Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Germans adopted air-to-air rockets in WWII, as shown in the "Masters of the Air" episode 3. The tactics included flying behind the bomber formations and lobbing the rockets into the combat wings. The German enemy airplanes would stay outside of the bomber’s defensive machine gun fire. The rocket equipped fighters out ranged the bomber gunners. This attack tactic had questionable success, but was brought to a grinding halt when long range fighters appeared in early 1944. The rocket equipped aircraft were very vulnerable to the escort P-51 and P-38 fighters.
The Germans adopted air-to-air rockets in WWII, as shown in the "Masters of the Air" episode 3. The tactics included flying behind the bomber formations and lobbing the rockets into the combat wings. The German enemy airplanes would stay outside of the bomber’s defensive machine gun fire. The rocket equipped fighters out ranged the bomber gunners. This attack tactic had questionable success, but was brought to a grinding halt when long range fighters appeared in early 1944. The rocket equipped aircraft were very vulnerable to the escort P-51 and P-38 fighters.
