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Bf 110E "S9+NN" flown by Lt. Herbert Kutscha, 5./ZG 1, Soviet Union, 1942
General Background
1(Z)JG77 was called the "Flying Dachshunds" because of the units 3 mascots named Barnsee, Herdia and Lockheed, named after the unit's first victory, a Lockheed Hudson. Painted on the aircraft nose was a Dachshund with a Rata (Polikarpov I-16) in its mouth. While on the Eastern front Lt. Felix-Maria Brandis was the unit CO and scored 14 victories. LN+LR was one of Brandis' aircraft but on February 2, 1942 while flying LN+AR he failed to return from a sortie. In June 1942 LN+LR was lost to AAA fire.
Specifications :
Role: |
Designed as a fighter bomber |
| Number Built: | 865 |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Dimensions | |
| Wingspan: | 53 ft 3 in (16.25 m) |
| Length: | 39 ft 7 in (12.07 m) |
| Height: | 13 ft 6 in (4.13 m) |
| Performance: | |
| Powerplants: | 2 x DB 601P 1,175 hp |
| Speed | |
| Maximum: | 350 mph (562 km/h |
| Cruise: | 217 mph (350 km/h) |
| Landing: | 93 mph (150 km/h) |
| Maximum Rate Of Climb: | 2,150 ft/min (11 m/s) |
| Service Ceiling: | 32,000 ft (9,753 m) |
| Range: | 680 miles (1,095 km) |
| Weight: | |
| Empty: | 10,771 lb (4,885 kg) |
| Maximum: | 15,269 lb (6,925 kg) |
| Armament: | 4 x MG17 |
| 2 x MG FF | |
| 1 x MG15 | |
| Bombs: | Maximum 2,204.6 lb (1,000 kg) of bombs under the fuselage And |
| 4 x SC 50 or SC 70 bombs under the wings |