Hungarian He 111P-6 question

[ReccePhreak]

In the Schiffer Luftwaffe Profile Series No.9 - Heinkel He 111H, by Manfred Griehl, there is a color profile of a Heinkel He 111P-6, coded F.7+06 of Hungarian Long-range reconnaissance squadron 1/1, Kursk, winter 1942/43.
Does anybody know if this plane was actually configured for photo-reconnaissance, and if so, where were the camera(s) located?
Anybody have any more info on this particular aircraft?

One final question, which is the best 1/72 He111P kit, Hasegawa or Airfix?
Larry

 

Disregard the above.

I found out that the Hungarian He-111s were NOT installed with recce cameras, but just used hand held cameras by crew members.

Saves me the money of buying the kit & decals, since it no longer fits into my primary build theme.

Edited September 20, 2019 by ReccePhreak

[JWM]

AFAIR if the code is "F' it is a recce machine (squadron), if it would be bomber the code will start with "B".  Both were applied on Hungarian He 111 as can be noticed from 1/48 decals

http://dreamkit.hu/spd/SBSD48023/Heinkel-He-111-P-magyar-szolgalatban-1-48

Regards

J-W

 

[ReccePhreak]

55 minutes ago, JWM said:

AFAIR if the code is "F' it is a recce machine (squadron), if it would be bomber the code will start with "B".  Both were applied on Hungarian He 111 as can be noticed from 1/48 decals

http://dreamkit.hu/spd/SBSD48023/Heinkel-He-111-P-magyar-szolgalatban-1-48

Regards

J-W

 

Thanks for that info. Those were the decals I was going to use, but in the 1/72 set.

From what I was told on another forum, even though it was coded "F" and was a Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron, they did not install large, fixed recce cameras. but had crew members use hand-held cameras to look out the side windows. Now, if someone can prove that wrong and show me where they installed the camera(s), I would be SO HAPPY! 

Larry

 

[Ed Russell]

1. Heinkel 111s of Luftwaffe bomber units were routinely fitted with cameras for strike recording. They may or may not have been of sufficient quality and usability for PR.

2. MKHL He 111 crew rosters  of reconnaissance units include a specialist  NCO photographer / camera operator  as well as pilot, observer, navigator, air gunners etc.

3. There's a conceptual difficulty in that most people would choose the nose or ventral gondola windows over the side windows any time to "use hand-held cameras to look out".