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Origin: Ernst Heinkel AG Models: He 100 B-0 and B-1 Type: Single-seat fighter First Flight: He 112V-1: September 1935 He 112B: May 1937 Final Delivery: Romania: September 1939 Production: N/A (At least 54) Engine: Model: Junkers Jumo 210Ea Type: Inverted-vee-12 liquid-cooled Number: One Horsepower: 680 hp
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Performance: Maximum speed: 510km/h (317mph) Service Ceiling: 8,500m (27,890 ft.) Range: 1100km (684 Miles) Armament: Two 20mm Oerlikon MG FF Cannon in Outer Wings Two 7.92mm Rheinmetall MG 17 machine guns in the fuselage sides Bomb load: Underwing racks for six 22 lb. (10 kg.) fragmentation bombs. Additional Images:
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Comments: The He 112 was to designed to compete for the RLM specification for a completely new monoplane fighter, a compitition that is surprisingly lost to the Bf 109 against which it proved more manoeuvrable. Seventeen were supplied to Spain where they were flown by civilian pilots and were judged superior to the Bf 109C. 15 of these aircraft continued in Spanish service until after World War II. Luftwaffe test pilots were delighted with the aircraft and although a small run were built as insurance, Messerschmitt retained the overall contract. A number of these were later sold to the Japanese Navy which hated them because of the high wing loading. 13 B-0 and 11 B-1 models were sold to Romania which used them in the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union.
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe  , 1977, Salamander
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