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Old April 18th 04, 02:23 PM
Peter Stickney
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"Bob's Your Uncle" writes:

Funny I thought the aircraft that filled that role was the Ju-52

Keith


In Africa, the Gotha Go242 and 244 did that job!


Erm... The Go 242 was a glider. Not much use without a powered
airplane to tow it. The airplane the Germans used was (Wait for it!)
The Ju 52.
The Go 244 was an attempt to build a powered Go 242. It wasn't
successful, being woefully underpowered. Two line units briefly
converted to the Go 244 from Ju 52s in early 1942. Within 6 months,
one (K.Gr.z.b.V 104) had converted to Me 323s, and the other,
(K.Gr.z.b.V. 106) had converted back to Ju 52s. The surviving Ar 244s
were used for a short time at the Parachute Training Schools.

Both the Go 242 and Go 244 were made of smooth plywood, and had
twin tails mounted on booms, rather than the substantial currugated
metal fuselages with large fins (& occasionally rudders) shown in the
photograph,

The squared-off currugated ones are Ju 52s. The more rounded one on
the left is a Ju 88.

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Pete Stickney
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