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The Ho.229 was a response to a 1943 RFP, by which time the design work on the B-35 was already under way. The B-49 was just a jet powered development of the B-35. The Hortens were not the only designers interested in flying wings during the 1920s and 30s, so it's not certain that Northrop's sole inspiration came from the German designers.