Today (08/27) in #AviationHistory, 1939 - The world's first jet #aircraft, the #German-made #Heinkel He178, flies for the first time.
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Bonus Photo of the Day 2 20th May 2023.
120235, Heinkel He162A-1 Volksjäger/Salamander, Luftwaffe, on display at the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, 6th March 1996.
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Le 30 mars 1939, le chasseur #Heinkel He 100 établit un record du monde de vitesse à 463 miles à l'heure. #histoire #cejourla #invention
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A close up of a German Heinkel He-111 cockpit as it starts a mission to raid Britain - November 1940 #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #worldwartwopictures #war #worldwar2pictures #historyofwar #historyofwarfare #luftwaffe #heinkel #he111 #battleofbritain
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A photograph taken by American forces after it captured this underground facility producing 40 to 50 He 162 jet engined fighter planes a month. Some 320 had been produced by the end of the war - Austria, April 1945 #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldatwar #secondworldwar #conflict #history #worldwartwopictures #war #worldwar2pictures #historyofwar #historyofwarfare #heinkel #he162 #luftwaffe #austria
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A lone Luftwaffe Heinkel HE 111 bomber on a reconnaissance weather flight is intercepted and shot down over the Channel by two RAF Hurricanes - 15th Sept 1940. CREDIT : Documentary - 13Hours that Saved Britain
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