This bizarre contraction was developed as a result of a German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium /RLM) proposal for a towplane powerful enough that could safety tow a fully-loaded Me 321 – according to some sources it was Ernst Udet himself who proposed such an aircrafts. The Zwilling (twin) was the result of mating two He 111 bombers though the addition of a new wing center section equipped with a fifth Jumo 211 engine. Only about a dozen were built serving mainly in the Eastern Front and Italian Front. In the later one , ironically, they spend some of their time towing the smaller Go 242 gliders.., in pairs.
Plans to fulfil strategic recon and bomber roles were proposed, but in the end, not realized.
Artist: Anthony Cowland.
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