Luftwaffe Mistel Composite Bomber Units
(Book #112 in the Osprey Combat Aircraft Series)
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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"
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