Heinkel He 111

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World War II bomber medium bomber military aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The Heinkel He 111 was a German twin‑engine medium bomber widely used by the Luftwaffe during the early years of World War II, especially in major air campaigns over Europe.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Heinkel He 111 canonical	22
Heinkel He 111P	3
Heinkel He 111 bombers	2
Heinkel He 111 (early variants)	1
Heinkel He 111 aircraft	1
Heinkel He 111 bomber	1
Heinkel He 111 variants	1
Heinkel He 111B	1
Heinkel He 111E	1
Heinkel He 111H	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II bomber ⓘ medium bomber ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory	bomber aircraft ⓘ
armament	bombs ⓘ cannon ⓘ machine guns ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ
bombLoad	up to 2,000 kg internal ⓘ up to 2,500 kg external ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
crew	5 ⓘ
designedBy	Siegfried Günter ⓘ Siegfried Günter ⓘ surface form: Walter Günter
designFeature	elliptical wing on early variants ⓘ fully glazed nose on later variants ⓘ
engineType	piston engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith	Luftwaffe ⓘ
era	World War II era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight	1935 ⓘ
introduced	1936 ⓘ
landingGear	retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer	Heinkel ⓘ surface form: Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke Heinkel ⓘ
maxSpeed	approximately 440 km/h ⓘ
notableVariant	Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heinkel He 111B Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heinkel He 111E Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heinkel He 111H Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heinkel He 111P
numberOfEngines	2 ⓘ
operator	Bulgarian Air Force ⓘ Royal Hungarian Air Force ⓘ surface form: Hungarian Air Force Luftwaffe ⓘ Royal Romanian Air Force ⓘ surface form: Romanian Air Force Spanish Air Force ⓘ
powerplant	BMW 132 ⓘ Junkers Jumo 211 ⓘ
primaryUser	Luftwaffe ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ
range	approximately 2,300 km ⓘ
retired	1973 ⓘ
retiredFrom	Spanish Air Force ⓘ
role	medium bomber ⓘ torpedo bomber ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling	approximately 8,500 m ⓘ
usedBy	Luftwaffe ⓘ
usedInConflict	Spanish Civil War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
usedInOperation	Battle of Britain ⓘ Battle of France ⓘ The Blitz ⓘ surface form: Blitz over Britain Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front operations Invasion of Poland ⓘ Operation Weserübung ⓘ surface form: Norwegian Campaign bombing of Guernica (by related early He 111s) ⓘ
wingConfiguration	low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Battle of Britain → primaryGermanBomberAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Luftwaffe → usedAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Heinkel He 111 → notableVariant → Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111H

Heinkel He 111 → notableVariant → Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111P

Heinkel He 111 → notableVariant → Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111E

Heinkel He 111 → notableVariant → Heinkel He 111 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111B

bombing of Coventry → aircraftUsed → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111 bombers

Kampfgeschwader 53 → aircraftUsed → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

V-1 flying bomb → launchPlatform → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111 bomber

Condor Legion → uses → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111 aircraft

Bombing of Guernica → aircraftUsedByCondorLegion → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111 bombers

Royal Hungarian Air Force → usedAircraftModel → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Royal Romanian Air Force → usedAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Daimler-Benz DB 601 → usedInAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111P

Heinkel → producedAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

BMW 132 → usedInAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Junkers Jumo 211 → poweredAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

CASA → licenseProducedAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

KG 53 → typeOfAircraftUsed → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Bomber Wing 53 → aircraftTypeUsed → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Slovak Air Force (WWII) → usedAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Fieseler Fi 103 → launchPlatform → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Luftflotte 4 → usedAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

MG 131 machine gun → usedOnAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Daimler-Benz DB 600 → usedInAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111 (early variants)

DB 601A → usedIn → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111P

DB 601E → usedInAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heinkel He 111 variants

Spanish Nationalist Air Force → operated → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Y-Gerät → usedOnPlatform → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Fritz X guided bomb → launchPlatform → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

subject surface form: Fritz X

Luftwaffe aircraft design community → designed → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Bombing of Rotterdam → aircraftUsed → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

Battle of Britain (film) → usesAircraftType → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Britain

MG 151 cannon → usedOnAircraft → Heinkel He 111 ⓘ