{"product_id":"original-german-wwii-1940-dated-luftwaffe-heinkel-he-111-aircraft-speed-indicator-by-bruhn-fl-22230","title":"Original German WWII 1940 dated Luftwaffe Heinkel HE 111 Aircraft Speed Indicator by Bruhn - Fl. 22230","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is an actual \u003cem\u003eFahrtmesser für 60-550\u003c\/em\u003e (Airspeed indicator 60-550) from a German WWII Luftwaffe Heinkel HE-111! It is made of black bakelite, and the face registers speed in kilometers from 60 to 550 Km\/h. The face is  marked with Luftwaffe stock number \u003cstrong\u003eFl. 22230\u003c\/strong\u003e. The reverse still has both hose plugs still present, which are marked \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStat.Druck\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, for \u003cem\u003eStatischem Druck\u003c\/em\u003e (static pressure), and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeßdruck\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (Measuring Pressure). These connect to pressure tubes connecting to air outside the plane. It is also marked with\u003cspan\u003e maker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Bruhn\u003c\/strong\u003e over their trademark logo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition is very good, though much of the information on the back has worn away. However a date of \u003cstrong\u003e11.40\u003c\/strong\u003e. is still visible. It looks like it was produced between work orders, so the original case markings had another label placed on top, which then wore away.  The glass is in great shape, and there is no damage of any type that we can see. In addition to the HE 111, this instrument was also used in the WWII-era Luftwaffe aircraft Ar79, Ju52, Bf108D, Bu181, and Do24.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great piece of German Luftwaffe material, ready to add to your collection!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore on the HE 111:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Heinkel He 111 was designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter for dual roles, as a high-speed transport and as a bomber for the still-secret Luftwaffe. In one form or another, the He 111’s service career extended more than thirty years, an outstanding tribute to the design, evolved by the Günter brothers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesign work began early in 1934, the machine owing much to the single-engined Heinkel He 70 which had captured several international records. The Heinkel He 111 was considerably larger than the He 70, but retained much of that aircraft’s beauty of line. Of the original four prototypes, the first was flown on 24 February 1935, and the second and fourth were completed ostensibly as civilian transports. Bomber production was heralded in the summer of 1935 by the He 111V4 and a pre-series batch of He 111A-0s, but their BMW engines provided insufficient power, and the first major type was the He 111B, with DB 600-series engines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnxious to test the aircraft under operational conditions, the Luftwaffe sent a batch of thirty Heinkel He 111B-1s to Kampfgruppe 88 in Spain in February 1937. Forming the bomber component of the Condor Legion, K\/88 undertook its first operational sortie on 9 March when it bombed the Republican airfields at Alcala and Madrid-Barajas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 10 May, 1940, German forces invaded France and the Low Countries. Operations against the Netherlands began with an attack by the He 111s from KG 4 on Amsterdam and Rotterdam Airports and Ypenburg airfield. Following the Dutch refusal to surrender Rotterdam on 14 May, one hundred Heinkel He 111Ps from Kg 54, under Oberst Lackner, took-off from Delmenhost, Hoya-Wester and Quakenbrück to bomb the city. German sources have subsequently stated that an attempt was made to recall the aircraft, but 97 tons of bombs were in fact dropped on Rotterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the beginning of the Battle of Britain the Heinkel He 111H had almost entirely replaced the He 111P series (although most staff crews still flew the older aircraft, and it was in a He 111P that Oberst Alois Stoeckl, commanding KG 55, was shot down and killed near Middle Wallop on 14 August 1940). From the outset the He 111H, with its 435 km\/h (270 mph) top speed, proved a difficult aircraft to shoot down (compared with the Dornier Do 17), and showed itself capable of weathering heavy battle damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time the Stalingrad campaign ended on 2 February, 1943, the units of Lufttransportführer 1 (joined on 1 January by III.\/KG 55) had lost no less than one hundred and sixty-five Heinkel He 111s, more than half the aircraft committed. The Kampfgeschwader were never to recover from this blow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTotal Heinkel He 111 production was about 7,000.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31689447604293,"sku":"ONSV6488","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/ONSV6488__01.jpg?v=1593912115","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-german-wwii-1940-dated-luftwaffe-heinkel-he-111-aircraft-speed-indicator-by-bruhn-fl-22230","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}