Copyright Disclaimer: - Under section 107 of the copyright Act 1976, allowance is mad for FAIR USE for purpose such a as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statues that might otherwise be infringing. Non- Profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of FAIR USE. The Luftwaffe Mistel was a German composite aircraft type employed during WWII, alongside jet-powered aircraft such as the Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter. It was made up of a bigger unmanned aircraft loaded with heavy explosives and a smaller piloted control aircraft. The most typical combination included a modified Junkers Ju 88 Bomber as the bomber drone and a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter. The bomber drone could pierce seven meters of concrete and five meters of reinforced steel. The composite aircraft, which were initially employed during the Allies' invasion of Normandy in 1944, were notoriously used to destroy the British fleet in Scapa Flow. They were able to terrorize British ships, after hearing a rumor of an army of explosive drones.
The Third Reich ruled much of Europe throughout WWII, although its military activities were hampered by the Soviet Union's invasion. Germany's military fight became desperate as it lost ground, air, and sea. American and British attacks devastated major cities, industries were damaged, and production of new aircraft, submarines, munitions, and supplies plummeted. The Wunderwaffe, or wonder weapons, were the final chance, but they arrived too late. Meanwhile, the US Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom strengthened their aircraft fleets on a daily basis.
Germany's chaotic attempts to end the British naval blockade in Scapa Flow in 1943 Scotland achieved new heights when the British Home Fleet docked in the region, preventing German access to the North and Baltic Seas. The Kriegsmarine possessed no aircraft capable of taking off from German-controlled territory, attacking the opposing fleet at Scapa Flow, and safely returning. To avoid losing pilots and aircraft, Youger's company's top test pilot devised a composite aircraft to wreak havoc on the British fleet at Scapa Flow, resulting in huge losses for the Royal Navy while suffering minimum German fatalities. Herman Goering, the chief of the Luftwaffe, demanded that such a composite aircraft be tested immediately.

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