Menace - Heinkel 219A-7/R2 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG2672DHM6358AP. Menace Heinkel 219A 7 R2 by Ivan Berryman. One of the most effective night fighters of WWII, Heinkel's extraordinary 219 'Uhu' (Owl) was designed from the outset as a highly specialized type, originally conceived as a multi role aircraft, but eventually entering service purely in the nocturnal role. Equipped with the very latest in airborne radar and heavily armed, the 219s became the scourge of the skies against Allied night bombers until
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He had flown 120 missions throughout the Battle of Britain
Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders
typifying the scene as it was on the afternoon of Wednesday 11 September 1940
A rival of the likes of Ernst Udet and Lothar von Richthofen in number of victories
On 2nd May 1982
at the same time
finding his guns jammed and unable to fire
Pictured above the beaches of Normandy shortly after D-Day in June 1944
6th October 1941 by David Pentland
but was observed to crash into trees following the combat - the first recorded aircraft to be shot down by another
With its position identified British Naval authorities ordered several other ships to the area including the H