Italeri 2679 - 1/48 Messerschmitt Me 262 B-1a /U-1 Nachtjaeger WWII  [IT-2679S]

Period: 2nd World War

Country: Germany

Model Dim.: 22,1 cm

Messerschmitt united states 262 B-1a /U1

Deriving through Messerschmitt myself 262 A, the B-1a/U1 variation originated to create per night time response bomber likely to glance at numerous allied bomber environment raids through the skies of Germany inside the previous couple of phase of World War II. Laden up with the characteristic Neptun system antenna masts on its nose, it had been characterised with a two-man fuselage which housed the pilot this means radar operator. Like one-man myself 262 a variation, it absolutely was operating on two Junker Jumo 004-B jet propulsion devices that brought it to an archive price, the 1940’s, of 870 Km/h at a 6,000 metre altitude, which makes it about 150 Km/h quicker than about any allied piston motor bomber. Greatly armed with 4 MK 108 30mm cannons, it attained procedure devices much too late enough cause for some models, nonetheless it quickly acquired numerous victories within the allied airplanes.