Within the Striking by Night exhibition of the Australian War Memorial sits some of the most famous World War Two aircraft produced by German aviation company Messerschmitt AG. The jewel in the crown is a Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a jet fighter-bomber “Jabo” variant. The Me 262 was the world’s first fully operational jet aircraft. The Australian… Read More Australian War Memorial: Messerschmitt Me 262 “Black X”
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was an ambitious and desperate project of the German war machine in World War Two. Send a Luftwaffe pilot screaming through the sky in a rocket powered, single engine, swept wing tailless interceptor at over 9oo km/h (close to 600 mph) to rapidly get above Allied bomber formations, then with… Read More Australian War Memorial: Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
Along with the British Supermarine Spitfire and American North American P-51 Mustang, the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 has to be one of the most recognizable fighter aircraft of the World War Two era. First entering service in 1937, Messerschmitt Bf 109 variants were in use with the Luftwaffe for the entire duration of World War Two… Read More Australian War Memorial: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
The centrepiece of the Striking by Night exhibition at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is the multimedia sound and light show which re-creates a night bombing operation over Berlin in December 1943 featuring the beautifully restored World War Two era Avro Lancaster Mk.I bomber with the call sign “G for George“. This bomber (serial number W4783) was constructed by… Read More Australian War Memorial: Avro Lancaster “G for George”
Aces Flying High 