The He 111 made its maiden flight on February 24, 1935, and entered into the official operational service of “die Vaterland” later that year. The Heinkel wielded a payload of 4,400 lbs. of bombs in ...
Click to open image viewer. The German jet fighter that is now synonymous with the project that inspired it, the Volksjäger or People's Fighter program, first flew on December 6, 1944. The Reich Air ...
The Heinkel He 111, one of the best-recognized German bombers of World War II, was developed in the early 1930s by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke as Germany's secret project ...
On this day, December 1, 1932, a new German monoplane made its maiden flight, the Heinkel He 70. Nicknamed the Blitz ...
The historic black-and-white photograph shows crowds gathered to see the crumpled Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 wreckage after it was downed during a tense fight. Two surviving German crew, the plane's ...
Key point: Germany’s desperation to win the war resulted in some questionable decisions. By the summer of 1944, the German Luftwaffe had a lot of problems. Huge Allied four-engine strategic bombers ...