Follow in the link below, an extensive report and a collection of photos of this heavy fighter used by the Luftwaffe during WW2:
http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/messerscmitt-me-410-hornisse.html
Hope you enjoy and I count on your visit!
Interesting photos - thanks for posting. The Me 410 was a moderately successful successor to the outdated Me Bf 110 heavy fighter, coming by way of the wholly unsuccessful Me 210. While it was reasonably successful in attacking US day bombers in 1943, and as a “fast bomber” in night attacks over England, it appears to have been a poor match with what was in some ways its equivalent - the British Mosquito used as a night-fighter, and no match at all for the US and British single-engine fighters increasingly encountered in day sorties as the war progressed. An interesting aircraft, nonetheless. Best regards, JR.
Huh really interesting I did a little reading after viewing the link. Seems like I need to read a lot more about the war. A interesting fighting/bomber plane. (to me it seem like it could do some dogfighting since it wasn’t as large as most bombers.
A thought occurs - could it be that the good people at the Military Channel do not regard Wilhelmshaven and Kiel as being in “western Europe” ? Or did they really mean “on the Atlantic” http://www.pass4sure.org
I am sure that the citizens of Wilhelmshaven and Kiel would be surprised to hear that they are not “Western European” whereas I, on current definitions, sitting on my little scenic rock on the wild Atlantic shore, certainly am ? Still a blooper, I think - but that might explain it. I take it that the Military Channel is an American enterprise ? Not being critical - but who was it who said that Britain and America were two countries divided by the same language ? Very best regards, JR.
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