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Re: Junkers Ju88h-3/H-4 "fuhrungsmaine"
"Führungsmaschine" referrs/ translates to the leading/ guiding or leader's ship.
Here is a quote from Sq-Sig #85, Ju88, pt.1, p54:
"The Mistel 3B was a combination of a Fw190A-6 or A-8 coupled to a stretched Ju88H-4 airframe. ...
The Führungsmaschine was adapted from the Mistel 3B as an ultra long range pathfinder which carried it's own fighter escort. ...
A centrimetric radar was installed in the nose housed in a large bulbous fairing and a third jettisonable landing gear leg was mounted under the fuselage to support the fully loaded aircraft on take-off. ..."
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Christian M. Aguilar
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