Virtavia He-111 9/KG53 2024-07-07

This is a repaint (textures only) for the payware Heinkel He-111 by Virtavia (formerly Alphasim). This repaint represents He 111H-2 from 9. Staffel Kampfgeschwader 53, Lille-Nord, France, 1940. This aircraft depicted here, Wkr Nr 3340, 'Yellow B' of 9./KG53 'Legion condor' is shown with the wing bars (for fighter identification and station keeping) during the big daylight raids on London during Sunday 15 September 1940-the climax of the Battle of Britain. The three white panels have always been said to indicate the III Gruppe of a Geschwader, although so many anomalies exist as to throw doubt on this assumption. This aircraft was in fact damaged in action on that day and force landed at Armentiers with two wounded crew members; recent computerized research suggests that it was probably attacked by Spitfires of No. 66 (fighter) Sqn.