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1939
1939-1- - 0179.PDF
JULY 20, 1939 ffiym si AIRCRAFT of the AXIS POWERS • Recognition Drawings oj Some Current Types Dornier Do 24 flying boat (Germany). Used for reconnaissance, patrol and bombing. FOLLOWING many requests for recognition drawings of modern military aircraft of other nations, Flight has prepared the set of sketches on this and the two following pages. They are to approximately the same scale and give an idea of the relative sizes and salient features of several of the current military machines of Germany and Italy. We have also been approached for advice on the features to look for when attempting to '' recog nise" an aircraft in flight. This is best essayed by noting the form and position of the wings, the length of the fuselage and the number of engines, the shape of the tail and the number of vertical tail surfaces. The drawings are self- explanatory, but it may be pointed out that the lower gun positions in the Heinkel He 111 and Junkers Ju 86K bombers may be retracted. The drawing of the Heinkel He 112U fighter has been based on the version oi this machine which raised the world's landplane speed record to 4°3-9 m.p.h. before this was beaten by a smaller and cleaner version of the Messerschmitt, which is also illustrated, and which reached 469 m.p.h. Prob ably the Service Heinkel is rather larger. It is hoped to illustrate additional types in the near future. Dornter Do 18 flying-boat (Germany). Employed for the same duties as the Do 24. Heinkel He 111K bomber (Germany).
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