NEW GERMAN PLANE.
APPEARANCE ON RUSSIAN FRONT.
B.O.W.
RUGBY, Oct. 14.
The Russians report that the Germans are using a new type of plane, a Henschel J.29. with two engines. Its functions correspond with those of the Stormovik divc-bomber. It is armed with a 30 millimetre automatic canno.n and two' machine-guns. Only ihe coekpit is armoured, the remainder of ihe plane being vulnerable even to small arms fire from the ground. Its speed is approximately 280 miles an hour and it carries 350 kilograinme bombs.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 243, 15 October 1942, Page 5
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85NEW GERMAN PLANE. Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 243, 15 October 1942, Page 5
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