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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...

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