HEINKEL He 111 J-1 - Ole Nikolajsen
HEINKEL He 111 J-1 - Ole Nikolajsen
HEINKEL He 111 J-1 - Ole Nikolajsen
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<strong>HEINKEL</strong> <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> J-1<br />
DELIVERY PHOTOS
The <strong>He</strong>inkel <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> J story.<br />
On 7. April 1936 it was declared by the German Government that aircraft with wheel undercarriages were from now on permitted to be operated<br />
by the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) as bombers, recce and torpedo bombers. Shortly after an order for 120 <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> J torpedo bombers was<br />
given to <strong>He</strong>inkel. In a record timeframe from 4/5-1936 to 4/4-1937 a new factory was built at Oranienburg NW of Berlin with a capacity to<br />
complete 32 <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong>s a month, but soon 2 aircraft per day were rolling out.
The <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> J was, except for the engines, a <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong>F which also incorporated the new wing with straight wing leading and trailing edges. The<br />
engines of the F models which were diesel engines were replaced with 2 Daimler-Benz DB 600G with non-retractable coolers. They developed<br />
950HP giving a max. speed of 305 km/h and a march speed of 280 km/h. Endurance was 4 hours with reserves. Armament was the standard<br />
German bomber armament of three MG 15’s situated in the nose, fuselage top and underneath the fuselage in a retractable bin (which when<br />
lowered reduced the speed of the aircraft by 25 km/h. Four crew manned the aircraft.<br />
The 120 German aircraft served mainly on reconnaissance duties in the North and Baltic Seas where the main user unit was the<br />
“küstenfliegergruppe 806 which had 3 staffeln with about 33 aircraft at the time. The unit converted to Ju 88 bombers in May 1941. The <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> J<br />
was never used to launch torpedoes in its German service. Later the glass nosed version <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> H was modified for torpedo bombing duties.<br />
In March 1937 a <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong>F-0 prototype had been demonstrated to Turkey and soon in the same year an order for 24 aircraft was received. The<br />
reason for the Turkish order being of the J model shall probably be seen in that the Turkish army wanted their aircraft to be equipped with<br />
gasoline burning engines and the factory had ample capacity to deliver the J model with such engines. There is no evidence that the Turkish<br />
aircraft had any torpedo carrying capacity. On October 17. 1937 delivery of the 24 Turkish <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> J-1 began with four departing Oranienburg via<br />
Sofia to Istanbul and that year 18 were received in batches of 4 or 6 with the remaining six in early 1938. Four aircraft companies of the 1 st Air<br />
Regiment at Eskişehir were issued with the aircraft replacing obsolete Breguet Br.19s. Already in 1940, however, the aircraft were concentrated<br />
in two companies. When in late 1944 Baltimore V bombers replaced the <strong>He</strong>inkels a II Batalion of the 1.Regiment was reformed into a two<br />
company strong “Strategic Bomber/reconnaissance unit with one company of 8 <strong>He</strong>inkels and 5 Convair B-24Ds and a second with Martin<br />
139WTs. Those <strong>He</strong>inkels also participated in a mapping operation of Turkey. When the <strong>He</strong> <strong>111</strong> J-1’s were withdrawn in late 1945 eight were still<br />
serviceable! (serials 2004, 05, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20 and 2023)<br />
serial c/n d/d unit/date wfu date remarks<br />
2201 5004 22oct37 1.Alay/I.TB ex D-ATDQ<br />
2202 5011 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1944<br />
2203 5012 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1940<br />
2204 5013 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1945 ex D-AAAF<br />
2205 5014 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1944<br />
2206 5015 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1942<br />
2207 5018 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1944<br />
2208 5019 1937 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2209 5020 1937 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2210 5021 1937 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2211 5022 1937 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2212 5023 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1946<br />
2213 5024 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1946<br />
serial c/n d/d unit/date wfu date remarks<br />
2214 5025 1937 1.Alay/I.TB 1945<br />
2215 5026 1937 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2216 5027 1937 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2217 5028 1937 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2218 5029 1938 1.Alay/I.TB 1946<br />
2219 5030 1938 1.Alay/I.TB 1945<br />
2220 5031 1938 1.Alay/I.TB 1946<br />
2221 5032 1938 1.Alay/I.TB 1944<br />
2222 5033 1938 1.Alay/I.TB<br />
2223 5034 1938 1.Alay/I.TB 1946<br />
2224 5035 1938 1.Alay/I.TB