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German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop used a specially outfitted Condor "Grenzmark", on his two flights to Moscow in 1939, during which he negotiated and signed the "Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union", better known as the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. His aircraft bore the German civil registration of D-ACVH. [19]
Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" (KG 53; English: Condor Legion) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. Its units participated on all of the fronts in the European Theatre until it was disbanded in May 1945. At all times it operated the German bomber type Heinkel He 111.
The origin of the Me 264 design came from Messerschmitt's long-range reconnaissance aircraft project, the P.1061, of the late 1930s.A variant on the P.1061 was the P.1062 of which three prototypes were built, with only two "engines" to the P.1061's four, but they were the more powerful Daimler-Benz DB 606 "power systems", each comprising a pair of DB 601 inverted V-12 engines.
Kampfgeschwader 40 (KG 40) was a Luftwaffe medium and heavy bomber wing of World War II, and the primary maritime patrol unit of any size within the Luftwaffe. It is best remembered as the unit operating a majority of the four-engine Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor maritime patrol bombers.
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, ... Curtiss T-32 Condor II: US: Bomber/transport: 1933: Operational: 45: Curtiss ...
It included German-supplied ground forces, including two batteries of machine guns, a tank division, and the Condor Legion's anti-aircraft guns. [30] Bombing by Republican and Nationalist aircraft, including Ju 52s from the Legion, created a stalemate [ 32 ] and demonstrated the inadequacy of Legion aircraft when faced with superior Soviet-made ...
Dornier Do 13 medium bomber (Development of Do 11), 1933; Dornier Do 14 seaplane (prototype) Dornier Do 15 Wal ('Whale') reconnaissance flying-boat; Dornier Do 17 mail-plane, bomber and night-fighter; Dornier Do 18 reconnaissance bomber flying-boat, 1935; Dornier Do 19 prototype four engine heavy bomber; Dornier Do 22 torpedo bomber ...
This list of military aircraft of Germany includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. No distinction is drawn here between different services until 1991. In 1990, the various air arms of the former German Democratic Republic were absorbed by their counterparts in the Federal Republic of Germany.