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Looks a lot like a B52, doesn't it, with the over wing and underwing mounted engines? Maybe they were copying heavy bomber design from shot-down US aircraft.

I woulda said a mix of B-36 and B-47 what with the forward section and the engines arrayed as they are. I'm not sure what you're looking at with the 'underwing engines'. I think you're looking at the HS-293 air-to-air missiles (another German innovation) mounted on the wings.

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Sorry, I wasn't clear: I meant the way the jet engines are mounted bunched together, the way the B52 has each pair of engines tightly coupled. Of course, the principles of aerodynmaics and structural engineering with a similar technology level (compared to today) might have also produced the similarities.