Adler's Warbirds

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Heinkel He 111H-20/R-1
Werk Nummer: 701152

Current Location: RAF Museum Hendon, London, England

701152 was built and delivered to the Luftwaffe in 1944. It was built as a H-20 variant to carry 16 paratroops and 3 crew. The seats and straps for the 16 paratroops in two compartments remain on the aircraft today. It is fitted with an electrically operated EDL 131 dorsal turret and 1,750hp Junkers Jumo 213 E-1 engines. Luftwaffe use is unclear. With the German surrender in May 1945 this aircraft was initially allotted to USAAF Colonel H E Watson's collection of German aircraft, and was flown to Cherbourg on the French coast for shipment to the USA for evaluation. Shipment did not occur due to the lack of space on the allocated vessel, HMS Reaper, which sailed for Newark, New Jersey on 20 Jul 45 carrying 38 of the 50 German aircraft originally selected.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

More to come later...

 

[Airframes]

Great thread Chris - looking forward to more.

 

[Wurger]

 

[herman1rg]

Great start to a wonderful photo archive

 

[Gnomey]

Great stuff Chris!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

All so friggin cool!!!!!

 

[Wayne Little]

Absolutely..!!

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[parsifal]

Phenomenally good shots. Thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. Looking forward to more.....

 

[Crimea_River]

Great thread Chris.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Heinkel He 162A-2
Werk Nummer: 120227

Current Location: RAF Museum Hendon, London, England

Aircraft was built in April of 1945 at Heinkel-Nord in Marienehe, and assigned to II./JG1 at Leck airfield, near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein. Very unlikely that this aircraft flew any combat sorties. JG1 was declared combat ready on 25 April 1945, but fuel shortages limited the use of jet aircraft. 120227 was among 50 He 162's surrendered to British forces on 6 May 1945.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Heinkel He 162A-1
Werk Nummer: 120235

Current Location: Imperial War Museum, London, England

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Heinkel He 177 Greif
Werk Nummer: UNK

Current Location: Deutsches Museum Oberschleisheim, Germany

These are actually parts that were recovered from the Ammersee. The aircraft crashed into the lake on 02-08-1943.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Heinkel He 219A-2/R4 Uhu
Werk Nummer: 290202

Current Location: National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center , Washington DC, USA

The acft was built in 1944 at either the Vienna-Schwechat or the Rostock-Marienehe plants, and was assigned to 1 NJG. It was captured at Grove Airbase in Denmark on 08 May 1945.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Horton H.IIIh
Werknummer: 31

Current Location: National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington DC, USA

Built in 1944 in Gottingen. It was originally built as a 2 seat H.IIIg, but was converted into a single seat H.IIIh. During September 1944, Josef Eggert of Zimmer Unter den Burg, a small town near Rottweil, Germany, flew the unmodified III g twenty times and amassed 14 hours and 17 minutes of total flight time. Eggert reported excellent handling qualities but he apparently chose not to grapple with adverse yaw because he commented specifically on the very tight, but flat turns that were possible using only the drag rudders. Eggert warned that stall recovery was good but only when the aircraft was properly trimmed. In April 1945, US Forces captured the aircraft at Rottweil on the Neckar River.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Junkers Ju 52/3m
Werk Nummer: 103

Current Location: Cerny/La Ferté Alais, France

This aircraft is actually a CASA 352L built in 1952.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Junkers Ju 52/3mg4e
Werk Nummer: 6580

Current Location: Dübendorf Air Base, Zurich, Switzerland

Built in 1939 and sold to the Swiss Air Force. Was in continuous use along with 2 other Ju 52's until 1982. This was the longest service in any Air Force. They are not operated by Ju Air based out of Switzerland. Werk Nummer 6580 still operates using the original BMW engines.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Junkers Ju 52/3m
Werk Nummer: 50

Current Location: Technik Museum Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Germany

This aircraft is actually a CASA 352L built post war.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Junkers Ju 52/3m
Werk Nummer: UNK

Current Location: Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany

Aircraft is actually a French built Amiot AAC.1 Toucan that was built post war.