DFS 230 Mistel Combo Pic

[robert arndt]

Rare 1942 photo of Me-109 atop a DFS 230 further down the page:

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/WWII/DFS230-glider/info/info.htm

Rob

[Ashton Archer III]

(robert arndt) wrote in message >...
> Rare 1942 photo of Me-109 atop a DFS 230 further down the page:
>
> http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/WWII/DFS230-glider/info/info.htm
>
> Rob

What practical purpose would that arrangement serve? The Misteln,
IIRC, were only sparingly used in the end to attack bridges, the
fighter setting loose an unpiloted explosive-laden Ju-88 conversion
towards the target.

I also barely remember some form of mass Misteln attack planned for
the beginning of 1945 intended to attack Allied airfields, but that
attack was cancelled by bad weather.

Ashton Archer III