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Mistel (German, 'mistletoe', a
parasitic plant) was the larger,
unmanned component of a
composite aircraft configuration developed in
Germany during the...
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their way to the
Pacific war,
leaving the
Mistels no
worthwhile targets in
Scapa Flow.[citation needed] All
Mistels were
placed under the
command of KG 200...
- 1944. Some Ju 88
variants were also used as
radio controlled bombs in the
Mistel composite aircraft configuration, by
coupling a
bomber filled with explosive...
- pilots. Furthermore, at
least three Pulkzerstörer (Formation Destroyer) and
Mistel parasite fighter schemes were
mooted for the type. The
origins of the Ta...
- ground. The
Mistel series of fighter/powered bomb
composite ground-attack
aircraft pre-dated the He 162 by over two years, and the
Mistel 5
project study...
- the un-manned
bomber component of the
Mistel V
parasite bomber project designed in
Germany during 1944. The
Mistel V was a
composite bomber comprising a...
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first Mistel combination Mistel 1 -
warhead nosed Junkers Ju 88A-4 and
Messerschmitt Bf 109F
Mistel S-1 -
trainer version of
Mistel 1
Mistel 2 - warhead...
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before the
program could mature. The
functioning but
unsuccessful German Mistel flying bomb was
essentially an
enormous shaped charge mounted on a repurposed...
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Common Germanic (cf. Old High
German mistil,
Middle High
German mistel, Old
English mistel, Old
Norse mistil).
Further etymology is uncertain, but may be...
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facility (in Leningrad) had been
heavily damaged. To
accomplish the goal
Mistel long-range
bombers were to be emplo****. To
destroy water turbines, special...
