This is obviously a song about the legendary Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational turbojet fighter aircraft. It was powered by Junkers Jumo 004 engines and several two-seater "B" trainer variants of the Me 262 were adapted as night fighters. Serving with 10 Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 11, Night Fighter Unit, near Berlin, these few aircraft (alongside several single seat examples) accounted for most of the 13 Mosquitoes lost over Berlin in the first three months of 1945. the two-seat trainer was largely unavailable many pilots had to do their first flight in a jet in a single seater without an instructor.
It is not known if the song refers to the last flight of the Luftwaffe: The suicide attack on the Eighth Air Force, April 7, 1945.
I believe the "Captain Von Ondine" reference is a tribute to the owner of the popular New York City bar, Ondine's, where rock 'n' roll royalty hung out in the early 1970s.
My guess is that it refers to April 10, 1945, when 1,232 bombers (with about 800 escorts!) attacked targets in the Magdeburg and Berlin/Oranienburg area, and were hit by about 50 Me 262s. See http://www.goldengatewing.org/proptalk/speaker.cfm?ID=131 for an interesting story.
My guess is that it refers to April 10, 1945, when 1,232 bombers (with about 800 escorts!) attacked targets in the Magdeburg and Berlin/Oranienburg area, and were hit by about 50 Me 262s. See http://www.goldengatewing.org/proptalk/speaker.cfm?ID=131 for an interesting story.
That seems to fit better than the April 7 "Schulungslehrgang Elbe" mission.
That seems to fit better than the April 7 "Schulungslehrgang Elbe" mission.
This is obviously a song about the legendary Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational turbojet fighter aircraft. It was powered by Junkers Jumo 004 engines and several two-seater "B" trainer variants of the Me 262 were adapted as night fighters. Serving with 10 Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 11, Night Fighter Unit, near Berlin, these few aircraft (alongside several single seat examples) accounted for most of the 13 Mosquitoes lost over Berlin in the first three months of 1945. the two-seat trainer was largely unavailable many pilots had to do their first flight in a jet in a single seater without an instructor.
It is not known if the song refers to the last flight of the Luftwaffe: The suicide attack on the Eighth Air Force, April 7, 1945.
I believe the "Captain Von Ondine" reference is a tribute to the owner of the popular New York City bar, Ondine's, where rock 'n' roll royalty hung out in the early 1970s.
My guess is that it refers to April 10, 1945, when 1,232 bombers (with about 800 escorts!) attacked targets in the Magdeburg and Berlin/Oranienburg area, and were hit by about 50 Me 262s. See http://www.goldengatewing.org/proptalk/speaker.cfm?ID=131 for an interesting story.
My guess is that it refers to April 10, 1945, when 1,232 bombers (with about 800 escorts!) attacked targets in the Magdeburg and Berlin/Oranienburg area, and were hit by about 50 Me 262s. See http://www.goldengatewing.org/proptalk/speaker.cfm?ID=131 for an interesting story.
That seems to fit better than the April 7 "Schulungslehrgang Elbe" mission.
That seems to fit better than the April 7 "Schulungslehrgang Elbe" mission.