Thijs Postma - Poster - Heinkel He 219 Uhu Werner Streib Defending Dusseldorf Civil Aircraft See this Douglas DC-3 with

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

24 has a maximum speed of 730km/h

Passengers were seated in a cargo hold with windows

The plane was the first to fly over the North Pole on May 9th

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

Thijs Postma - Poster - Heinkel He 219 Uhu Werner Streib Defending Dusseldorf Civil Aircraft See this Douglas DC-3 withTry 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.