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Aviation Art Prints Countries Germany Aircraft Index More Aircraft Initials J to Z Me410 |
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Unseen and Deadly by Ivan Berryman. Having survived the bombing raid on Karlsruhe, it was the cruelest of ironies that Halifax III LK789 (MP-L) of 76 Sqn should fall victim to a lone German fighter that was lurking in the night skies above Norfolk. Witnessed by another Halifax, LK785 (MP-T), the upward firing waist guns of Lt Wolfgang Wenning's Messerschmitt Me410 of II/KG51 found their mark, expertly exploiting the blind spot of the Halifax, sending LK789 down in flames near Welney, killing all but one of her crew. Wenning's victory was to be short lived, however, the German being killed in a mid air collision with an RAF Airspeed Oxford just three days later during another intruder operation over the midlands. |
Tribute to Georg Csurusky by Ivan Berryman. Initially flying Ju88 bombers with KG51 on the eastern front, George Csurusky converted with his squadron to the Me410 in late 1943. Georg Csurusky flew the Me410 primarily at night. On 22nd April 1944, Me410s of his squadron would have flown in daylight as depicted here to England in order to intercept returning American bombers as the daylight faded. Within twenty minutes, the deadly Me410s had shot down ten bombers for the loss of only two of their own aircraft. Georg Csurusky later converted to the Me262 fighter-bomber, flying 68 of his 209 combat missions in the jet. |
Me410 "Hornet" |
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