World War II Database

1.  Bill says:
27 Dec 2010 12:49:37 PM

Aircraft could be Heinkel He 112 V9, and was powered by a Junkers Jumo 210E 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine, driving a fixed pitch
two-blade propeller.

2.  Bill says:
27 Feb 2011 02:28:20 PM

THE HEINKEL HE100: THE FIGHTER THAT NEVER WAS

Another Heinkel design after the He 112 was the He100. First flight was in 1938 this fighter was a pre-war design it proved to be the fastest fighter in the world at that time, with a speed of 644km/h 400mph However
production loaded with fuel and weapons
would be 628km/h 390mph.
Continued development & design of the He100
wasn't ordered into production only nineteen prototypes and six pre-production aircraft were built the Luftwaffe rejected the aircraft and concentrated on the Bf109 and Bf110 fighters the reason for not reaching production is still a subject of debate.

No surviving He100s exist today most of the blueprints and documents were lost in Allied bombing. The He100 was of advanced design and had a number of improvements such as all around cockpit canopy, absence of struts that supported the tail, wide track landing gear and retractable tail wheel powered by a DB601 inline liquid-cooled engine.
Armament tests 1x20mm cannon firing through the propelled spinner, 2x20mm cannons in the wings and 4x7.92mm machine guns arranged around the cowling. Later models were armed
w/ 2x7.92mm machine guns and 2x20mm cannons.

Heinkel sold six He100s in 1939 to the USSR, for tests and evaluation the features of the
He100 influenced Soviet fighter design.
It has been rumored that one He100 survived
and is in storage in a Moscow Museum, but this has never been confirmed.
Three were sold to Japan for testing it was
planned to produce the He100, but this never happened.
When WWII started the Luftwaffe cancelled the
project and the production line shutdown.
The remaining twelve aircraft were used to defend the Heinkel factory and flown by
Heinkel test pilots. Marked with spurious markings of a non-existed fighter unit Blitzgeschwader.

note*
A wooden replica of the He100 is on display
at the "Planes of Fame Museum" location
Chino, California USA

3.  Bill says:
6 Jul 2011 09:25:46 AM

THE FORGOTTEN FIGHTER: He 112

The Heinkel He 112 remains one of the least known fighters of World War II.
About 100 were built the fighter was used by
the Luftwaffe, Hungary, Romania and Spain. The Spanish were the last to retire the
He 112.

The survivors of WWII continued to serve with
Spain into the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Cannibalization kept others flying, sent to
training schools, but rarely flown, until the last He 112 was retired in 1952.

The Japanese received 30 aircraft for tests
the fighters were later sent to Technical schools, others used for training duties.

Armament: He 112 2x7.92mm machine guns with
500rpg, 2x20mm MG FF cannons with 60rpg