World Battlefronts, THE ENEMY: Siamese Twin

Over France a Mosquito pilot spotted two twin-engined Heinkel bombers flying close formation, and dived on them for the kill. But as he swept into gun range and opened fire, he gasped and blinked. The two bombers were one, joined together along the inner wing structures, with a fifth engine installed at the joint.

The Mosquito pilot nervously shot the thing down, then headed home, wondering glumly how he was going to report this without acquiring a permanent reputation as the R.A.F.’s biggest liar. Intelligence officers, finally convinced, guessed the monstrosity might have been an experimental glider tow plane.