German Moskito TA154 in operational service?

[Mermet]

Hello all,

Information from "Close Up" by Jay P. Spencer and from factory drawings.
After production of 23 prototypes, there were :
Ta 154A-0 (from factory drawing) = Two-seat night fighter with FuG 212 radar. 22 completed among them 14 Ta 154A-0/U1 with VS 9 props. WNr in the 120 xxx series.
Ta 154A-1 (from factory drawing) = Single-seat day fighter. No radar. Known WNr (after jay P. Spencer) : 320 001 (KU+SN) 320 006 (KU+SS). Jumo 211F with VS 11 props;
Ta 154A-4 (from factory drawing) = Two-seat night fighter with FuG 218 radar and Jumo 211N with VS 9 props. Two known : WNr 320 007 (KU+ST), crashed on 28 june 1944, and WNr 320 008 (KU+SU) coded D5+HD, found crashed on 6 may 1945 by British troops.

Cheers,
Jicéhem

[Edward L. Hsiao]

I'm disappointed of the lack of air to air victories by Ta154.


Edward L. Hsiao

[Richard Aigner]

Andreas Zapf, in "Mosquitos ueber Berlin, Nachtjagd mit Messerschmitt Bf 109 und Me 262" does list several operational night fighter sorties by Ta 154s, all of them w/o success IIRC, mainly due to defective radar equipment.
Richard

[Nick Beale]

An ULTRA intercept from July 1944:

[Chris Goss]

I wouldn't be disappointed with no air-to-air victories-another aircraft that just came too late to make a difference

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

I wouldn't be disappointed with no air-to-air victories-another aircraft that just came too late to make a difference

And I wouldn't be diappointed that fewer people were killed or injured than otherwise might have been.

[Peter Cook]

I photographed the replica TA154 that is on display in an unassembled state at the Luftfahrt Technisches Museum in Rechlin see pix at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterc...7694846550751/
and https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterc...7694846550751/
A great looking aircraft, too late to make any difference.

[MW Giles]

Too late to make a difference, or not very good (not good enough) in the first place. Being cynical I tend toward the latter interpretation

Martin