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

Period: Second World War

Nation: Germany

Model Dim.: 22,1 cm

Messerschmitt Me personally 262 B-1a /U1

Deriving from the Messerschmitt Me 262 A, the B-1a/U1 version was created to create per night time response bomber designed to check out the numerous allied bomber atmosphere raids on the skies of Germany within the last phase of World War II. Loaded with the characteristic Neptun system antenna masts on its nose, it had been characterised with a two-man fuselage which housed the pilot while the radar operator. Just like the one-man Me 262 a version, it absolutely was powered by two Junker Jumo 004-B jet propulsion machines that brought it to accurate documentation rate, the 1940’s, of 870 Km/h at a 6,000 metre altitude, which makes it about 150 Km/h quicker than some other allied piston engine bomber. Heavily armed with 4 MK 108 30mm cannons, it arrived at operation devices far too late and with only a few models, however it quickly acquired most victories over the allied airplanes.