First kill with oblique cannon

[George Hopp]

Interesting thought on the Bf 110G with the oblique cannon that landed in Switzerland at 02:17 on 28 April 1944. But, I doubt that Lw Headquarters was even aware that the a/c had those cannon, since they were unit-built and so not on any official inventory. At the time they were concerned about the FuG 220 radar that had just been installed in that a/c, and which was not being jammed by the British.

In fact, it would not be until August 1944 that the 1st Bf 110 with the production oblique cannon unit would roll off the production lines. The unit-built oblique cannon a/c, Bf 110 G-4, Wr. 6309, had gone to GWF on 30 Nov 43, and was generally damned, and the 1st prototype installation was ready only on 5 May 44. Although all this was very slow, one must consider that the Bf 110 had very limited space to house any more equipment, whereas both the Do 217 and the Ju 88 had only to use a part of their large fuselages to house the cannon. Does anyone know when these a/c first used oblique cannon?