The Battle of Britain saw the Heinkel He 111 execute daring bombing runs over London. When British fighters closed in, the ...

The Case for the Heinkel He 111. 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 ...

It was built by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke, the German aircraft manufacturer best known for building the He-111 heavy bomber that had made life miserable for Londoners during the Battle of Britain.

Royal Air Force officers inspect the remains of a German Heinkel HE-111 bomber that had been shot down over England on Sept. 15, 1940. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) Review by Gerard ...

The Heinkel He 51 was soon replaced in Spain with early Messerschmitt Bf- 109 models; the one shown here is a “C” model. The Bf-109s carried a “6” on the fuselage indicating aircraft type.

One of the best-known combat aircraft of WWII, the Heinkel He 111 was a compromise from the outset. Intended to fulfil the requirement of the brand new Luftwaffe’s principal twin-engined bomber for a ...

The following month, he shot down the first German aircraft on British soil - a Heinkel HE-111 bomber - over Humbie, near Edinburgh. Image source, 602 City of Glasgow Auxiliary Air Force Squadron .

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 ...

On August 27, 1939, the HeS 3B powered the Heinkel He 178 on the world's first flight of a turbojet powered aircraft. The German Engine Industry built this non-working reproduction under the ...

CHEYENNE Two people were killed Thursday when a Commemorative Air Force World War II German bomber crashed into an unfinished school bus wash bay in southeast Cheyenne.

At the time of the accident he had been working on restoring a Heinkel He 111H-16 - a project which was completed this afternoon. It is one of only two Heinkel He 111's in the country, and of ...

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 ...