View Single Post
  #7  
Old 9th January 2011, 00:35
heraldcoupe heraldcoupe is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 5
heraldcoupe is on a distinguished road
Re: Fw 190 sub-types used in Mistel composites

Apologies for my recent silence, I've been a little preoccupied with (planned) surgery on my hands.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leo Etgen View Post
Here are photographs of the other Mistel that was captured by the British.
Assuming the references I have are captioned correctly, this aircraft was captured near Karup. The Ju-88 is superfically a G1, but it has the glazed nose of the main bomber variants. I have seen images of this type described as a Ju-88H, however the standard fuselage length doesn't bear this out.
Am I being reasonable in suggesting these were in fact G1s, modified with the glazed nose for improved visibility in their Mistel training roles?

Cheers,
Bill.
Reply With Quote