Henshel HS 126

Henshel HS 126

Photo 1 is a starboard side view of a row of aircraft.
Photo 2 is a front view.
Photo 3 is a port side view.

Three b/w photographs on an album page

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Henschel HS 126.

A two-seat Tactical Reconnaisance [sic] & & [sic] Army Co-operation aircraft. About 80 units, one fifth of the Luftwaffe were operational when war broke out in 1939. Reconnaisance [sic] units were divided into short range units for tactical army support, & into long range units for strategic purposes. The main strength of the army support squadrons was the Henschel HS 126. The 126 carried fully automatic cameras in a fuselage bay. 260 were in service in 1939. Powered by one BMW Bramo Fafnir 323A-1 nine cylinder radial engine.

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