I'm not sure about the prototypes but a early ejector seat was meant to be fitted to a number of German jets to avoid some of these problems. The Do335 is by far the most dangerous in my mind to bail out of... explosive bolts were to be set off as part of the bail out procedure to separate the tail section and rear propeller.
It's interesting that the Go229 has some stealth related properties but it's not the only aircraft of WWII to have that. Other wooden aircraft of the period (notably the Mosquito) were discovered to have smaller signatures on radar than metal aircraft of the same size.
The Horten brothers were glider designers and the Go229 embodies much of that glider design philosophy.. having no tail was a big thing for them.
I'm not sure what the Go229 would have been like in actual combat... it's not easy to handle in IL-2 and I imagine the real life version would be even more unnerving.
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