Word: heinkel
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...school curriculum. They taught young Germany to fly gliders. By 1935, when Hitler was ready to build up his Luftwaffe openly, they had man power in training, factories planned, designs developed. These they standardized and limited to a few models for mass production by four main companies-Junkers, Dornier, Heinkel, Bayrische Flugzeugwerke (Messerschmitt). Standardization and mass production are Erhard Milch's passions, right down to his fliers' toothbrushes. The Junkers 87 dive bomber is his special pet. Udet got the idea for it from the U. S. Navy...
...turrets fooled not a few Germans and carried off top honors in the fighting over Dunkirk-one place where R. A. F. gained local command of the air. Report was that the Defiants were found wanting after all, their manufacture discontinued. Germany was reported to have a fast new Heinkel 113 single-motored one-seater ready for the finals, specially equipped for night work and with extra-wide under carriage designed for rough landings. Guba and Mercenaries. Busy little Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, kept his show in the headlines by buying .New York Oil Tycoon Richard Archbold...
...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...
...pilot is not flying straight toward the target. On the pilot's board an instrument signals that he is right or left of the sighting line. Providing he holds the true line and keeps constant altitude the rest is up to the bombardier. Down the groove flies the Heinkel with its belly bomb-bay doors open. As it gets into range, the bombardier presses the bomb-release button. If he has set his selector for one bomb, only one falls toward the target. If he has set it for salvo-bombing, all drop. Air Corps enlisted men call this...