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Huckebein

The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein was a design for a jet-powered fighter aircraft intended as the successor to the Messerschmitt Me 262 and other day fighters in Luftwaffe service during World War II. It was developed only to the extent of wind tunnel models when the war ended, but the basic design was further developed postwar in Argentina as the FMA Pulqui II. The name Huckebein is a reference to a trouble-making raven (Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe) from an illustrated story in 1867 by Wilhelm Busch.
In this illustration we see two Ta-183s of JG-7 "Nowotny" maybe around 1946, had Nazi Germany lasted for so long of course. They are both carrying Ruhrstahl X-4 missiles under the wings.