"Jess Lurkin" wrote in message news:mq8u3i42khj@news6.newsguy.com...
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> Had to look further into this powerless bird.
That's the only fighter-glider I've ever heard of. It would be towed to
altitude above bomber formations by a Bf-109 and then released to fire two
30mm cannons while diving. While several prototypes were built, it never
went into production and crews regarded it as something of a suicide
weapon...
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