Heinkel He 111 1/72 Scale Model

Romanian He 111H-3 - This is a model of a medium bomber that participated in the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. They were obtained from Germany after Romania joined the Axis is late 1940. The first He 111s were employed as domestic airliners in Germany. The first He 111s to see combat were the B models flown in Spain in 1937 by the Legion Condor, the German air contingent sent by Hitler to support the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Early He 111 variants, through the J series, had a stepped front end and a retractable ventral machine gun position. The more familiar conical glass nose appeared in 1939 with the P series, followed by the numerous H series. These improved models also had an enclosed dorsal machine gun position, and a ventral machine gun gondola. The He 111 was the primary German bomber through the 1940 Battle of Britain. After that, it's vulnerability to enemy fighters and the increased production of the better Ju 88A bomber relegated it to a variety of special roles, including night bomber, torpedo bomber, transport, missle launcher, and pathfinder. Germany supplied He 111s to its allies Romania and Hungary.

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