The three barrels of the SG 116 'Zellendusche' installed in a Fw 190 of Eprobungskommando 25. This experimental weapon consisted of a recoilless, single-shot, 30mm device and was to be fired upwards as the fighter passed under a bomber. It was to be activated automatically using a photo-electric cell. Trials were carried out by Ekdo. 25 in 1944 but proved to be largely unsuccessful.

SG 116 'Zellendusche'

One of the lesser known radical design concepts for an advanced fighter aircraft: An Argus pulse-jet powered Me 328, seen here mounted on a Do 217 K V3 during a test flight. Date unknown.

Me 328 jet fighter

Hptm. Werner Mölders, Staffelkapitan of 3.J/88 talking with one of his mechanics while his Bf 109 D-1 is being prepared for another sortie, Spain, November, 1938. Molders would become the top scoring ace of the Spanish Civil War with 14 confirmed kills, misteriously the rudder of his machine at the time was marked with 15 victory bars.