Rammkommando or Sonderkommando "ELBE"

[JBJB710]

If I recall correctly one of the B17s that was rammed was able to land safely despite the heavy damage to the aircraft. So not only is it a waste of time but it's not even guaranteed to kill the bomber.

Your forgetting one of the most famous reports of ramming in history, it was against a B-24 Liberator, called the "Palace of Dallas".

[Pigslilspaz]

Yes, it was 1 person taking down two bombers by ramming, but It's a lot easier to shoot down two b-24s in game

[JHerne]

First of all, the A-8/R2 was not designed specifically for ramming. It carried extra plating to protect the pilot and vital areas of the aircraft from fire it would receive by close-in attacks. The SonderKommando aircraft were usually stripped of armor and weapons as these items were considered moot in a ramming attack.

Might I suggest some reading:

Warplanes of the Third Reich - William Green
The Defense of the Reich - Werner Held
Luftwaffe At War - Galland & Ahnert
Last Days of the Luftwaffe - Albert Price
Focke Wulf - Fw-190 and Ta-152 - Heinz Nowarra
Fw-190 Design History - Vol. 1-5 - Kagero Monograph
Fw-190A/F - Aerodetail #6 (but you'll have to learn to read Japanese)

As other mentioned, there was one mission, it failed. Done.

A vehement, punch-you-in-the-face NO. Epic Fail. -10000000

Sorry for dragging this pathetic thread back from the dead.

[Ack-Ack]

First of all, the A-8/R2 was not designed specifically for ramming.

Bf 109 was the plane of choice for the Sonderkommando "ELBE", not the FW 190.

ack-ack

[ebfd11]

NO +2