The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider...
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Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant was a large German cargo glider developed and used during World War II. Intended to support large-scale invasions, the Me...
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enormous Me 321 Gigant transport glider, and its six-engined follow on, the Me 323. However, for the second half of the war, Messerschmitt turned almost...
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Carrier. Among others, these were used as service vehicles for the Messerschmitt Me 323 military transport aircraft. The light basic model was manufactured...
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RLM aircraft by manufacturer (section Messerschmitt)
glider Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant (Giant), 6-engined transport plane based on the 321 glider Messerschmitt Me 409 heavy fighter, (Me 209 derivative) (project)...
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prototypes built and flown. Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" (Giant) – a heavy transport with six engines, adapted from the Me 321 giant troop-glider. Arado...
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309 Messerschmitt Me 309 fighter prototype 4 1942 321 Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant transport production 200 1941 glider 323 Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant transport...
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single-engine transport, 1934 Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant (Giant), transport glider Messerschmitt Me 323, transport. Motorised version of Me 321 Siebel Fh 104 Hallore...
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Sd.Kfz. 3 (Maultier) unloaded from a Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" transport aircraft...
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transport glider Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ('Giant'), transport aircraft Messerschmitt Me 328 parasite fighter Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse ('Hornet')...
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for polar missions. During WW2 the German Arado Ar 234 and the Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" used rocket units beneath the wings for assisted takeoff. Such...
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German reinforcements; a Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track and a Praga T-6 artillery tractor pull cargo from a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant transport...
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Operation Flax, a similar force of P-40s attacked a formation of 14 Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") six-engine transports, covered by seven Bf 109s from...
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Maultier Opel Maultier exiting from a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant transport. Type Half-track Place of origin Nazi Germany Service history In service 1941...
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It may also refer to: Gigant, nickname of Messerschmitt Me 323, a German transport aircraft Gigant, nickname of Messerschmitt Me 321, a German transport...
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Hs 129 ground attack aircraft, Heinkel He 177A heavy bomber and Messerschmitt Me 323 transport used the same rotational "sense" as the production P-38...
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Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant - powered transport Messerschmitt Me 328 - pulsejet parasite fighter Messerschmitt Me 329 - heavy fighter project Messerschmitt Me 362...
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Kolesnikov-Tsibin KC-20 Soviet Union 1942 68 Maeda Ku-1 Japan 1941 100 Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant Germany 1941 200 Slingsby Hengist United Kingdom 1942 18 Waco...
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Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerika Messerschmitt Me 265 Messerschmitt Me 309 Messerschmitt Me 310 Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant Messerschmitt...
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"German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945)". "Arado Designations". "Me 209, Variants & Projects". Heinz J. Nowarra's Die deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945...
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flew:: v Bf 109 Messerschmitt Me 209 Messerschmitt Me 309 Me 210 - Me 410 Messerschmitt Me 261 Me 264 Amerikabomber contract contender Me 321 Gigant - The Largest...
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Messerschmitt Bf 110 "Gigant" – Messerschmitt Me 321/323 "Iron Annie" – Junkers Ju 52 "The Jet" – Messerschmitt Me 262 "The Komet" – Messerschmitt Me...
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for its Henschel Hs 129 (14M) ground attack aircraft and Messerschmitt Me 323 (14N) "Gigant" transporter. Argus As 8 – air-cooled, 4-inline Argus As 10...
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found some human remains in the place where, on July 26, 1943, a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant of the Luftwaffe was shot down by a British Bristol Beaufighter...
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the Junkers EF 094, the Ju 322 was to fulfill the same role as the Me 321 Gigant heavy transport glider. Fulfilling a requirement to be built out of...
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Bucharest, the ARR claimed 22 German aircraft shot down, including three Me 323 Gigant, and a further five other aircraft destroyed on the ground, while losses...
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160 US gal) drop tanks. The He111Z could tow a Gotha Go 242 or Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant gliders for up to 10 hours at cruising speed. It could also remain...
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an aerobatic glider, and wooden subassemblies for Messerschmitt, the Me-321/323 "Gigant" and the Me-109 fighter. In the eyes of the Americans, Martin...
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engines. Shipman later made two more kills – a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter and a very large Me 323 Gigant transport. Early results in the Mediterranean...
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Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War Junkers Ju 322 Mammut and Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant, competing Grossraumlastensegler heavy cargo glider designs for...
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