The He 111 was a twin-engine version of the Blitz, preserving the elliptical inverted gull wing, small rounded control surfaces and BMW engines, so that the new design was often called the Doppel-Blitz ("Double Lightning"). When the Dornier Do 17 displaced the He 70, Heinkel needed a twin-engine design to match its competitors. [7]

2018年6月16日 · A pair of twin-engine He 111 H-6's served as base conversion models for the new Heinkel Zwilling design. Two He 111 Z prototypes were then constructed with the He 111 H-6's joined by a center wing chord structure containing the fifth engine.

2020年6月14日 · Armament changes and a fully-enclosed dorsal position accommodating an MG 131 machine-gun identified the He 111H-11, in which the nose position carried a 20-mm MG FF cannon and the ventral MG 15 was replaced by a twin-barrel MG 81Z; when the beam guns were later replaced by MG 81Zs these aircraft were redesignated He 111H-11/R1, and changed thei...

2024年2月6日 · The He 111Z Zwilling (translated as “Twin” in English) was a unique aircraft developed during World War II by Nazi Germany. Upon its introduction in 1941, the He 111Z was assigned to the Luftwaffe’s special glider units, notably the Geschwader zur besonderen Verwendung (Special Purpose Squadron).

2017年10月2日 · Certainly, the most unusual Heinkel He.111 version, was the He 111Z (Zwilling, or twin), designed to tow the Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant transport glider. It comprised two 111H-6 airframes joined by a new wing centre-section which mounted a fifth Jumo 211F-2 engine.

2025年2月24日 · The initial solution involved using three Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighters in a complex and dangerous towing formation. This method proved too risky and unreliable. ... the Heinkel company proposed joining two He 111 medium bombers with a reinforced wing center section and adding a fifth engine between them. …

The He 111Z Zwilling (English: twin) was a design that mated two He 111s. The design was originally conceived to tow the Messerschmitt Me 321 glider. Initially, four He 111 H-6s were modified. This resulted in an aircraft with twin fuselages and five engines. They were tested at Rechlin in 1941, and the pilots rated them highly

The Heinkel He 111 was a German medium bomber aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter in the 1930s. It played a significant role in World War II as one of the primary bombers of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). Development: Initially designed as a fast passenger aircraft, it was later adapted for military use. First flight: February 1935.

This twin-engine, low-wing aircraft with its glazed nose and elliptical wing was the muscle of Germany's bomber force during the har fought Battle of Britain and even though obsolete it kept on bombing until the war's final days.

The Heinkel He 111 was a twin engine German bomber aircraft of all-metal construction, equipped with a retractable landing gear. It was developed by Heinkel at Rostock. The aircraft was designed by Siegfried Günther and was based on the civilian Heinkel He 70 aircraft.