Heinkel He 51

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biplane fighter aircraft single-seat aircraft

The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat biplane fighter of the 1930s used by the Luftwaffe in the early years of its rearmament.

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Label Occurrences
Heinkel He 51 canonical 2
Heinkel He 51 (captured) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
aircraftRole fighter ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
airframeMaterial mixed construction ⓘ
armament 2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns ⓘ
category 1930s German fighter aircraft ⓘ
cockpit open cockpit ⓘ
configuration biplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedIn early 1930s ⓘ
designFeatures fixed landing gear ⓘ
strut-braced biplane wings ⓘ
developedFrom Heinkel He 49 ⓘ
engineConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
engineType liquid-cooled inline piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Luftwaffe ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1933 ⓘ
fuselageConstruction metal frame with fabric covering ⓘ
historicalSignificance early standard fighter of the reformed Luftwaffe ⓘ
introduced 1935 ⓘ
landingGear fixed tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
manufacturer Heinkel ⓘ
militaryBranchUser German Air Force ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
operator Legion Condor ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Spanish Nationalist Air Force ⓘ
powerplant BMW VI engine ⓘ
primaryUser Legion Condor ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
productionPeriod mid-1930s ⓘ
replacedBy Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ
replacedInFrontlineServiceBy Arado Ar 68 ⓘ
retired late 1930s ⓘ
serviceEntryContext early Luftwaffe rearmament ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedAs fighter trainer ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft in Spain ⓘ
usedBy Luftwaffe ⓘ
Spanish Nationalist Air Force ⓘ
usedFor close air support ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ
usedInConflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
wingType single-bay biplane wings ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heinkel → producedAircraft → Heinkel He 51 ⓘ
Spanish Republican Air Force → usedAircraft → Heinkel He 51 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 51 (captured)
Spanish Nationalist Air Force → operated → Heinkel He 51 ⓘ
FARE → usedAircraftType → Heinkel He 51 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 51 (captured)