Word: heinkel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that the U. S. sight was still a U. S. secret. But none doubted that German ingenuity had developed a bombing sight for World War II that was modern, scientific, accurate. Typical level-flight bomber in the medium range (24,900 Ib. fully loaded) is the sleek, two-engined Heinkel He. in K which carries a crew of four, makes bombing a highly coordinated job for two men, the pilot and the bombardier. These, with other types (Dornier, Junkers, etc.), were the ships that were trying to soften up Britain with intensified raids all last week (see above). A Heinkel...
...bombing raid, a Heinkel bombardier, who is also second pilot, rides up forward in the nose ("meat-can" to U. S. Air Corps big-ship crews). There he has a machine gun, convenient in case his ship is jumped by enemy pursuit. Back of him sits the pilot, still farther back two machine-gunners to deal with pursuit attacking from behind. The top gunner rides in a wind-screened cockpit looking for attacks from above. The gunner on the bottom rides in a "dust-bin," on his belly, to range his guns on pursuits attacking from below...
...Thus, there have been instances where relatively inferior German aeroplanes have been able to attack ground troops without interference from the air. But these instances have become rarer. In the main the Ju. 86, the Heinkel He. 51 and Arado 68 biplane fighters, and both versions of the Ju. 87, have been massacred by Allied aeroplanes...
Highest score for the week was made by Australian Pilot Leslie Clisby, with 14 enemy ships, seven in one day. Coldblooded Pilot Clisby, 26, was seen engaging a Heinkel in action, then disappeared. Three hours later he turned up at the orderly room with two German prisoners in tow. After forcing the Heinkel down he had landed his own ship, chased the German crew into a wood, captured them at revolver's point. Pilot Clisby's commanding officer remarked it was a bit uncommon for pilots to bring back prisoners...
Nobody knew that an unexploded mine's fuse, jarred by the impact, was at work. Four and a half minutes after the Nazi airmen died, it set off its charge. Next instant there was a crater where the wrecked Heinkel had been. Surrounding houses were smashed flat. A baby carriage hung from a treetop...