The two most famous of the bunch were the Heinkel He 111 and the Junkers 88. This raises an interesting question: Which of these two warbirds can truly lay claim to the title of the WWII-era ...
On this day, December 1, 1932, a new German monoplane made its maiden flight, the Heinkel He 70. Nicknamed the Blitz (lightning), it was built as a new mailplane for the German carrier Deutsche ...
The Heinkel wielded a payload of 4,400 lbs. of bombs in its internal bomb bay; self-defensive armament consisted of seven 7.92 mm MG-15 or MG81 machine guns, (two nose-mounted, one dorsal ...