Ju 88 Mistel - Air Strike System

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..

https jun88p2 com jun888  Misteln were composite aircraft originally conceived to attack large or fortified enemy targets using specially modified "war weary" Ju-88 aircraft as unguided air-to-ground weapons. Early Misteln were constructed by replacing the cockpit section of Ju-88 -A (Mistel 1) or -G (Mistel 2) series aircraft with a large shaped-charge warhead.

jun88 link đăng nhập 2  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.