The Heinkel HE 8 was a reconnaissance
floatplane
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built in
Germany
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in the late 1920s. It was developed at the request of the Danish Navy, which had noted the success of the
HE 5 in
Swedish
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service, and wished to purchase a similar aircraft as well as licensed production as the
Orlogsvaerftet HM.II. Apart from its new
Armstrong Siddeley
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The company was created following ...
engine, the HE 8 also differed from the HE 5 and previous members of the
HE 1 family in having a conventional
empennage
The empennage ( or ), also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers on an arrow.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third ed ...
. 22 aircraft were operated until the
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Pre-1900s
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World War I
* German invasion of Belgium (1914)
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in 1940, after which one example was impressed into ''
Luftwaffe
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'' service and the remainder placed in storage.
A single HE 8 was built with a
Packard 3A-2500
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engine and designated HE 31.
Operators
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Royal Danish Navy
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Royal Yugoslav Navy
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Specifications (HM.II)
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Danish Naval Air Service
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HE 008
1920s German military reconnaissance aircraft
Floatplanes
Low-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1927