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Profile 00: Junkers Ju 88G-1 Mistel W.Nr. 714050 of 6./KG200 red 12 flown by Rudi Riedel Tirtrup, Denmark February 1945. This Mistrel shows an operational version with the Ju 88G-1 having been fitted with an 'Elephant's Trunk' SHL hollow-charge warhead to the front of the fuselage bulkhead. In this instance the individual aircraft number 12 has been painted on the rudder. The conversion number 618 and RW9 indicating that this aircraft had been to the Junkers Reperaturwerkstatt in Nordhausen, was also applied in red on the rudder.
Profile 00: Ju 88S-2 Mistel W.Nr. 714633 of 6./KG200 Red 11 Tirtrup, Denmark February 1945. Most Mistel aircraft appear to be badly worn aircraft with the camouflage being varied and non standard. This example shows the Fw190A-8 in standard factory finish of greys and patches of green on the upper surfaces with additional patches of green mottle applied to the sides of the fuselage but no unit markings were applied. The Ju 88G-1 appears to have had its rudder replaced by one from another aircraft with the whole machine having uppersurfaces of greys with RML 76 underneath. The Werknummer is painted in black on the upper part of the fin and the individual aircraft number has been painted in red below the Hakenkreuz.
Photo 01-02: Ju 88S-2 Mistel W.Nr. 714633 of 6./KG200 red 11 Tirtrup, Denmark February 1945
Photo 01-02: Ju 88G-1 Mistel W.Nr. 714050 of 6.KG200 red 12 flown by Rudi Riedel Tirtrup, Denmark February 1945.
Photo 01-02: Oberst. Herbert Kuntz training at Burg April 1945
Photo 01: Fw. Fritz Lorbach of 6./KG200 was one of three pilots detailed to ferry the Mistel from Kolberg to Tirstrup on 3 February 1945 when they where bounced by P-51 Mustangs of the USAAF 55th Fighter Group.
Luftwaffe pilot Walter Nowotny 258 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Theodor Weissenberger 208 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 175 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Franz Schall 133 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Rademacher 126 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Adolf Galland 104 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Hermann Buchner 58 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hohagen 50 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Sinner 39 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow 32 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Richard Altner 25 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Gunther Wegmann 21 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 18 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Franz Holzinger 10 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Helmut Lennartz 10 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Alfred 'Bubi' Schreiber 9 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Eduard Schallmoser 3 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Wilhelm Batel 1 kills
Luftwaffe pilot Joachim Fingerlos 1 kills
Bibliography: +
- 'Junkers Ju 88 - Star Of The Luftwaffe' by Manfred Griehl Published:Arms & Armour Press, Sept 1990 ISBN: 1 85409 043 7
- History and technical development of each variant. 'Junkers Ju 88' by Ron Mackay Published:The Crowood Press, Oct 2001 ISBN: 1 86126 431 3
- Comprehensive history of Ju 88.
- 'Junkers Ju 88 Over All Fronts' by Joachim Stein Published:Schiffer Publishing, 1991 ISBN: 0 88740 3123
- Pictorial history of the Ju 88.
- 'Junkers Ju 88 In Action Vol 2: Aircraft in Action No.113' by Brian Filley Published:Squadron/Signal Publications, July 1991 ISBN: 0 89747 258 6
Traces the development of the fighter versions. Very well illustrated.- 'The Junkers Ju 88 Night Fighters: Profile No.148' by Alfred Price Published:Profile Publications Ltd, 1967 ISBN: n/a
Concise well illustrated history of the Ju 88C/G variants.- 'German Night Fighter Aces Of World WAr-2: Osprey Aircraft Of The Aces - 20 by Jerry Scutts
Published:Osprey Publishing, 1998 ISBN: 1 85532 696 5
Covers the development, tactics and leading aces of the Luftwaffe night fighter force. Some factual errors.- 'Nachtjagd-The Night Fighter Versus Bomber War Over The Third Reich 1939-1945' by Theo Boiten
Published:The Crowood Press, June 1997 ISBN: 1 86126 086 5
* Traces the parallel development of RAF night bombing and Luftwaffe night fighting during WW2. Very well written.Magazine References: +
- Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
- Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
- FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
- Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
- Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
- Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
- Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
- Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/
Web References: +
- Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88
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