In addition, a handful of B-2 airframes were adapted for the night-fighting role. These so-called Nachtigall (Nightingale) aircraft were fitted with FuG 218 ''Neptun'' VHF-band radar and carried a pair of forward-firing MG 151/20 autocannon within a Magirusbombe conformal gun pod on the ventral fuselage hardpoint. A second crewmember, who operated the radar systems, was accommodated in a very cramped compartment in the rear fuselage. Two of these jury-rigged night fighters served with Kommando Bonow, an experimental test unit attached to Luftflotte Reich. Operations commenced with the pair of 234s in March 1945, but Bonow's team soon found the aircraft to be unsuited for night fighting and no kills were recorded during the unit's very brief life.
Vier uitvoeringen mogelijk;
- Ar 234 B-2/N; Luftwaffe, WNr.140608, T9-GL, Kommando Bonow Ar. 234, Oranienburg, 1945.
- Ar 234 B-2/N, Luftwaffe, Wnr.140150, SM+FJ, Kommando Bonow Ar 234, Oranienburg, 1945.
- Ar 234 B-2/N, Luftwaffe, WNr.140146, F1+CS, Kommando Bonow Ar 234, Hptm.Kurt Bonow, Oranienburg, 1945.
- Ar 234 B-2/N, Luftwaffe, WNr.140145, SM+FE, Sonderkommando Bisping, Hptm.Josef Bisping, Oranienburg, 1945.
Aantal onderdelen ; 177
Afmeting;
- Lengte 271mm
- Spanwijdte 302mm
Humbrol verf nr.'s; 65 / 79 / 86 / 92 / 113 / 191.
