Info EDUARD
Synced!
Request for consent to store optional information

We do not need to store any information (cookies, etc.) for the basic functioning of the website. However, we would like to ask for your consent to store optional information:

Anonymous Unique ID

Thanks to it, next time we will know that it is the same device and we will be able to more accurately evaluate the traffic. This identifier is completely anonymous.

Aa

Aa

Aa

Aa

Aa

 

 

 

 

aA
Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 39
Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 40
BOXART STORY #82163
During World War II, both Germany and
Great Britain came to use night bombing as
a significant part of their war effort to damage
or destroy the enemy's production and logistic
targets, as well as to break the morale of the
enemy population. In doing so, the two air forces
addressed similar technical problems. One of
these was finding a target in night conditions
and marking it for other bombers.
A pioneer in this respect was the German
bomber unit KGr. 100 (later I./KG 100), which
from the autumn of 1940, during raids on Great
Britain, searched for targets using electronic
equipment and marked them with flares. This
tactic so intrigued the British that, despite
opposition from Arthur Harris, Commander
of Bomber Command, it was adopted by the
RAF. The crews tasked with marking targets
in Germany were placed under the command
of the Path Finder Force (PFF), which began
operations in August 1942 with five squadrons.
Their armament included Wellingtons,
Mosquitos, Lancasters, Halifaxes and Stirlings.
In January 1943, these specialized units
were concentrated in No. 8 (Pathfinder Force)
Group, which gradually grew to 16 squadrons.
These units were always the first to receive
the new bomb aiming systems (Gee, Oboe and
H2S). If the Germans managed to shoot down
a Pathfinder crew, it greatly hindered the
accuracy of the bombing raid. The Pathfinder
planes and especially the fast Mosquito were
among the most prized trophies among German
night fighters. These fast twin-engined aircraft
also performed night bombing duties and
were successfully deployed as long-range
night fighters. Their target were German night
fighters and thus the hunter becomes the
hunted. Interception of Mosquitos (German:
Moskitojagd) were often fruitless and frustrated
German pilots, whose machines were not up to
the performance of these British twin-engined
fighters, saw only condensation lines or no
enemy at all.
On the German side, the number of night
bombing attacks on Great Britain gradually
declined and efforts to defend their own
territory with anti-aircraft artillery and night
fighters using radar stations increased.
From the summer of 1943, the Luftwaffe also
deployed to night combat single-engine day
fighters without radar equipment, whose
pilots searched for targets following radio
instructions from ground controllers. This
tactic was given the designation Wilde Sau
(Wild Boar), but by early 1944 these units
were increasingly being assigned to daytime
combat against American bombers. A new
unit tasked with continuing Wilde Sau tactics
and experimenting with the use of radar on
single-engine fighters was 1./NJGr. 10 under
the command of Hptm. Friedrich-Karl “Nasen
Müller. He was the most successful fighter of
the Wilde Sau units, achieving 30 victories in
52 combat sorties. For details on Müller and
his aircraft, which is pictured in combat with
Mosquito on Adam Tooby's boxart, see Neil
Page's article in INFO magazine 11/2019.
Müller's aircraft was equipped with the
DB 605 AS engine, which increased power gave
a better chance of intercepting and destroying
the fast Mosquito at high altitudes than the
conventional Bf 109 G-6 and G-14. Müller´s
machine also had the armoured headrest
removed for weight reduction and a better view
from the cockpit. During July 1944, Müller's
pilots managed to shoot down three Mosquitos,
but their commander had to wait until the
night of 23-24 August to also shoot down the
Wooden Wonder. His target was the crew of the
Mosquito B Mk.XX (KB242) from No. 608 Sqn
RAF, with Canadian F/Lt Stuart Douglas Webb
at the controls. Their machine was hit by flak
during a raid on Cologne. Müller attacked the
damaged Mosquito near Eindhoven and after
the fourth attack the British machine went into
a spin at 25,000ft, which Webb recovered at
9,000ft.
The aircraft had a destroyed elevator trim,
damaged hydraulic lines and a non functioning
airspeed indicator. Webb, however, managed
to get the aircraft to Woodbridge Base. Before
approach, his hydraulics failed completely and
during the hard landing with the landing gear
retracted, the tail section of the aircraft broke
off after being severely damaged by Müller's
fire. A few months later Stuart D. Webb was
sadly killed in a plane crash on 10 November.
He became one of more than 3,700 PFF
airmen who lost their lives. During World War
II, Pathfinder Force crews flew 5,490 sorties
against 3,440 targets. They fulfilled the motto
of their No. 8 (PFF) Group, “We guide to strike”.
Illustration: Adam Tooby
Moskitojagd
Text: Jan Bobek
INFO Eduard40
November 2023
Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 41
Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 1

Page 1

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 2

Page 2

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 3

Page 3

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 4

Page 4

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 5

Page 5

Info EDUARD 11/2023, WUNDERSCHÖNE NEUE MASCHINEN

WUNDERSCHÖNE NEUE MASCHINEN

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 7

Page 7

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 8

Page 8

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 9

Page 9

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 10

Page 10

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 11

Page 11

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 12

Page 12

Info EDUARD 11/2023, “The Story”  - Somewhere in England, August 10, 1944

“The Story” - Somewhere in England, August 10, 1944

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 14

Page 14

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 15

Page 15

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 16

Page 16

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 17

Page 17

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 18

Page 18

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 19

Page 19

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 20

Page 20

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 21

Page 21

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 22

Page 22

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 23

Page 23

Info EDUARD 11/2023, 221st Tactical Flight. Fighting With the Albatros...

221st Tactical Flight. Fighting With the Albatros...

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 25

Page 25

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 26

Page 26

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 27

Page 27

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 28

Page 28

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 29

Page 29

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 30

Page 30

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 31

Page 31

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Air War over Ukraine - Defeat of the Black Sea Fleet

Air War over Ukraine - Defeat of the Black Sea Fleet

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 33

Page 33

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 34

Page 34

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 35

Page 35

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 36

Page 36

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 37

Page 37

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 38

Page 38

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 39

Page 39

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 40

Page 40

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 41

Page 41

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 42

Page 42

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 43

Page 43

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 44

Page 44

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 45

Page 45

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 46

Page 46

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 47

Page 47

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 48

Page 48

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 49

Page 49

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 50

Page 50

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 51

Page 51

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 52

Page 52

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 53

Page 53

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 54

Page 54

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 55

Page 55

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 56

Page 56

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 57

Page 57

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 58

Page 58

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 59

Page 59

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 60

Page 60

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 61

Page 61

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 62

Page 62

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 63

Page 63

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 64

Page 64

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 65

Page 65

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 66

Page 66

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 67

Page 67

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 68

Page 68

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 69

Page 69

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 70

Page 70

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 71

Page 71

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 72

Page 72

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 73

Page 73

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 74

Page 74

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 75

Page 75

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 76

Page 76

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 77

Page 77

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 78

Page 78

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 79

Page 79

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 80

Page 80

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 81

Page 81

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 82

Page 82

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 83

Page 83

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 84

Page 84

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 85

Page 85

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 86

Page 86

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 87

Page 87

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 88

Page 88

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 89

Page 89

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 90

Page 90

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 91

Page 91

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 92

Page 92

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 93

Page 93

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 94

Page 94

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 95

Page 95

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 96

Page 96

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 97

Page 97

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 98

Page 98

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 99

Page 99

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 100

Page 100

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 101

Page 101

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 102

Page 102

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 103

Page 103

Info EDUARD 11/2023, How to Work with Photo-Etched Accessories

How to Work with Photo-Etched Accessories

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 105

Page 105

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 106

Page 106

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 107

Page 107

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 108

Page 108

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 109

Page 109

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 110

Page 110

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 111

Page 111

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 112

Page 112

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 113

Page 113

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 114

Page 114

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 115

Page 115

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 116

Page 116

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 117

Page 117

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 118

Page 118

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 119

Page 119

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 120

Page 120

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 121

Page 121

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 122

Page 122

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 123

Page 123

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 124

Page 124

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 125

Page 125

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 126

Page 126

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 127

Page 127

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 128

Page 128

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 129

Page 129

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 130

Page 130

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 131

Page 131

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 132

Page 132

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 133

Page 133

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 134

Page 134

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 135

Page 135

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 136

Page 136

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 137

Page 137

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 138

Page 138

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 139

Page 139

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 140

Page 140

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 141

Page 141

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 142

Page 142

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 143

Page 143

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 144

Page 144

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 145

Page 145

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 146

Page 146

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 147

Page 147

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Shows

Shows

Info EDUARD 11/2023, Page 149

Page 149

40

Rendering Page 41 (324800): (0/1) (106 ms)

Rendering Page 40 (324799): (0/1) (120 ms)

Rendering Page 39 (324798): (0/1) (120 ms)

No sync content to local

Sending statistics … done (2298 ms)

Rendering Page 43 (324802): (0/1) (2274 ms)

Rendering Page 42 (324801): (0/1) (2275 ms)

Rendering Page 41 (324800): (1/1) (0 ms)

Rendering Page 40 (324799): (1/1) (0 ms)

Rendering Page 39 (324798): (1/1) (0 ms)

Rendering Page 38 (324797): (0/1) (2298 ms)

No sync content to local

Viewport set: width=device-width, user-scalable=0; scale = 1

No sync content to local

Screen: pdfPage

--==[ RUN ]==--

Info EDUARD: theme set to 8895

Device info: input=mouse, webkitPrefix=no, screen=1264x0(1)

Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)

 r85/appLogo-123.png

 r85/pubLogoa-156-cz.png

 i7878/vth421240-1.jpg

 i7878/vth421326-1.jpg

 i7878/vth421242-1.jpg

 i7878/vth421123-1.jpg

 i7878/bg324799.svg

 i7878/bg324800.svg[p3]

 i7878/vth421124-1.jpg (3x)

 i7878/vth421246-1.jpg (3x)

 i7878/vth421083-1.jpg (2x)

 i7878/vth421084-1.jpg (2x)

 i7878/vth421085-1.jpg (2x)

 i7878/vth421233-1.jpg (2x)

 i7878/vth421235-1.jpg (2x)

 i7878/vth421316-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421317-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421318-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421319-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421320-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421321-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421322-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421335-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421337-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421338-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421340-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421341-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421342-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421343-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421344-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421345-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421346-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421105-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421298-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421299-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421300-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421301-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421302-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421303-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421304-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421113-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421284-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421285-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421286-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421287-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421237-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421238-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421247-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421248-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421128-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421129-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421130-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421131-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421132-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421133-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421250-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421251-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421252-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421253-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421254-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421255-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421256-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421141-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421142-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421143-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421144-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421145-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421146-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421257-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421258-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421149-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421150-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421259-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421260-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421261-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421154-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421155-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421262-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421264-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421265-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421159-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421269-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421270-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421162-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421163-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421164-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421165-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421166-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421167-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421168-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421169-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421170-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421171-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421172-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421173-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421174-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421175-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421176-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421177-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421178-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421179-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421180-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421181-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421182-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421183-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421184-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421185-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421186-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421187-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421188-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421189-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421190-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421191-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421192-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421193-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421194-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421196-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421197-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421198-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421199-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421200-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421201-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421202-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421203-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421204-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421205-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421206-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421207-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421208-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421209-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421210-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421211-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421212-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421213-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421214-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421215-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421216-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421217-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421218-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421219-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421220-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421221-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421222-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421223-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421224-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421225-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421226-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421227-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421228-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421229-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421230-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421281-1.jpg[p1]

 i7878/vth421282-1.jpg[p1]