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Heinkel He 111 vs Junkers Ju 88: Which was the Best Nazi Bomber?
Nazi Germany was thankfully on the losing end of the ledger during World War II, and as such ... and this included bombers. The two most famous of the bunch were the Heinkel He 111 and the ...
The Washington Post3d
John Hemingway, last airman from WWII’s Battle of Britain, dies at 105
When German forces pushed into France in May 1940, Mr. Hemingway downed a German Heinkel He 111 bomber on the first day of aerial combat. The next morning, his mission was to fly low and strafe ...
The Gloster Meteor: A Closer Look At Britain's 1st Jet Fighter
This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...
The Aviationist19d
The Initial Aerial Victories of the Axis and Allies in World War II
This would be the first bombing raid of World War II. Also, in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 1, 1939, a mixture of Heinkel He 111 ... A large amount of German bombers and fighter escorts (mostly ...
Smithsonian Magazine2y
This WW2 RAF Bomber Dealt a Deathblow to the German Economy
In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...