Thijs Postma - Poster - Heinkel He 219 Uhu Werner Streib Defending Dusseldorf Civil Aircraft This painting is of a

This painting is of a scene in 1927 in Spitzbergen

See this Douglas DC-3 with registration PH-TCZ passing low over Schiphol airport where other aircraft are parked

14 was a further development of the Supermarine Spitfire which became famous after the Battle of Britain in 1940

The first drawings of the Messerschmitt Me 262 were made in April 1939 but only after the Junkers Jumo 004 engine was ready the Germans started production

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Thijs Postma - Poster - Heinkel He 219 Uhu Werner Streib Defending Dusseldorf Civil Aircraft This painting is of aTry to imagine flying at night in this unique aircraft in a sky full of search lights and enemy bombers. This is the scene of the Heinkel He 219 Uhu (Eagle Owl) flown by Werner Streib, who shot down 5 Halifax bombers over Dusseldorf on its first operational flight on June 11th, 1943. The Heinkel He 219 Uhu was developed later in the war and well armed and had a reasonably effective radar.