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Data from Heinkel He 111: A Documentary History General characteristics Crew: 5 (pilot, navigator/bombardier/ nose gunner, ventral gunner, dorsal gunner/radio operator, side gunner) Length: 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 22.6 m (74 ft 2 in) Height: 4 m (13 ft 1 in) Wing area: 87.6 m 2 (943 sq ft) Empty weight: 8,680 kg (19,136 lb) Gross weight: 12,030 kg (26,522 lb) Max takeoff weight: 14,000 ...
III./KG 26 had 26 He 111s, all operational early in the Battle. It participated in all operations until the Spring, 1941. It suffered heavy losses on 15 August 1940, when the Gruppe was intercepted out to sea when attempting to raid Dishforth losing seven aircraft. [3] In December 1940 it made use of the SC 2500 bomb on raids against London.
A frontal shot of a He 111H, summer 1940. The cockpit design gave the crew excellent vision but was vulnerable to attack from a head-on position The advantages won in July and August were lost by the switch of strategy to bombing British cities and industrial centres, known as the Blitz , on 7 September 1940.
KG 1 operated the Heinkel He 111 medium bomber and later the Heinkel He 177 heavy bomber. KG 1 served in the Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 which began the war in Europe. It spent the Phoney War on reconnaissance operations and dropping propaganda leaflets over France. In May and June 1940 it fought in the Battle of Belgium and Battle ...
Sonderkommando Blaich was an Axis force comprising German and Italian personnel, equipped with a He 111H-6 from II/ Kampfgeschwader 4 with all excess equipment, including the dorsal and ventral guns removed, a Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 (Marsupiale) transport aircraft carrying extra fuel for the Heinkel and Blaich's Taifun, which were to depart ...
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A Heinkel He 111 over Britain, 1940. The He 111 was nearly 100 mph slower than the Spitfire and didn't present much of a challenge to catch, although the heavy armour for the crew stations, self-sealing fuel tanks and progressively uprated defensive armament meant that it was still a challenge to shoot down.
The CASA 2.111 is a medium bomber derived from the Heinkel He 111 and produced in Spain under licence by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). The 2.111 models differed significantly in details from Heinkel's wartime He 111H design while using essentially the same airframe in appearance, featuring heavier armament and eventually Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.
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