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Pretty funny that folks have to be "protected" from a model kit's pernicious influence.

"Toy model manufacturer Revell agreed to discontinue its model of the Haunebu II Flying Saucer, described as "the first object in the world capable of flying in space." According to the product description, the Nazi aircraft never made it past its 1943 test stage due to World War II. Thing is, none of that is true. From The Local:

The fact that Revell's product’s description fails to mention the aircraft never existed is risky in that people who buy it might actually believe the Nazis possessed superior technologies, (said historian Jens Whener of the Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany).

"Enthusiasts can use this as a strategy to cast doubt on what we know today about National Socialism," the historian said.

The company said it agrees with the MHM, adding that “it is in fact a legendary, extraordinary aircraft which cannot be proven in terms of its existence.”

"Unfortunately, our product description does not adequately express this and we apologize for it," Revell said in a statement"
 
Attacking B-36’s on the box art��
Must have been a rouge nazi squadron based out of Antarctica��
“People who buy it might actually believe the Nazis possessed superior technologies”
Using this logic I guess they had better discontinue the Horten 229, Me 262,263, Arado 232, He 162 and v1/v2 rockets (v2 being the real first man made object in space, in 1946) just to name a few. All of which being undeniably “real”. I thought Revell making this model was pretty funny. We live in an increasingly humourless world. At the very least this could be seen as thought provoking and anyone with an inquisitive mind would at least be entertained by the circumstantial evidence of German antigravity research.
Did the Nazis posses superior technology? I think the answer to that is pretty clear.
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The Horten existed and flew in 1944, but never shot down any planes - it was a test aircraft. The last surviving one is at the Smithsonian, only 2 were built.
 
This is a funny analysis of the Horten brothers efforts, from The Smithsonian Insider

The one thing it succeeded at? Keeping the Horten brothers away from the front lines:

By working on the Horten Ho 299, the Hortens kept themselves away from the most dangerous aspect of the German war effort. They were under a strict deadline to get their new plane into the air, and working on it kept the Hortens and their employees off of the front lines, where thousands of their countrymen were dying.

“Nazi politicians didn’t know aircraft or aerospace, but if it looked cool and weird and they had a piece of paper that said it will go a thousand miles an hour and defeat the Allied bombers, they were going to support it,” Lee says. “So some of these designers stayed off the Eastern front, and they kept their whole crews and crews’ families protected by doing this.”

Lee found that some German scientists purposely sought to generate these new projects to stay off the front lines, a story he wouldn’t have known without working on the Horten Ho 229."
 
For aircraft enthusiasts, and there are many more books on secret developments of WW2.

I think the last aircraft designer to fly combat was Anthony Fokker in WW1 and he did it only once.

Luftwaffe Secret ProjectsLuftwaffe Secret Projects, BookStrategic Bombers 1935-1945
By Herwig, Dieter

Flying Wings and Tailless AircraftFlying Wings and Tailless Aircraft, Book
By Rose, Bill

American Secret ProjectsAmerican Secret Projects, Book1, Fighters, Bombers and Attack Aircraft, 1937 to 1945
By Buttler, Tony

X-planesX-planes, BookGerman Luftwaffe Prototypes 1930-1945
By Griehl, Manfred

The Race for Hitler's X-planesThe Race for Hitler's X-planes, BookBritain's 1945 Mission to Capture Secret Luftwaffe Technology
By Christopher, John

British Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War IIBritish Experimental Combat Aircraft of World War II, BookPrototypes, Research Aircraft, and Failed Production Designs
By Buttler, Tony

British Secret Projects 3 : Fighters 1935-1950British Secret Projects 3 : Fighters 1935-1950, Book
By Buttler, Tony

British Secret ProjectsBritish Secret Projects, BookFighters & Bombers 1935-1950
By Buttler, Tony

Japanese Secret ProjectsJapanese Secret Projects, BookExperimental Aircraft of the IJA and IJN 1939-1945
By Dyer, Edwin M.

French Secret ProjectsFrench Secret Projects, Book2. Bombers, Patrol and Assault Aircraft
By Carbonel, Jean-Christophe
Miles M.52Miles M.52, BookGateway to Supersonic Flight
By Brown, Eric Melrose

Flying Saucer AircraftFlying Saucer Aircraft, Book
By Rose, Bill
 
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