The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet remains to this day the only operational rocket-powered aircraft to ever have seen combat. Its intended use was as a point-defense interceptor, using its eight-minute powered endurance to climb to the altitude of an Allied bomber stream and then attacking the bombers while descending in a glide. It was a successful design as an aircraft, but did not achieve sufficient results to be worthy of the effort which went into its considerable operational and logistical expenditures. Only eighteen Allied aircraft were claimed by Komet pilots.
Very nicely done sir!
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Thanks Warren!
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Fantastic Jeff- one of my favourites that you have done.
I didn’t know that they’d got as many as 18 kills to their name….
Cheers,
Pete.
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The last kill for the type was scored by 110-victory ace Franz Woidich of 6./JG400. He would fit into my Luftwaffe Experten theme but I can find no record of which aircraft he was flying at the time.
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Neat little beastie Jeff ! I remember one of these hanging from the ceiling in my model shop 55 years ago!!
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Hasegawa did a nice one in 1/32 that tempted me!
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Beautiful — the cockpit alone seems worth the price of admission! 🙂
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Thanks Chris!
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