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Heinkel He 111

First Flights:
He 111: 24 February 1935
P-1: December 1938
H-23: October 1944

Origin: Ernst Heinkel AG; also built in France on German account by SNCASO; built under licence by Fabrica de Avione SET, Romania, and CASA, Spain

Type: four-seat or five-seat medium bomber (later, torpedo bomber, glider tug and missile launcher)

Engines: (He 111H-3) two 1,200hp Jumo 211D-2 12-cylinder inverted-vee liquid-cooled; (He 111P-2) two 1,100hp Daimler-Benz DB 601A-1 12-cylinder inverted-vee liquid-cooled

Armament: (P-2) 7.92mm Rheinmetall MG 15 machine gun on manual mountings in nosecap, open dorsal position and ventral gondola; (H-3) same, plus fixed forward-firing MG 15 or 17, two MG 15's in waist windows and (usually) 20mm MG FF cannon in front of ventral gondola and (sometimes) fixed rear-firing MG 17 in extreme tail; internal bomb load up to 4,410lb (2,000kg) in vertical cells, stored nose-up; external bomb load (at expense of internal) one 4,410lb (2,000kg) on H-3 or two 1,102lb (500kg) on others; later marks carried one or two 1,686lb (765kg) torpedoes, Bv 246 glide missiles, Hs 293 rocket missiles, Fritz X radio-controlled glide bombs or one FZG-76 ("V-1") cruise missile

Speed:maximum speed (H-3) 258mph (415km/h); (P-2) 242mph (390km/h) at 16,400ft (5,000m) (at maximum weight neither version could exceed 205mph, 330km/h)

Climb: climb to 14,765ft (4,500m) 30-35min at normal gross weight, 50min at maximum

Ceiling: service ceiling (both) around 25,590ft (7,800m) at normal gross weight, under 16,400ft (5,000m) at maximum

Range: range with maximum bomb load (both) about 745 miles (1,200km)

Weight: empty (H-3) 17,000lb (7,720kg); (P-2) 17,640lb (8,000kg); maximum loaded (H-3) 30,865lb (14,000kg); (P-2) 29,762lb (13,500kg)

Wingspan: (H-3) 74ft 13/4in (22.6m)

Length: (H-3) 53ft 91/2in (16.4m)

Height: (H-3) 13ft 11/2in (4m)

Crew: five/six

History: first flight (He 111V1 prototype) 24 February 1935; (pre-production He 111B-0) August 1936; (production He 111B-1) 30 October 1936; (first He 111E series) January 1938; (first production He 111P-1) December 1938; (He 111H-1) January or February 1939; final delivery (He 111H-23) October 1944; (Spanish C.2111) late 1956

Users: China, Germany (Luftwaffe, Lufthansa), Hungary, Iraq, Romania, Spain, Turkey

Source:
Arsenal of Dictatorship

Links:
Heinkel He 111 -information, technical diagrams, and pictures.