German WWII Aircraft Photos from Nat Archives updated 8-02

[Mark Nankivil]

Great stuff from you as always - thanks!

Tom - that's not a Blohm und Voss - it's a Dornier Do-18 looking decidedly out of its element

Enjoy the Day! Mark

[armyjunk2]

sorry all B&W's

[muddyboots]

Junk, those are some great shots! thanks for sharing em!

[Louis Emond]

"the blohm & voss flying boat is of considerable interest!!"

Tom , if you are refering to photo # 12, this is a beached Dornier Do-18.

Louis

[Rajay]

Wow! I have never seen any of these. Thank you so much for sharing.

Is the HO229 in pictures 26 and 27 the one recently discussed in This Thread ?

That's sure what it looks like to me. Very cool pics!

I just glanced over at that other thread you mentioned. Somebody was almost ranting about how the recent National Geographic special on the Horten 229 gave them way too much credit for developing anti-radar or "stealth" capabilities. He claimed that the Ho-229 probably would not have any better stealth qualities than a deHavilland Mosquito, as an example of another mostly wooden aircraft of the same era.

I'm no radar expert, but it seems to me that the big spinning metal disks of the propellers on the Mosquito would reflect a lot more radar than the buried engine nacelles on the 229. Also, from everything that I've ever read about stealth technology, the blended wing and fuselage of the 229 would also contribute to its stealthiness compared to the relatively conventional configuration of the Mossie, which includes a big slab-sided vertical stabilizer and rudder.

I have read that the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird actually had pretty good "stealth" qualities too - without anyone ever intentionally researching or developing them for those aircraft. So, saying that the Ho229 didn't have them just because they weren't trying for them does not necessarily "compute."

-IMHO

[warbird_patrick]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!!

[tom d. friedman]

i don't understand something..... i've seen a number of authentic captured ww 2 pics of the ho -229 that show the nose gear prone quite high, including the smithsonian's example, & including the new ones in this thread. however the july issue of aviation history magazine's article shows northrop's repro experiment with a lower prone nose gear!! did northrop tweak it?? screw it up ?? or what?? did i miss something?? from the pics i've seen the 229's nose gear was almost as high prone as a post war f-7-u navy cutlass.

[matthias.jansing]

These are spectacular pictures, many thanks for sharing. What must I do to get them? Can maybe somebody help?

Regards from Germany,

Matthias

[Mgawa]

No words!!! Excellent material!!!

Thank you Armyjunk

[RyanShort1]

Love the Ar 234 shots. Does anyone know if enough information exists to build a replica of one of those? Forget about Me 262s, I'd rather have a replica Ar 234!

Ryan