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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Kept under a veil of civilian airlines, glider clubs, and civil aviation clubs, the Luftwaffe emerged as a military force while the rest of Europe slept, and the He 51 was the backbone fighter of the ...

The turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft, took its first flight on August 27, 1939. It was flown by German test pilot Erich Warsitz. The Heinkel He 178 was a private venture ...

Die Heinkel He 162, der sogenannte "Volksjäger", sollte als einfaches, in Massen gebautes Flugzeug gegen Ende des Zweiten ...

Nazi Germany was thankfully on the losing end of the ledger during World War II, and as such, the Luftwaffe’s bombers didn’t reach the heights of fame that Allied bombers, such as the American B-17 ...