Originally posted by Furball
how many times were the R4M rockets used?
On April 26, Adolf Galland Led six Me 262’s against a flight of B-26 Marauders heading south toward Munich. Galland approached the twin-engined medium bombers from the front, passing over them them and then turning back; he would attack from the rear, in the prescribed manner. Galland released the safety on his rockets and 30mm cannon as the enemy’s tail guns began to blink balefully. Tense and excited as usual in combat, he lined up his rockets on the rearmost Marauder. “I was in the best firing position” he said later; “I had aimed accurately and pressed my thumb flat on the release button--with no result. Maddening!” He had forgotten about a second safety on the missiles.
Me262's pretty much carried them on every sortie they flew.
here is a pic
