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http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=29039
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=29039
Have you ever tried a Mistel?
Have you ever tried a Mistel?
I assume you mean against a bomber formation? If so no.
This is a Mistel (Ju-88):
Basically, it's a Focke Wulf and a Ju-88 attached to each other. With the Ju-88's cockpit removed and the nose is packed with explosives.
Yeah it was an air to ground setup, I thought he meant staying with it kamikaze style. Probably couldn't get up that high. I did try level bombing from above with 109's like I read in a book once.
Must be a very stupid book, since the 109s have no means to install a bomb sight.
Heinz Knoke's book. It was a field mod using the centerline rack with no sights that the pilots and groundcrews came up with themselves. I suppose they figured that many bombers below bound to hit one then cause a midair reaction.
OK. I retract stupid. This is already so stupid that I run out of properly describing words.
I know he claimed to have downed one bomber with a bomb, but he would have killed three bombers with the fuel that he burned carrying this bomb over the North Sea. It is the most stupid known way to use a Bf 109. Even ramming attacks had more sense.
Desperate times. I'm guessing the squadrons were suffering such losses and low serviceability rates from damaged aircraft with not enough downings that they tried anything at first. I remember reading it didn't take long for the bomber crews to figure out what they were doing up there and start weaving the formation throwing off their planning.