Heinkel He 112

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fighter aircraft monoplane single-seat aircraft

The Heinkel He 112 was a German pre–World War II single-seat fighter aircraft that competed unsuccessfully against the Messerschmitt Bf 109 to become the Luftwaffe’s primary fighter.

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Label Occurrences
Heinkel He 112 canonical 2
Heinkel He 112 (early prototypes) 1
Heinkel He 112 (prototypes) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter aircraft ⓘ
monoplane ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory pre–World War II fighter ⓘ
airForceRole frontline fighter ⓘ
airframeMaterial all-metal construction ⓘ
armament cannon ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
cockpitType enclosed cockpit ⓘ
competedWith Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ
competition Luftwaffe single-seat fighter competition ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Siegfried Günter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walter Günter NERFINISHED ⓘ
designPeriod early 1930s ⓘ
developedFrom Heinkel He 70 ⓘ
engineType liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1935-09-01 ⓘ
introduced 1938 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
laterRole second-line fighter ⓘ
training aircraft ⓘ
manufacturer Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
surface form: Heinkel
nationalOrigin Germany ⓘ
notableFeature elliptical wing on early prototypes ⓘ
numberBuilt about 100 ⓘ
operatorType military ⓘ
powerplant Junkers Jumo 210 ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ
Spanish Air Force ⓘ
propulsion single-engine ⓘ
retired 1945 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
statusInCompetition unsuccessful ⓘ
successorInService Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy Hungarian Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Hungarian Air Force (limited evaluation)

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ
Spanish Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heinkel → producedAircraft → Heinkel He 112 ⓘ
Heinkel He 100 → successor → Heinkel He 112 ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Kestrel → poweredAircraft → Heinkel He 112 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 112 (early prototypes)
Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine → usedIn → Heinkel He 112 ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
this entity surface form: Heinkel He 112 (prototypes)