The Archive · 1940

Nazis Develop New Fighting Plane

Paris, May 21, Coincident with the recent French announcement that German atr losses since the start of the war have been three to one for the Allies was the recent appearance in the western skies of Germany's most modern, speediest fighting plane, the Heinkel 113, which travels at 400 miles an hour: This plane is now in mass production in Germany and will replace the famous Messerschmitt 109, Longer than any of the fighting planes now in action, the Heinkel 118 is fitted with Daimler-Benz 1,500 horse power motors and carries two large-bore machine-guns as well as tone cannon, firing through the pro= peller hub, "Just before T toft the Belgian front late last week, when the French command ordered all correspondents out of the fighting zones," writes the United Press staff correspondent "T saw the first of the new Heinkel Aghters in action, Their speed was evident but their maneuverability was apparently no better than the Messerehmitts, T saw one of the einkels shot down in flames by a burst of less than 50 shots from Allied machine-gun."—United Press.

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