The Blitz
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The Blitz was a bombing campaign by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It lasted for eight months, from 7 September 1940 to 16 May 1941. The name is
A Heinkel He 111 bomber over the Surrey Commercial Docks in South London and Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London on 7 September 1940
General Walther Wever
Hitler and Göring, March 1938
RAF pilots with one of their Hawker Hurricanes, October 1940
Kampfgeschwader 55
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Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif" was a Luftwaffe bomber unit during World War II. KG 55 was one of the longest serving and well-known in the Luftwaffe. The wing operated the Heinkel He 111 exclusively until
Unit insignia
A still from camera-gun film taken from a Supermarine Spitfire No. 609 Squadron RAF, flown by Pilot Officer J D Bisdee. It captures He 111s of KG 55 which had just bombed the Supermarine aircraft works, Southampton.
He 111 under fire, 25 September 1940. The bomber was from either KG 53 or KG 55.
He 111 of Stab./KG 55 after crashing in England. The emblem is visible on the fuselage