Heinkel He 219 Uhu is a German night fighter plane of truly superior performance. The impressive features of this aircraft are the Yagi-Uda antennas on the plane nose.
They succeeded in brushing aside the threat from the Mosquito escort fighters, and their deployment was longed for by the night fighter pilots, and yet it could not be ensured that enough of them could be produced, so they were never deployed as main aircraft. According to one theory, this was because the Heinkel company was treated coldly and hindered politically for being anti-Nazi, and as a result was not able to secure enough aluminum alloy, etc. It is also said that at the same time the diversity of ventral tray gun packs with attachments was too large, which led to a decrease in production capability. These several hindrances 'sealed' up its true power. So, other than the fact that the military gains of the pre-production were good, the details of its performance are shrouded in mystery.
[/quote] (Note: The Japanese rarely use the names Matratze antennas and Hirschgeweih antennas.)
