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Heinkel HE 111
The Heinkel HE 111 was the Luftwaffes mainstay bomber throughout the war. It served in the Spanish civil war with success and entered World War Two. In the Battle of Britain it was chewed up without fighter escort. It served in all theaters and had much success.
Type: Four or five seat medium bomber
Engine:
Engine:2
Junkers Jumo 211D-2 Liquid cooled inverted V-12
1,200 hp
Dimensions: He-111H-3
Wing span: 74 ft 1.75 in.
Length: 53 ft. 9.5 in.
Height: 13 ft. 1.5 in.
Performance:
Speed: 205 mph
Range: 745 miles
Ceiling: 25,590 ft.
Armament:
One 7.92mm MG 15 machine gun on manual mount in nose cap
One 7.92mm MG 15 machine gun on manual mount in dorsal position
One 7.92mm MG 15 machine gun on manual mount in ventral gondola
Two 7.92mm MG 15 machine gun on manual mounts in waist windows
One 7.92mm MG 15 or MG 17 machine gun on fixed mount firing forward
One 20mm MG FF cannon on fixed mount in front part of ventral gondola's
Bombload:
Up to 4,410lb (2000kg) of bombs mounted in vertical cells, stored nose up.
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