Heinkel He70 Blitz

[GTX]

And speaking of Spanish He70s, here's another from the same source:

 

[Capt. Vick]

I STILL say the civil version had the cockpit offset to the port.

 

[special ed]

Hold my beer, I'll look.

 

[Graeme]

I STILL say the civil version had the cockpit offset to the port.

Hi Vick.

I spotted this civil 'G' line drawing - looks centred - ?
(I do know the Junkers Ju 160 has a weird cockpit that is further forward on the port side)

 

[Capt. Vick]

I feel like the knight in King Arthur's Court who was cursed to keep looking for a mythical beast.

 

[Snautzer01]

D-UNEH

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[Wurger]

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

In the late 40s, and while Franco ran things, the white rudder and black X were kept, the best I can remember. I have reached the age, where in my youth, I said I would never say, "I've forgotten more than you will know." The old grey heads would tell me that, but with my excellent recall, I thought it wouldn't happen to me, but on this forum I have found corrections to my memory. There is a reason pilots are put out to pasture by a certain age.

The black X over the white rudder is the St. Andrew Cross and is still reduced form by the Ejército del Aire (spanish air force):

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

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Spain 14-34

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Color profile in a spanish booklet about the He-70

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Good spot! However, if the aircraft was repainted after the war, then surely the Legion Condor markings would have been overpainted?

Which Legión Cóndor marking?

BTW, more colour profiles (the distortion is due the paperback of the booklet, like the squadron signals):

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Some nationalist He-70 in fight:

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

And an hungarian one:

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Nice study of the smooth fuselage. Sorry Capt. Vick no offset cockpit:

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

And more colour profiles, late postwar this time. Personal plane of a spanish air force top brass:

 

[Capt. Vick]

The civvy one, the civvy one! LOL

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

The civvy one, the civvy one! LOL

Hummm, could be. This still from a video looks like slightly offset to port

This is the video:

 

[GTX]

This is showing offset too:

 

[GTX]

Further to the last, please see the following:

ASMRB / Heinkel Blitz

This states "The pilot and navigator/radio operator sit under sliding glass canopies offset slightly to the port side of the fuselage". This is backed up with the following cockpit photo:

Which would seemingly back this up.

 

[Capt. Vick]

VINDICATION!!!!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!