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In early 1945 Steinhoff transferred to the Jet Experten unit JV 44 then being put together by Adolf Galland. Steinhoff initially acted as recruiting officer for the unit, persuading a number of the best Luftwaffe pilots around to join the unit. On 18 April 1945, after achieving six kills with...

Me 262 Jagdverband 44 Speak Johannes Macky Steinhoff. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPGaIJh-Rxw Johannes Steinhoff (15 September 1913 – 21 February 1994) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, and later a senior West German air force officer and military commander of...

Me 262 Pulkzerstörer Mauser Mk-214. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh9SK5JH7w8 A machine gun MK 214 50 mm, (Me262 A-1a/U4 „Pulkzerstörer“). Two test specimens (and 170 083 111 899 Werk-Nr.). Plant no. 170 083 was captured by the Americans during the war and plunged the...

Messerschmitt Me 163 „Komet“ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scVK448r6bw View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F6IH9dPB0E To solve this problem aiming at high speeds, the German engineers had prepared a deadly weapon, the Sondergerät 500 Jagdfaust, which consisted of several 50 mm...

Memphis Belle. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B1U1TigJdI View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMDSFAYDV-Y "The Memphis Belle," directed by William Wyler, is a tribute to the crew of the United States Air Force's 324th Squadron, 91st Heavy Bomber Unit, an airplane more familiarly...

Model of Me 263. Role = Fighter-Interceptor. Manufacturer = Messerschmitt/Junkers. Designed by = Alexander Lippisch. First flight = August 1944 (Unpowered) Primary user = Luftwaffe. Number built = 1 Developed from = Messerschmitt Me 163. Messerschmitt Me 263 - Wikipedia, the free...

The first actions involving the Me 163 occurred at the end of July, when two USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress were attacked without confirmed kills. Combat operations continued from May 1944 to spring 1945. During this time, there were nine confirmed kills with 14 Me 163s lost. Feldwebel Siegfried...

Messerschmitt standard Me 262 B trainer. Several two-seat trainer variants of the Me 262, the Me 262 B-1a, had been adapted as night fighters, complete with on-board FuG 218 Neptun radar and Hirschgeweih ("stag's antlers") antenna, as the B-1a/U1 version. Serving with 10 Staffel...

Messerschmitt Me P.1099B Project of March 22, 1944 This Messerschmitt design was an advanced development of the basic Me 262 airframe and was proposed in January 1944. The P.1099B utilized the wings and tail of the Me 262A-2a, but had an entirely new and enlarged fuselage and undercarriage...

Performance The production model of the Me163B didn't reach the Luftwaffe until 1944, but when it did it was still a little buggy. Only one Me 163 unit, the I Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 400, ever was brought to full strength due to shortages of war material (caused by Allied bombing campaigns)...

Messerschmitt Me 163 „Komet“ Me 163 A View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnwQcr8tnAw The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet) was a single-seat interceptor fighter that operated briefly at the end of Worl War 2, from 1944 to 1945. It was the fastest and one of the most radical aircraft of...

Horten Walter 1929. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXr5w3M4mc Reimar Horten notes: To keep the frontal dimension to a minimum, we decided to put the pilot in a reclining position in our project. Horten Ho-IIM. Horten Ho-Vb y Ho-Vc. Indiana Jones Titaniums! Check out the...

Messerschmitt Me 163 „Komet“ This web site is dedicated to the Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet, the only operational rocket-powered aircraft of the second world war. The combination of spectacular performance and the dangers of the highly explosive rocket fuels make it a fascinating piece of...

Kenneth Arnold From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the businessman and pilot. For the programmer, see Ken Arnold.Kenneth A. Arnold. Showing a drawing of the crescent-shaped object. Born - March 29, 1915(1915-03-29) Sebeka, Minnesota...

La Campana Nazi - Die Glocke. Un arma secreta, dispositivo construido por los nazis en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, de la especulación se inició en 2000 por un historiador de la aviación polaco Igor Witkowski. afirmó en su libro que un oficial de inteligencia de Polonia le había mostrado...