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 ...

The Heinkel He 70 made its first flight on December 1, 1932. Originally built as a high-speed mail plane, the sleek "Blitz" later became the Luftwaffe's first Schnellbomber and an important influence ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The German jet fighter that is now ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People don't intentionally set themselves up for failure, and things aren't deliberately built to malfunction. But when desperate times call for desperate measures, mechanical solutions that follow ...