Heinkel He 118

Prototype

Service Data

In Service: 1936 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: 1936
Manufacturer: Heinkel
Number built: 13

Technical Data

Type: Prototype bomber

Crew: 2 men
Length: 11.8 m
Wingspan: 15 m
Wing area: 37.7 m²
Height: 2.7 m
Empty: 2,450 kg
Loaded: 3,775 kg
Engine: 1 × Daimler-Benz DB 600C 12 cylinder liquid cooled supercharged 60° inverted Vee piston engine producing up to 880 hp
Maximum speed: 395 km/h
Range: 1,250 km
Service ceiling: 8,500 m
Armament:
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns firing forward
1 × 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun firing rearward
Bomb load up to 500 kg
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Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
He 118A
He 118 A-1

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History

The Heinkel He 118 was a two seat single engine low wing dive bomber to same specification as Ar 81, Ha 137 and Ju 87 1936 only thirteen built prototype

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

For a complete list of sources