Strange photo

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Days ago I came across this strange photo of an early model of Heinkel 111 bomber on the site Airwar.ru:

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Can someone tells me for what reason they digged into ground wheels?

I really can't figure out why...

Cheers

That is not an He 111. The He 111 is a 2 engined aircraft.

Edit: I see I am fashionably late the party and others have already chimed in.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Wow! I'm way off my game. This thread is 13 years old. Way fashionably late!

 

[fubar57]

That is not an He 111. The He 111 is a 2 engined aircraft.

Edit: I see I am fashionably late the party and others have already chimed in.

I wonder why the thread went on for so long saying it was a -111. I kept going back to the picture looking for the -111 and actually thought the original photo had been edited.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I wonder why the thread went on for so long saying it was a -111. I kept going back to the picture looking for the -111 and actually thought the original photo had been edited.

Maybe the picture has changed.

 

[Frog]

The picture was shot during the XVIth Salon Aéronautique at the Grand Palais, Paris in november and december 1938 (the last preceding WW 2).
The plane is the unique example of the Bloch 162 prototype 4 engines bomber. This must be the section from the Marcel Bloch company as there is a MB 151 fighter at the bottom right.

 

[fubar57]

I'm still curious as to why Matt had a diagram of the -111 and the mention of planks and people on the ground. There is no Edit in the original post

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I do think that somewhere in the last 13 years the link to the picture changed. I have a feeling there was an He 111 there 13 years ago.

 

[fubar57]

Interesting. While searching for another photo of the not He 111 is saw the Airwar.ru site. Off we go................

 

[GrauGeist]

I vaguely remember this thread (oddly enough) and there was an He111 hopelessly mired in the mud.

The result was that it looked like the Heinkel had no main wheels.

 

[Wurger]

The picture was shot during the XVIth Salon Aéronautique at the Grand Palais, Paris in november and december 1938 (the last preceding WW 2).
The plane is the unique example of the Bloch 162 prototype 4 engines bomber. This must be the section from the Marcel Bloch company as there is a MB 151 fighter at the bottom right.

I agree. It's the Bloch MB.162 B5.

the source: 1/72 Bloch MB.162

 

[Frog]

An illustration of too little, too late as it first flew on june 1st, 1940.
Later seized by the Germans, it is said to have been used by KG 200 for clandestine missions, later fate unknown.

 

[GregP]

It's a Bloch MB.162. Population 1.

 

[Sabrejet]

It's a Bloch MB.162. Population 1.

You're missing the point: the earlier comments are not related to the photo that is now showing: I suspect somewhere along the line the photo link was changed to a different photo (different site), as others have mentioned. Plus the 'new' photo clearly states what the aircraft is anyway....