Word: heinkel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fact remained last week, after more German air raids over the North Sea, one of which ended with a lone Heinkel bomber being brought down like a shot duck near the mouth of the Firth of Forth, that Germany's winter campaign of harassment affects the mass of Britain's shipping about as much as a woodpecker tapping on a bank vault. Because of the small bombs used and the difficulty of sighting for enough lethal hits, most of the ships claimed as "sunk" by Nazi pilots are only damaged. They limp into port with their wounded groaning...
...Langenhagen picture, made at about 5,000 ft., several planes can be seen moving across the field around (3). There are apparently 23 Heinkel He 111K bombers, twin-motored with a 75-ft. wingspread, two Junkers transports and three others. Oil spots on the runways show where planes are regularly parked. The hangars around the upper edge of the field are staggered in position so that they cannot be lined up for bombing...
...damaged either crashed in flames, sank at sea or limped home. It had been rumored that the German planes had "puncture-proof" fuel tanks which, though riddled, enabled them to fly beyond capture. Last week Britain released details of the puncture-proofing, learned by experts from examination of a Heinkel bomber downed in Scotland's Lammermuir Hills in the war's eighth week...