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Post by pampa14 on May 26, 2014 21:28:01 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 28, 2014 10:29:59 GMT 12
I did not know there were so many variations of the Mistel combination, interesting read.
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Post by nuuumannn on May 30, 2014 20:04:29 GMT 12
Interesting pictures alright. Sadly, no complete Mistel combination survives, but a Mistel Fw 190 does. A number of the pictures of the Fw 190/Ju 88H combinations were taken at Schleswig, where the Mistels were taken for delivery to the UK after surrendering at Tirstrup, Denmark, particularly the ones with British markings - These were flown by the Brits and appeared at the Enemy Aircraft Exhibition at Farnborough in October/November 1945. The only surviving component of these is Fw 190A-8/R6 WNr 733682, assigned the British Air Ministry number Air Min 75, belonging to the RAF Museum, but on permanent loan to IWM at Lambeth, where it can be seen here:  I think it is in the second photo from the bottom. The first and the 11th picture of the camouflaged Ju 88/Fw 190 in British markings was Air Min 77, both pictures were taken at Farnborough; the aircraft were scrapped. |
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Post by ErrolC on May 30, 2014 21:45:27 GMT 12
There is a good piece on the Mistels, a planned raid on Scarpa Flow, and the Mossie raid on their base just before the Scarpa raid in The Aviation Historian Issue 2 www.theaviationhistorian.com/ |
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