Butch

Heinkel He115

No sir.
Butch

Thats a JU 88 refitted as a torpedo bomber. The retrofitted bombay for the torpedo is the givaway. the little addition in the front of the bombay was required move the torpedo a bit forward in the in the ju88.

Hey Doug,
You are right.
Butch

quote:

Originally posted by butchlambert:
No sir.
Butch

I'm going to have to challenge that then!
1. Look at the engines- you can see the cowl flaps close the the front and you can see the pistons in RADIAL engines. Most Ju88's had liquid cooled V-12's with the radiator in front of the engine with no cowl flaps.
2. The cockpit of the JU-88 looks to me like a side by side arrangement. The posted picture looks like a tandem arrangement.
3. This site has several other pictures of the HE115 including one that looks like it was taken at the same time as the one posted- except the ground crew has moved around a little bit.
4. The fuselage looks much narrower than a JU 88.

Yep looks like Moe knows his Heinkels.


HE 115:


From here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_115

Above pic is an He 115, in Finnish Markings...

don't see how that can be taken for a JU 88..

Kudos for Moe for knowing his Luftwaffe Birds...

of course I have millions of books on that stuff and have been pouring over it since I was 12 years old...1964...

That's what happens when you trust a Buddy on another forum.
Butch

Thanks- I spent alot of time in the library........still do!