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2 unusual facts about Heinkel He 115


Heinkel He 115

Later He 115s were fitted with a fixed forward-firing 15 mm or 20 mm MG 151 cannon, and two rearward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17 machine guns in the engine nacelles.

3896 belonging to 1 Staffel, Kustenfliegergruppe 906, Luftflotte 5 was recovered from Hafrsfjord in Norway on 2 June 2012.


Convoy HX 65

Six ships were sunk by the U-boats, and two more were sunk by four Heinkel He 115 and eight Junkers Ju 88 bombers of Küstenfliegergruppe 506 based at Stavanger Airport, Sola.

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.12

F.14 (V) to the northern slipway where it was to wait until the factory's control officer Kristian Østby returned from a trip to Germany to accept the first of the Heinkel He 115 torpedo bombers ordered by the RNNAS.


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