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==''Mistel/Pulkzerstörer'' variants== The designation Ta 154A-2/U3 was given to six unfinished 154A-1 airframes completed and converted into ''Pulkzerstörer'' (Formation Destroyer) aircraft. At least three ''Pulkzerstörer'' and ''[[Mistel]]'' parasite fighter schemes were mooted for the Ta 154. The only one of the three that was actually brought to operational readiness (Ta 154A-2/U3) was a system whereby the entire forward fuselage ahead of the fuel tanks was filled with [[Amatol]] high explosive. A new and extremely small cockpit for the pilot was added to the airframe directly ahead of the tailfin. From this cramped cabin, the pilot would fly the 'Bomb ''Moskito'' ' into an Allied bomber formation, arm the onboard charges and quickly bail out. A timer would then detonate the explosives a few seconds later. Fragmentation charges in the warhead would maximize the effective area of destruction.<ref name = "smithkay 2134">Smith and Kay 1972, pp. 213–214.</ref> It was hoped that this [[flying bomb]] system would tear large holes in the Anglo-American bomber streams at little cost to the ''Luftwaffe'' in terms of pilot casualties. The six Ta 154A-2/U3 'Bomb ''Moskitos'' were completed at the Focke-Wulf plant near [[Poznań]] shortly before the occupation of the area by the Red Army, but were not used in combat. Their ultimate fate is unknown, though it is likely they were destroyed by the plant's staff to prevent them being captured. One Ta 154 ''Mistel'' scheme, reportedly designated ''Mistel 7'', envisaged a [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]] 'mother aircraft' mounted on struts above an unmanned Bomb ''Moskito''. Takeoff would be effected via a sturdy three-wheeled trolley of the same type designed for the abandoned A-series of the [[Arado Ar 234]] [[jet engine|jet]] [[reconnaissance]] [[bomber]]. The trolley would be jettisoned after takeoff, leaving the ''Mistel'' ''Moskito'' to fly to its target with all three engines running. The combination would formate above an Allied bomber stream before the 190 pilot released the Bomb ''Moskito'', which would then hopefully crash straight into a bomber with massively destructive effect. A related scheme would see a standard Ta 154 towing a Bomb ''Moskito'' behind it into the middle of a bomber stream, whereupon release and detonation would be initiated by the manned Ta 154's pilot.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
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