At 01:11 PM 9/09/03 +1000, you wrote:
>Thanks Wombat
>
>You're the first person to identify an "allied" rocket-assist glider launch
>method. I certainly knew about the Komet that others have mentioned, but I
>can't imagine anyone in their right mind being terribly keen to fly one,
>nor on the BGA having access to very many.
>
> From my visit to the War Memorial, I can recall that the Komet would race
>up to meet the incoming Allied aircraft, shoot at them, and then glide back
>to the airfield. The Allies realised that this latter phase of their
>flight was their weakness, and decided to send fighters in low to pick off
>the Komets as they were in or near to the circuit area and thus sitting
>ducks. If contact with the volatile fuel didn't kill the pilots, the
>Allied fighter aircraft finished them off.
>
>Jason
Hanging around German fighter airfields at low altitude wasn't all that
healthy either. Their AAA was pretty good and they sometimes tasked a FW190
unit to protect the rockets or jets in the landing and takeoff phase.
Mike
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