Messer Me-321 & 323 Gigant, assault transporters.

I suppose they think eventually The Lufwaffe would manage some heavy towing aircraft. The JU-90 was capable to do it in the early days but very few of these A7C were made. Other suggested in 1941 was the FW 200 Condor but again few Condors were available.

Given the Fw 200’s well know structural problems that might have been interesting :wink:

Yea, I read that problem several times but unfortunately I have no furthers details or pictures about those incidents with Fw-200. To be honest I think is a little overrated considering the long range missions performed by that recce-bomber airplane.


Braking their backs on landing was not unknown,

Well, there was a means by which towing could be accomplished, but with great risk. The “Troika Schlepp”…3 Me110’s harnessed to towed aircraft.

If you google…Hanna Reitsch, you can read and hear about her experience with that towing method while piloting the Gigant.

Regards,
Mike R.

Hrrrg…that hurts :slight_smile:

Good picture there Redcoat.

There is pictures of the troka schlepp in page 1 of this topic.