pre-production aircraft. He 59B-2 : improved version. He 59B-3 : reconnaissance aircraft. He 59C-1 : unarmed trainer He 59C-2 : air-sea rescue model He 59D-1 : combined trainer and air-sea rescue model He 59E-1 : torpedo bomber trainer He 59E-2 : reconnaissance trainer He 59N : navigation trainer produced as He 59D-1 conversions Specifications (He 59B-2) See also Action in the North Atlantic US 1943 war film, includes an episode in which two He 59s attack a freighter References Notes Bibliography Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Six: Floatplanes. London: Macdonald, 1962. Green, William. Warplanes of the Third Reich. New York: Doubleday, 1972. . Kalevi Keskinen, Kari Stenman, Klaus Niska: Meritoimintakoneet - Suomen ilmavoimien historia 15, Apali Oy, Tampere 1995, External links Brandenburg Historica, The Luftwaffe Seenotdienst (Air Sea Rescue Service) of World War II Heinkel He 059 Heinkel He 059 Heinkel He 059 Floatplanes Biplanes He 059 Aircraft first flown in 1931 Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft World War II aircraft of Finland