ju 88 mistel The most successful of these used a modified Junkers Ju 88 bomber as the Mistel, with the entire nose-located crew compartment replaced by a specially designed nose filled with a large load of explosives, formed into a shaped charge..
jun88 buzz Misteln were composite aircraft originally conceived to attack large or fortified enemy targets using specially modified "war weary" Ju-88 aircraft as unguided air-to-ground weapons. Early Misteln were constructed by replacing the cockpit section of Ju-88 -A (Mistel 1) or -G (Mistel 2) series aircraft with a large shaped-charge warhead.
jun888 The most successful of these used a modified Junkers Ju 88 bomber as the Mistel, with the entire nose-located crew compartment replaced by a specially designed nose filled with a large load of explosives, formed into a shaped charge. The upper component was a fighter aircraft, joined to the Mistel by struts.