Henschel Hs 126A-1
Unit: 1.(H)13, location unknown, 1942
Pilot: unknown
The Henschel Hs 126 was a Luftwaffe two-seat parasol wing reconnaissance and observation aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Henschel. By 1939, it had become the principal short-range reconnaissance aircraft of the Luftwaffe.
The pilot was seated under the parasol wing and the observer in an open rear cockpit. In the autumn of 1936, the first prototype made its maiden flight; it was soon followed by two more prototypes and a batch of pre-production aircraft. An odd feature was the entire tail unit was angled 2 degrees from the centerline. During early 1938, the Hs 126 underwent service evaluation; it was well received for its good short takeoff performance and low-speed flight characteristics, attributes that were useful during its operational history. The first production standard Hs 126A-1s came of Henschel's production line in early 1938; this model differed from the pre-production aircraft mainly in terms of their fitout, being powered by a BMW 132Dc radial. A total of 257 Hs 126s had been delivered to the Luftwaffe by the start of the Second World War. Production of the Hs 126 was terminated during January 1941, after some 600 had been produced.
The Hs 126 saw combat on numerous fronts, the first occasion being with the Legion Condor contingent that participated in the Spanish Civil War. It was active on numerous fronts of the Second World War. Large numbers of Hs 126s flew during the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France, North Africa, and the Invasion of the Soviet Union. On 12 September 1943, a number of Hs 126s were used to tow ten DFS 230 attack gliders from Pratica Di Mare airfield near Rome to the Gran Sasso on
a raid to rescue Benito Mussolini. The Royal Hellenic Air Force also operated 16 Hs 126s, which saw action during the Greco-Italian War. It was withdrawn from Luftwaffe service in 1943, by which point the Hs 126 had been superseded by the
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, a general-purpose STOL aircraft, as well as the twin-boom Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu.
Credits
Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, VC, paint textures, panel, aircraft flight files, and .dp
The crew figures are a mashup of Captain Kurt, Wolfi and Dave Eckert
Prop blurred texture: Kelticheart
Gauges: Groundcrew Design Group, Microsoft and others unknown
Unit: 1.(H)13, location unknown, 1942
Pilot: unknown
The Henschel Hs 126 was a Luftwaffe two-seat parasol wing reconnaissance and observation aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Henschel. By 1939, it had become the principal short-range reconnaissance aircraft of the Luftwaffe.
The pilot was seated under the parasol wing and the observer in an open rear cockpit. In the autumn of 1936, the first prototype made its maiden flight; it was soon followed by two more prototypes and a batch of pre-production aircraft. An odd feature was the entire tail unit was angled 2 degrees from the centerline. During early 1938, the Hs 126 underwent service evaluation; it was well received for its good short takeoff performance and low-speed flight characteristics, attributes that were useful during its operational history. The first production standard Hs 126A-1s came of Henschel's production line in early 1938; this model differed from the pre-production aircraft mainly in terms of their fitout, being powered by a BMW 132Dc radial. A total of 257 Hs 126s had been delivered to the Luftwaffe by the start of the Second World War. Production of the Hs 126 was terminated during January 1941, after some 600 had been produced.
The Hs 126 saw combat on numerous fronts, the first occasion being with the Legion Condor contingent that participated in the Spanish Civil War. It was active on numerous fronts of the Second World War. Large numbers of Hs 126s flew during the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France, North Africa, and the Invasion of the Soviet Union. On 12 September 1943, a number of Hs 126s were used to tow ten DFS 230 attack gliders from Pratica Di Mare airfield near Rome to the Gran Sasso on
a raid to rescue Benito Mussolini. The Royal Hellenic Air Force also operated 16 Hs 126s, which saw action during the Greco-Italian War. It was withdrawn from Luftwaffe service in 1943, by which point the Hs 126 had been superseded by the
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, a general-purpose STOL aircraft, as well as the twin-boom Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu.
Credits
Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, VC, paint textures, panel, aircraft flight files, and .dp
The crew figures are a mashup of Captain Kurt, Wolfi and Dave Eckert
Prop blurred texture: Kelticheart
Gauges: Groundcrew Design Group, Microsoft and others unknown
