Italian documentary of Luftwaffe equipment - Part 2 (Arado Ar234; Messerschmitt Bf110, Me210/410; DornierDo335)

"Arado Ar234 - Italin documentary"

"I Distruttori - Messerschmitt bf110, Messerschmitt Me210/410, Dornier Do335 Pfeil"

"Messerschmitt Bf109 Seconda guerra mondiale"

Anti bomber pilots, in defense of the Reich. Part 4

Why the role of these units were so important? In 1944, the weight of bombs dropped by the Allies on Reich reached the highest level of 993 000 tons, while the Luftwaffe dropped vain 9334 tonnes. Allied average tonnage monthly dropped for the year (77 743) exceeded the total tonnage of bombs dropped on Britain within six years of war (75 655).

Oberfeldwebel Willi Frös of 5./ZG 26 just returned from operational flight and stand on wing root of his Messerschmitt Me410B-1 at Königsberg-Neumark in May 1944 to be greeted by his ground crew. Visible is the Zielfernrohr 4A telescopic sight in the armoured windscreen.  Frös is holding a bandoleer of flare  of cartridges in his hand. It is believed he accounted for five Viermots shot down.

An Messerschmitt Me210A-1 of ZG 26 seen at Diepholz, in Germany, in ugust 1943 following its return to the Reich from North Africa. The aircraft has been adapted for its new home defence role by the fitting of under wing twin 21 cm WGr mortar tubes intended for breaking up enemy bomber Pulks.

LUFTWAFFE im Focus - unpublished photos, No 1

Gruppenflugleber Oblt. Wili Bottländer of FFS A B 23 Kaufbeuren in his Arado Ar96, summer 1944

The hakenkreuz in the rays of the rising sun - SUPPLEMENT

A few more pictures of German aircraft in the service of the Imperial Japanese Air Force

Messerschmitt Me210

The hakenkreuz in the rays of the rising sun.

Below you can read a list of Luftwaffe planes exported to Japan between 1937 to 1943 on the basis of the agreement on military cooperation III Reich and the Empire of Japan.

Hornisse, proud successor of poor Me210. Story of Messerschmitt Me410. Part 1. German Dzib-Compiler-

Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse - (German hornet) heavy, twin-engine fighter and fast bomber of the German World War II, built on a failed plane Messerschmitt Me 210th Due to the very bad reputation Me 210 project, renamed the 410th Me. In 1937, the first draft Messerschmitt Me 210, which was to replace the Messerschmitt Bf 110 Spring of 1938 a contract for the breakdown of the aircraft and its implementation at the same time granted the company Messerschmitt and Arado. The project was based on the aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 110 and consisted of replacing engines on stronger and stronger weapons. Airframe has been modified, but most of its components was the same as the previous design. The new aircraft as the Messerschmitt Me marked the 210th The project resulted in the creation of Arado's a completely new design Arado Ar 240.