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Heinkel

Ernst Heinrich . 1888--1958, German aircraft designer. His company provided many military aircraft in World Wars I and II, including the first jet-powered plane
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This recovery team found a propeller from a downed Heinkel 111 at Pwllheli beach on March 30, 1995.
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But now the tale has been rubbished by the nephew of Fritz Muhn, one of the crew members killed when the Heinkel plummeted to earth.
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The Earslwood Village Museum still has part of the wreckage of the Heinkel as well as Feldwebel Ruhle's Iron Cross that was found in the field weeks later.
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"After the explosion," the pilot said, when he landed, ' the flames ripped along the fuselage as the Heinkel pilot twisted and turned in an attempt to evade a second attack.
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Over France he shot down two Heinkel bombers and later, when on August 15, 1940, the Luftwaffe, from Norway bases, launched a significant raid on the North-East, Bazin was among the pilots who intercepted the enemy over Whitley Bay.
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Those aren't proposals; they are possible scenarios to provoke discussion, said Carol Heinkel, Region 2050 project coordinator for the Lane Council of Governments.
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The cratered city was blacked out, and the emergency services and the civilians were desperately trying to cope with the calamitous aftermath of Hitler's Angels of Death - the long-range bombers, such as the Junkers JU 88, Focke-Wulf Fw 2000, and Heinkel He III.
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Despite having little experience when he became a flight commander of No 43 Squadron - The Fighting Cocks - in June 1940, he wasted little time illustrating his capabilities when he helped to destroy a Heinkel bomber off the coast of Britain.
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Heinkel Filtering Systems has been manufacturing filtration equipment since 1964.
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After taking up a licence with the Italian firm Iso, BMW began producing the Bubble Car to compete with other survivors of the German aero industry Heinkel and Messerschmidt.
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. History tells us that this took place on Christmas Eve 1944 and that the bombs had been launched by specially adapted Heinkel 111 bombers off Flamborough Head.
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