Luftwaffe Mistel (Mistletoe) Composite Bomber Aircraft
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ju 88 mistel The most successful of these used a modified Junkers Ju 88 bomber as the Mistel, with the entire nose-located crew compartment replaced by a specially designed nose filled with a large load of explosives, formed into a shaped charge..
jun888 link 1 Typical of the attacks on the bridges at Küstrin was that on April 12, 1945. At 1825 hours that evening Second Lieutenant Hans Altrogge took off from Peenemünde in a Ju 88 of I/K.G. 66, to act as lead aircraft for the attack. Four Mistel combinations followed him into the air, and the curious formation headed south towards the target.
jun88 vn the Ju 88H-1 was a high alt recon variant but used sparingly and literally not many were produced, the Mistel combo was primarily Ju 88A's transformed with longer fuselage and internal fuel tanks, literally gutted from the inside out.