Y-29.Silky Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) I think this is pretty rare to catch one of these on camera! The Mistel (German for "Mistletoe"), also known as Beethoven-Gerät (Beethoven Device) and Vati und Sohn (Father and Son), was a Luftwaffe composite aircraft type of bomber, that appeared late in World War II.The scheme originally involved replacing the entire nose-located crew compartment of a bomber airframe (usually a Junkers Ju 88 variant) with a specially-designed nose filled with a large load of explosive, and guiding it to its target by a fighter aircraft mounted above it on a set of struts. After releasing the bomber, the fighter would return to base. The first such composite aircraft flew in July 1943 and was promising enough to begin a programme by Luftwaffe test unit KG 200, code-named "Beethoven". Edited September 12, 2015 by Y-29.Silky
AndyJWest Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Note the pilot bailing out in the last shot. A wise move, I think...
Sokol1 Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 But he leave the parachute tangled in canopy...
AndyJWest Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 You may be right. I thought it was flames, but it certainly could be a parachute.
6./ZG26_Emil Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 You may be right. I thought it was flames, but it certainly could be a parachute. Looked like flames to me....or maybe both?
Y-29.Silky Posted September 30, 2015 Author Posted September 30, 2015 Note the pilot bailing out in the last shot. A wise move, I think... This is what I have been wondering for so long, where did he come from? Did he climb down from the canopy, walk all the way to the tail and jump out, or did they have a tail gunner strapped to the 'aircraft bomb'?
MiloMorai Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 This is what I have been wondering for so long, where did he come from? Did he climb down from the canopy, walk all the way to the tail and jump out, or did they have a tail gunner strapped to the 'aircraft bomb'? Not all Mistels carried a bomb in the nose. Could be the pilot of the Ju88 , but...... A still of the gun camera footage can be found here, http://worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2014/10/mistel-piggyback-german-bombers.html Looks like someone on the ground.
Sokol1 Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) At begin of sequence looks like the guy are clinging to the rudder... Same sequence there, in slight better quality. https://youtu.be/_vCl7aFNPt0?t=97 Edited September 30, 2015 by Sokol1
SCG_Space_Ghost Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 At begin of sequence looks like the guy are clinging to the rudder... Same sequence there, in slight better quality. https://youtu.be/_vCl7aFNPt0?t=97 Wow... You're right...
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