Luftwaffe Mistel Composite Bomber Units

by Robert Forsyth and Jom Laurier

The mounting of one aircraft atop another was a peacetime concept to extend the ranges of civilian aircraft. However, in 1942, a team of German aircraft designers and weapons specialists adapted the idea for military purposes. What emerged was the Mistel (Mistletoe) - a radical new weapon that became the Luftwaffe's 'super bomb' for use against heavily fortified targets. Consisting of piloted, single-engined Bf 109 or Fw 190 fighters mounted on top...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472808460
• ISBN13: 9781472808462
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.7"