Me 262 twin

[Dann Falk]

Greetings all,

Any ideas?

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[Stiltzkin]

Greetings all,

Any ideas?

Mistel.

https://www.fliegerrevuex.aero/neue-mis ... affe-1945/


http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-A ... stel-6.htm

[Edward L. Hsiao]

That is the first time that I got to see this real weird combination been made with Me 262 twin outside of a drawing.


Edward L. Hsiao

[Dann Falk]

Great info Stiltzkin.

Thanks for the link.

This is what I was thinking, a bomb carrier.

[Orwell1984]

Picture has been floating around the internet for a few years.

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/13 ... 62-mistel/

Consensus seems to be its a fake based on this kit:
https://www.super-hobby.com/products/Me262-Mistel.html

And here we have the original
http://i-am-modelist.com/2012/01/26/mistel-4/

[Stiltzkin]

That is the first time that I got to see this real weird combination been made with Me 262 twin outside of a drawing.

Because its just a model based on the concept Well made.
There are lots of fakes, even the 88mm auf T-34 Fahrgestell, fooled various people, but we have to distinguish between fakes that were based on real concepts or completely made up vehicles. Someone just came up with the idea of combining the Me262, probably based on the combination of Bf 109F and Ju88.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistelschlepp Though Mistelschlepps were not necessarily new. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistel Those in operative use, apparently the Arado Heinkel variant was proposed, a very primitive drone so to speak.

[Natter]

Someone just came up with the idea of combining the Me262, probably based on the combination of Bf 109F and Ju88.

According to Mistel: The Piggy-Back Aircraft of the Luftwaffe (Dabrowski, 1994. Schiffer Publishing), this combination was one of several concepts that never saw further development, so the model is in fact not just someone's idea...

The modelmaker didn't get the controlplane correct though, as it was supposed to be a Me 262 A-2a with a glazed nose for a bombardier-position, controlling the release of the Me 262 "grossbombe" (the attached illustration was taken from the before-mentioned book).

[Stiltzkin]

The modelmaker didn't get the controlplane correct though, as it was supposed to be a Me 262 A-2a with a glazed nose for a bombardier-position, controlling the release of the Me 262 "grossbombe" (the attached illustration was taken from the before-mentioned book).

Hence why I said that we need to distinguish between what was based on a concept or not, I provided artwork of the real concept above (variant 6).

[Cantankerous]

Someone just came up with the idea of combining the Me262, probably based on the combination of Bf 109F and Ju88.

According to Mistel: The Piggy-Back Aircraft of the Luftwaffe (Dabrowski, 1994. Schiffer Publishing), this combination was one of several concepts that never saw further development, so the model is in fact not just someone's idea...

The modelmaker didn't get the controlplane correct though, as it was supposed to be a Me 262 A-2a with a glazed nose for a bombardier-position, controlling the release of the Me 262 "grossbombe" (the attached illustration was taken from the before-mentioned book).

Below is a Messerschmitt company drawing of a hypothetical Mistel configuration comprising an Me 262 piggybacked atop an explosive-packed Me 262. Although passed on in a few publications as the Mistel 4, the proposed Mistel 4 was actually composed of an explosive-packed Ju 88 and an Me 262 serving as the controller aircraft as noted in the book Messerschmitt Me 262: Development and Politics but also the 2004 book Jet Planes of the Third Reich, Secret Projects: Volume 2.