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german built jet bomber 1943

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Post by waffen » 01 May 2006, 08:02

only just dicovered the nazis built a jet bomber. only 3 were operational .l new of course about the 262 but, can any forum members post artwork prints or photos and info on the bomber :idea:

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Post by flying dutchman » 01 May 2006, 11:40

I think you mean the Arado Ar-234.
Hitler loved the design and saw his "Blitzbomber" in it capable of bombing Britain without airsuperiority. see for example : http://www.vectorsite.net/avar234.html
Was primarily used for recon I believe, also it's prototypes flew in 1943, it wasn't ready for serialproduction then ( I think).


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Post by Melinka » 01 May 2006, 12:06

flying dutchman wrote:I think you mean the Arado Ar-234.
Hitler loved the design and saw his "Blitzbomber" in it capable of bombing Britain without airsuperiority. see for example : http://www.vectorsite.net/avar234.html
Was primarily used for recon I believe, also it's prototypes flew in 1943, it wasn't ready for serialproduction then ( I think).
that's right, and the Me-262 was also rebuilt in bomber

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Post by flying dutchman » 01 May 2006, 12:20

one more thing; perhaps in '43 there were only three operational, is that what you mean? Because in total there were over 200 delivered to the Luftwaffe and the British alone captured about a dozen after the war.

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Post by Mike R » 01 May 2006, 15:46

They were mostly used as recon, but at least one, perhaps more, conducted bombing sorties against the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen after it was captured by the Americans.

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Post by Jon G. » 01 May 2006, 17:12

If you mean the Arado 234, it only began service as a bomber in late 1944. The Ar234 first became operational as a reconnaissance plane in August 1944. First operational mission was a recon flight over the Normandy beaches on August 2 1944.

Originally the Ar234s flew as a Sonderstaffel under OKL command, but as more aircraft became available two ommandos - Sperrling and Hecht - became operational by autumn 1944. In January 1945 the two Kommandos were disbanded and the photo-equipped Ar234s were organized in 1. (F)/33, 1. (F)/100 and 1. (F)/123 staffeln, which must have had some 30 to 40 aircraft between them if they were at full strength.

by February/March 1945 a tiny Kommando Sommer was set up in Italy, discussed in this thread:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 33&start=0

Ar234 jet bombers began operations with the 9./KG76 in December 1944. Some nine Ar234s bombed Liege on Dec. 24 1945. The 9./KG76 also participated in Bodenplatte January 1 1945 with six aircraft. By February 1945 the remainder of III/KG76 had also converted to Ar234s, their most famous actions being the raids against the Remagen bridge in March. by the end of the war the Stab and II. Gruppe of KG76 had also converted to Ar234s (KG76 was originally a Ju88 equipped Geschwader; I Gruppe was disbanded in June 1944), but apparently they did not fly any operational missions before the end of the war.

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Post by Universal the God of War » 09 May 2006, 00:56

i believe u are referring to the ar234c

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Post by Simon Gunson » 10 Jul 2006, 13:53

Waffen, maybe you're thinking of the Ju-287 bomber which flew in October 1944 ?

http://www.luftwaffepics.com/lju2871.htm

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Post by Cantankerous » 19 May 2022, 02:59

Universal the God of War wrote:
09 May 2006, 00:56
i believe u are referring to the ar234c
The Ar 234C (which had four BMW 003s in a pair of twin-engine nacelles, similar to that of the Ar 234 V8) was being prepared for service tests before the end of the war, and only 20 Ar 234Cs were completed. Only the Ar 234B variant with two Jumo 004Bs saw operational service (production plans for the Ar 234A [which had the trolley-and-skid landing gear of the first eight Ar 234 prototypes] were cancelled due of the development of the Ar 234B).

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