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Heinkel He 112
Origin: Ernst Heinkel AG
Models: He 100 B-0 and He 100B-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
Dimensions:
Span: 29 ft. 10¼ in. (9.1m)
Length: 30 ft. 6 in. (9.3m)
Height: 12 ft. 7½ in. (3.65m)
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Weights:
Empty: 1620kg (3,571 lbs.)
Maximum Loaded: 2250 kg (4,960 lbs.)
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.
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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.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe , 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - He 112
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