3 Staffel I Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 4 - 3./KG4
Heinkel He 111 KG4 ground crew carry out a double engine France August 1940
Photo 01: Operating under Luftflotte 2 and 3, the He 111 equiped five Kampfgeschwader and two independent Kampfgruppen during the Battle. Here, Luftwaffe ground crew carry out a double engine change on an He 111 from Stab/KG4. As is evident from its markings, the crane being used to replace the starboard propeller is ex-RAF property.
II Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 4 - II./KG4
Heinkel He 111 H-20 1./KG4 coded 5J+AH wrecked Crimea 1944
He111H-20 1./KG4 5J+AH WNr.?, this is my interpetation from an black & white photo of an odd actually an fighter camo painted Heinkel He 111H-20 wreck in front of an hanger in RLM70/71/65 with RLM02 dots all over aircraft.
Skin source: Classic Colours - Luftwaffe Colours - Jagdwaffe Vol 5 Sect 2 - War In The East 1944-1945 page 136.
Heinkel He 111 P-2 5./KG4 coded (5J+CN) Gunther Holscher crew WNr 1526 Norway
He 111 P-2 5J+CN (Wk.Nr. 1526) Crashed in the Norwegian mountains on 26th April 1940 after being attacked by Skuas from the Ark Royal. The aircraft has been recovered and now sits in a museum in Norway. Pilot Oberfeldwebel Gunther Hölscher POW, Radio Operator/gunner Unteroffizer Karl Stolz DOW and Machanic/gunner Feldwebel Willi Stock POW Werk Nr 1526 crash landed Norway 26th April 1940 after a raid on the Aandalsnes train station shot down by FAA 801 Sqn 'Skuas' from HMS Ark Royal
5 Staffel II Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 4 'General Wever' - 5./KG4
Heinkel He 111 5./KG4 coded 5J+GN during winter in the Crimea 1942
III Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 4 - III./KG4
7 Staffel III Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 4 - 7./KG4
Heinkel He 111 7./KG4 coded 5J+ER which crash-landed in the Western Desert
Heinkel He 111H 7./KG4 coded 5J+KR crash-landed by Hajo Hermann
8 Staffel III Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 4 - 8./KG4
Heinkel He 111 H-20 8./KG4 coded 5J+ES captured by allied force in Germany 1945
9 Staffel III Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 4 - 9./KG4
Heinkel He 111H 9./KG4 coded 5J+JT scrapped Norway
1-He 111H-9KG4-(5J+JT)-Norway-01
Hajo Hermann
Units: 7/KG-4
Awards: Bomber Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft: He 111H 7./KG4 coded 5J+KR, Ju 88A-4 WNr 5128 (lost 10/19/40)
Remarks: His Ju 88 crashed at Schiphol Holland on 19 October, 1940, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown. (DeSwart)
Heinkel He 111 Bibliography: +
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- Bergström, Christer. Stalingrad - The Air Battle: 1942 through January 1943. London: Chevron Publishing Limited, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-276-4.
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- Bridgeman, Leonard (1946), The Heinkel He 111 H, Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, London: Studio, ISBN 1-85170-493-0
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- Regnat, Karl-Heinz (2004), Black Cross Volume 4: Heinkel He 111, Hersham, Surrey, UK: Midland Publishers, ISBN 978-1-85780-184-2
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Magazines: +
- Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
- Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
- EDUARD - https://www.eduard.com/
- EDUARD - Are in my opinion are what modelers are looking for loads of pictures and diagrams and have become a leading historical information source. *****
- FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
- Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
- Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
- Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
- Luftwaffe IM Focus (German) - https://www.luftfahrtverlag-start.de/
- Embleme der Luftwaffe Band-1 (German) - https://www.luftfahrtverlag-start.de/
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
- Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
- model airplane international magazine - https://adhpublishing.com/shop/store/magazine-backissues/model-airplane-international-backissues/
- Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/
Web References: +
- eBay - https://picclick.de/ or https://www.ebay.com
- Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com
- Nordic Aviation in World War 2: http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/
- Photographic Site Airliners.net: http://www.airliners.net/
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_111
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_111_operational_history
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_115
- http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/heinkel/he111.htm List of He 111 survivors
- http://www.flysamlingen.museum.no/index.php/om_flysamlingen/utstillinger Museum with He 111P in Norway
- http://ju88.net/ Museum volunteers site, click on: OTHER - OTHER PROJECTS - 111P
- http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Luftwaffe/heinkel/he111.htm List of He 111 survivors
- http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/buvikvoll.html An article on a He 111 wreck site in Norway
- http://www.battleofbritain.net/0017.html BattleOfBritain.Net He 111
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