Bachem Ba 349 Natter, David Myhra. Published by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1999. X Planes of the Third Reich Series. Glossy pictorial card covers. Oblong 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 128pp., illustrated. In fine condition.
The Bachem Ba 349 Natter was a secretive, vertical take-off, single-seat rocket interceptor intended to offer high-speed defence of key targets. This radical aircraft offered Luftwaffe an inexpensive means with which to intercept and attack Allied heavy bombers using a vertically-launched, semi-expendable machine built of wood and armed with a nose-mounted ‘honeycomb’ battery of spin-stabilised air-to-air rockets as well as cannon armament.
