The Heinkel He 62 was a

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designed in

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in the early 1930s. It was a conventional,

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biplane with unstaggered wings of equal

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. The pilot and gunner sat in tandem, open cockpits. A few aircraft were supplied to Japan, where

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built a version as the AB-5, and used it as the basis for the AB-6, but no series production took place. The AB-5 used a locally produced

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in place of the Siemens engine fitted to the German-built aircraft.

Specifications (He 62)

References

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