Heinkel He 111

E4283

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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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 → 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	Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke → Heinkel →
maxSpeed	approximately 440 km/h →
notableVariant	Heinkel He 111B → Heinkel He 111E → Heinkel He 111H → Heinkel He 111P →
numberOfEngines	2 →
operator	Bulgarian Air Force → Hungarian Air Force → Luftwaffe → 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 → Blitz over Britain → Eastern Front operations → Invasion of Poland → Norwegian Campaign → bombing of Guernica (by related early He 111s) →
wingConfiguration	low‑wing monoplane →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Heinkel He 111 ("Heinkel He 111H") → Heinkel He 111 ("Heinkel He 111P") → Heinkel He 111 ("Heinkel He 111E") → Heinkel He 111 ("Heinkel He 111B") →	notableVariant
Luftflotte 4 → Luftwaffe → Royal Romanian Air Force → Slovak Air Force (WWII) →	usedAircraft
Kampfgeschwader 53 → bombing of Coventry ("Heinkel He 111 bombers") →	aircraftUsed
Fieseler Fi 103 → V-1 flying bomb ("Heinkel He 111 bomber") →	launchPlatform
BMW 132 → Daimler-Benz DB 601 ("Heinkel He 111P") →	usedInAircraft
Bomber Wing 53 →	aircraftTypeUsed
Bombing of Guernica ("Heinkel He 111 bombers") →	aircraftUsedByCondorLegion
CASA →	licenseProducedAircraft
Junkers Jumo 211 →	poweredAircraft
Battle of Britain →	primaryGermanBomberAircraft
Heinkel →	producedAircraft
KG 53 →	typeOfAircraftUsed
Royal Hungarian Air Force →	usedAircraftModel
MG 131 machine gun →	usedOnAircraft
Condor Legion ("Heinkel He 111 aircraft") →	uses