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The Weird Story of the WWII Plane Attached to a Plane

Summary by World War Wings
During the later years of World War II, German engineers developed one of the most unusual weapons of the air war: a system of two planes physically connected, flying together as one. The upper aircraft was a fighter with a pilot onboard, and the lower was a bomber stripped of its crew and packed with explosives. This flying pair was officially called the Beethoven Gerät, but pilots often used names like “Father and Son” or “Piggyback.” This str…
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World War Wings broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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