The bomber made a much bigger contribution during the Battle of France (May-June 1940) and, as with the He 111, garnered its greatest degree of notoriety during the Battle of Britain. However ...

But the German re-armament began again in the 1930s, attracting the attention of aircraft designer Ernst Heinkel. Heinkel ...

This raises an interesting question: Which of these two warbirds can truly lay claim to the title of the WWII-era Luftwaffe’s best bomber? The He 111 made its maiden flight on February 24 ...