Only for He-111´s lovers.....
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
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Very cool Gekho!!!!
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Thorlifter
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IMHO, the He-111 is certainly an ugly duckling. However, very nice pics you posted. Thanks
lesofprimus
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Something wrong with a picture that has an He111 and a Phantom in the same shot....
Great pics...
Great pics...
The Basket
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I find the 111 a pleasant enough looking machine.
When was the Phantom picture taken? Was the 111 operational then?
Did the Spanish operate F4s and He 111s???
At the same time????
When was the Phantom picture taken? Was the 111 operational then?
Did the Spanish operate F4s and He 111s???
At the same time????
vikingBerserker
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Nice pics
I'm guessing it was an airshow of some type.
I'm guessing it was an airshow of some type.
Phantom looks to be in USAAF markings so must of been at an airshow...
Nice shots!
Nice shots!
imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
Can't imagine how it would be like to see in person a group flight of He-111's over 30 years after the end of war. That must have been some experience.
Imalko - to say the least it was a little spooky.
I think we were staying at Castellon near Taragona, I guess there must have been a Spanish Airforce base nearby. I was aware of their existence as they were used in the Guy Hamilton film "BoB". I guess it must have been about 1974.
Ahh......................That's the trouble with nostalgia - it just ain't what it used to be!
Great images by the way and what is interesting is the retention of splinter camouflage on some of those images, I wonder if they were taken around the time of the filming or did the Spanish use the same scheme?
I think we were staying at Castellon near Taragona, I guess there must have been a Spanish Airforce base nearby. I was aware of their existence as they were used in the Guy Hamilton film "BoB". I guess it must have been about 1974.
Ahh......................That's the trouble with nostalgia - it just ain't what it used to be!
Great images by the way and what is interesting is the retention of splinter camouflage on some of those images, I wonder if they were taken around the time of the filming or did the Spanish use the same scheme?
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Airframes
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It's possible that some were left in the BoB movie scheme, which looks rather worn in the pics. They wore a number of schemes over the years, with the camouflage, as far as I know, being mainly a 'sand' and green pattern, with others in the 'silver' and blue. They were used for training and para-training I believe, and there is one at Duxford, UK, at the moment, little advanced (externally) than it was about 9 years ago, still in the 'sand' scheme.
Torrejon AB, Madrid, October 1976. The Spanish blocked the runway with a couple of these to prevent a couple USAF KC-135A tankers from taking off. I was a crew chief on one of the tankers. I didn't mind at all. First time I ever saw the HE-111 with it's engines on up-side down.
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Nice pics!
