Average bomber Heinkel He.111. Working bee of the Luftwaffe

“They became reliable, easy -to -service, verified by the "workers" bees"” Luftwaffe ... ” - this is how the creator of He.111, the outstanding aircraft designer Ernst Haminkel summed up the combat work of these medium bombers. Having debuted in the Condor Legion in Spain, by the beginning of the Second World War “Hamineli” they already formed the basis of German bomber aviation and played the “first violin” in the era of blitzkrings. On their account, the tragedy of Coventry, raids on Leningrad and London, the defeat of the PQ-17 convoy. Being extremely universal, He.111 was used not only as a bomber, but also as a torpedo carrier, a distant intelligence officer, a heavy night fighter, a transport aircraft, a missile carrier (a flying launch installation of FAU-1 cruise missiles) They fought on all fronts - from England to Africa, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, but most of all on the Eastern Front, where, near Moscow, Stalingrad and on the Kursk arc, especially a lot of “crookedly” were lost (as He.111 was nicknamed the characteristic asymmetric The nose of his most mass modification) The last major raid with the participation of Haminkeles also occurred on the territory of the USSR - against the American flying fortresses in Ukraine.
The book of the leading historian of aviation in details discusses not only the history of the creation, design, modifications (including civilian) He.111, but also traced the entire combat path of one of the most famous Luftwaffe aircraft and the entire World War II.
The publication is illustrated by unique projections and photographs