornier Do 200 a B-17 Flying Fortress, used 'Dornier Do 200' codename. RLM-GL/C '8-200' was normally assigned to Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor (Condor), a airliner, transport, and maritime patrol-bomber
Ju 248, cancelled name of the Me 263, development of the Me 163 mainly by Junkers but never operational.

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