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Offline ccvi

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« on: June 18, 2003, 03:34:46 PM »
My brother found this pic on a model aircraft builder homepage somewhere...


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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2003, 03:59:37 PM »
It's The Junker Fock-Wulf Composite Aircraft, the lower component being a Ju88(H) with long fuselage.

Below from Janes Fighting aircraft of World War II.

"Although the germans had experimented with the varius composite aircraft combinations and had envisaged others of a more revolutionary type, the comparatively few composites which actualy operated had the Ju 88H as the lower component. The upper componet being either an Me 109 or a Fw 109.

Except on training flights no crew was carried in the lower component, all controls being operated by the pilot of the  ME 109/Fw 109. The ju 88 was modified to incorparte a larg hollow-charge warhead and became in effect a flying-bomb for operation at short ranges. The composite was intended primarily for attacking capital ships and heavily-protected land targets.

The pilot approaches his objective with a glide and, at the appropriate distance, release his aircraft from the lower component and climbed away. The Ju88 continued in a glide on its set course. During flight the engines of both the upper and lower components were running. Particuarly if fuel for a longrange was to be carried, the load on the landing-gear of the Ju88 was excessive when on the ground. For this reason a thrid jettisonable oleo-leg was added experimentally under the fuselage of the Ju988."



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« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2003, 04:13:40 PM »
History Channel has an intersting "German kamikazi" episode that explains these.

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« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2003, 04:22:35 PM »
they used the Ju-88 as a flying bomb, the top a/c flew the bomb to the target, lined it up and released. Called Mistel if i remember correctly!





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« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2003, 05:48:17 PM »
This paticular thing is not kamikazi.

The ju88 was unmanned on actual missions but manned on training flights.
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« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2003, 06:12:35 PM »
...sorry this thread is not what I thought it was about..

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« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2003, 06:55:34 PM »
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...sorry this thread is not what I thought it was about..




Dirty mind...

Wasn't what I thought it was either..but..turned out I knew about it..:o
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