Mistel (German for "mistletoe", a parasitic plant) was the larger, unmanned component of a composite aircraft configuration developed in Germany during...

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...

plant's staff to prevent them being captured. One Ta 154 Mistel scheme, reportedly designated Mistel 7, envisaged a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 'mother aircraft' mounted...

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...

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...

Mistel is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Red Main in Bayreuth. List of rivers of Bavaria Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody...

the Second World War some composites saw operational use including the Mistel ("mistletoe"), the larger unmanned component of a composite aircraft configuration...

is common Germanic (Old High German mistil, Middle High German mistel, Old English mistel, Old Norse mistil). Further etymology is uncertain, but may be...

before the program could mature. The functioning but unsuccessful German Mistel flying bomb was essentially an enormous shaped charge mounted on a repurposed...

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...

War Museum showing faired-over gun ports and a belly-mounted ETC-501 bomb rack. This Fw 190 was used as the upper component for a Mistel flying bomb....

or by launching them from a "piggy back" position (in the manner of the Mistel, but in reverse) atop the aircraft. In the latter configuration, a pilot-controlled...

facility (in Leningrad) had been heavily damaged. To accomplish the goal Mistel long-range bombers were to be employed. To destroy water turbines, special...

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...

PGM Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship, rocket-boosted gliding guided bomb The Mistel composite aircraft configuration was used (with almost no effects) on the...

Daddy), nickname of Werner Mölders Vati und Sohn, nickname for the German Mistel aircraft VATI, acronym meaning "vote against the incumbents" Raffaello Follieri...

Drachenhöhle (1944) – aborted attack on Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, using Mistel composite aircraft Drumbeat (1942) – part of "Second Happy Time" (Paukenschlag)...

techniques with Operation Aphrodite, but had few successes; the German Mistel (Mistletoe) "parasite aircraft" was no more effective. The U.S. programs...

in concept to the World War II Operation Aphrodite. Composite aircraft Mistel "America Almost Had a Nuclear-Armed Drone Bomber". medium.com. 16 December...

were susceptible to bombardment. Nazi Germany, in 1943, also developed the Mistel composite aircraft program, which can be seen as a rudimentary air-launched...

of KG 200, and quickly opted to shelve the Reichenberg in favour of the Mistel project. By this point, the Allies had consolidated their position in France...

bomb McDonnell LBD Gargoyle United States 1945 200 air-to-surface missile Mistel Germany 1943 250 large air-to-surface missile with parasite guidance aircraft...

considered for towing winged auxiliary fuel tanks), or carried on a Me 264 in a Mistel type fashion. Three versions of the aircraft were initially proposed: an...

queen, Volume 1 By John Evans, Page 5 "HyperScale 48D001 Ju 88 G-6 and Mistel S-3C Collection decals". Hyperscale.com. Retrieved 15 April 2012. Bibliography...

superiors considered it an unnecessary waste of life and resources. The Mistel composite aircraft was preferred. The establishment of a suicide squadron...

State Park, Georgia Mistletoe Villa, historical place in North Carolina Mistel, a type of German bomber during World War II Mistilteinn, in Icelandic mythology...

Retrieved 22 May 2021. Tubeuf, Karl; Neckel, Gustav (1923). Monographie der Mistel. München und Berlin, Oldenbourg. Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary...

alphabetic order Aktion 24 (1945) — largely unsuccessful attempts to use Mistels and explosive-laden Do 24s to destroy strategic river bridges Aster (1944)...

USS Los Angeles in flight with attached fighter Project Gremlin of DARPA Mistel – German World War II project in which a piloted fighter aimed, then released...

but none were destroyed. One Mistel was shot down by a patrol of Spitfires of the Canadian 411(RCAF) Squadron. One Mistel did force a partial collapse...