This World’s smallest fighter plane called McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was designed o meet a USAAF requirement for a single-seat “parasite” escort fighter that could be carried by a large bomber.

The order for developing two prototypes was received in March 1947. The resulting design was entirely the product of design constraints, which required it to fit into the bomb bay of a B-36 (although it was actually tested under a B-29). The B-36 was the intended mother ship that would carry as many as three Goblins. [READ] [via]

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