"Dave Kearton" wrote in news:Im2Dh.2211
:



The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does
anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?




Walter 109-500 RATO motors

http://orbat.com/site/andreas/Germany%202.htm

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/r...6826&wwwflag=2
&imagepos=8


used on numerous german aircraft.

the smoke in second image is from one of those RATO units
on a Me-321

http://www.geocities.com/rcaf86/me321.html

also

www.waffenhq.de/flugzeuge/me321.html