Corgi Heinkel He 111 H 6 Operation Barborossa

Heinkel He-111 H-6 - Operation Barborossa Features Include:
• Detailed crew figures
• Moving Rear/Ventral Guns
• Optional Armaments
• Wood grain effect, Rotating Propeller
• Flight stand
• Wingspan 12.2"
• Optional landing gear

If the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the most famous Luftwaffe fighter aircraft of the Second World War, then its direct bomber equivalent had to be the Heinkel He-111, an aircraft which can trace its origins back to the early 1930s and its development as a supposed fast civilian airliner, due to the restrictions imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles. Once the country was no longer concerned with the pretense of trying to plicate the other European powers, the Heinkel showed itself to be a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and thanks to its large, fully glazed ‘greenhouse’ nose, would become one of the most famous aircraft of WWII. Possessing greater range than other Luftwaffe strike aircraft, the Heinkel He-111 would see heavy use during Operation Barbarossa and the airbattles which raged over the Eastern Front from 1942 onwards, but not always in its primary strike role.

Due to the rapidly deteriorating situation for the Germans, Heinkel He-111 bombers were also used for casualty evacuation and re-supply duties, where they would supplement the efforts of the lumbering Junkers Ju-52 Trimotors. This particular Heinkel has added rather effective whitewash blotches over its standard c