He 111 A
Apart from the He 111 A-0 (Wnr. 1438) mentioned above, there were no other aircraft of this military variant equipped with BMW VI D engines
for the Luftwaffe, as the Luftwaffe was dissatisfied with the performance of the model. However, Heinkel was able to sell six of these underpowered He 111 A to China. As this was not an RLM order, the serial numbers of these aircraft are difficult to determine. It was probably 1004 to 1008 and
1011 for which He 111 flights can be proven in Rostock-Marienehe, although the serial number block 994 to 1123
was otherwise used there for He 513.
He 111 B
The production of these two bomber variants of the He 111 (B-1 and B-2) began in 1936 at EHF in Rostock and NDW in
Wismar. A total of 413 He 111 Bs were built, 130 in eleven construction lots at Heinkel (Wnr. 1439-1456, 1557-1558, 1651 1667,1801-1813, 2177-2216, 2304-2343) and 283 at NDW (Wnr.1003-1265, 1500-1519).
He 111 C
Heinkel from Rostock delivered six of these ten-seater commercial aircraft with BMW VI engines (Wnr. 1828-1833), developed on the basis of the He 111 V2, to Lufthansa.
He 111 D
After the lead aircraft He 111 D in the form of the V-model He 111 V-14 remained a one-off, 30 He 111 Ds with enhanced radio equipment were later derived from the He 111 P and interspersed in its serial number sequence (Wnr. 2101-2120, 2425-2427, 2445, 2447, 2449, 2451, 2453, 2455, 2457).).
He 111 E
The He 111 E was built in a total of 210 examples by NDW (80 units, Wnr. 1266-1281, 1297-1360), AFW (50 units, Wnr. 1282-1296, 2380-2381, 02382-02396, 2397-2413, 02414), ATG (40 units, Wnr. 5201-5240) and Junkers in Bernburg (40 units, Wnr. 111.0001-0040).
He 111 F
EHF in Rostock was the only producer of this version, of which 45 units were built (serial numbers 2344-2367, 2382-2392, 2414-2423).
He 111 G
Was the name of the second variant built for Lufthansa at EHF, which was delivered in two copies (Wnr. 2534-2535).
He 111 H
The He 111 H had the new full-view cockpit and Jumo 211 engines. Nine basic variants were built as new aircraft. There were 136 He 111 H-1s, of which Arado delivered 21 (Wnr. 02314-02320, 02415-02428), ATG 20 (Wnr. 5241-5260)
and HWO 95 (Wnr. 5095-5149, 5401-5440).
The second version, the He 111 H-2, was produced by AFW (182 units, Wnr. 02321-02338, 02429-02438, 02611-02650, 2697
2790, 3137-3156), ATG (140, Wnr. 5261-5399, 5601) and HWO (180, Wnr. 5441-5600, 6799-6818) in a total of 502 units. 504 He 111 H-3s were subsequently also produced by the licensees. This number is divided into 196 machines built by Arado (3157-3352), 126 by ATG (5602-5727) and 182 by HWO (6819-7000). Heinkel in Rostock built 32 He 111 H-3s for Romania (Wnr. 3701-3732) not on behalf of the Luftwaffe but inserted into the H-5 production.
This marked the end of the construction and delivery of He 111 H by licensees, as the RLM obliged these and other producers to build the Junkers Ju 88. Up to that point, around 2,900 He 111s had been built. Starting with the H-5 version, the He 111 was only built at EHF in Rostock, although the exact construction numbers are difficult to determine with absolute certainty due to the loss of documents and contradictory statistics. The following information is the most likely so far: After 560 He 111 H-5s (Wnr. 3501-3700, 3733-4092, some of which were equipped with balloon deflectors as He 111 H-8) were delivered between July 1940 and April 1941, the production lines in Rostock were switched to the He 111 H-6.
Starting with Wnr. 4093, 1775 machines of this sub-version (known serial number blocks: 4093-4998, 7001-7229, 7315-7903) left the factory between April 1941 and September 1942. The H-6 thus achieved the highest number of all built variants of the Heinkel He 111. From October to December 1942, EHF then built a further 50 He 111 H-14 (Wnr. 7905-7954).
The other numbers are more difficult to determine because, on the one hand, the delivery numbers that have been preserved from various original sources differ from one another and the serial numbers to be determined from flight logs, loss lists, etc. are still incomplete. Determining them is made more difficult by gaps in the serial number sequence, which are due on the one hand to jumps inserted for reasons of secrecy and probably also to losses that occurred during production due to bomb damage.
From October 1942 to July 1943, the He 111 H-11 was built in Rostock-Marienehe. Around 480 of these machines were built. Their serial numbers were in the blocks 7955-8155, 8356-8455 and in the 6-digit sequences introduced in March 1943. The He 111 H-11 had serial numbers that began with the digit 110, i.e. 110xxx. Serial numbers in the range 110012 to 110439 are known so far. Delivery of the He 111 H-16 began in December 1942 and ended in December of the following year. The number of machines delivered was in the order of around 1100 to 1200 units. The serial numbers belonged to the blocks 8156-8355 and other six-digit numbers with the initial digits 160, 161 and 162.
The last production version was the He 111 H-20, which was manufactured in Marienehe from December 1943 until the He 111 production was discontinued in September 1944. The number of units built was around 770 (serial number blocks 700xxx and 701 xxx)
He 111 J
The He 111 J, which was similar to the He 111 F except for the engines, was only built at HWO in Oranienburg. Of the total of 144 machines produced, the Luftwaffe received 120 (Wnr. 5001-5003, 5005-5010, 5016-5017, 5036-5094,
5150-5199), and a further 24 (Wnr. 5004, 5011-5015, 5018-5035) were delivered to Turkey. The literature claims that the machines sent to Turkey were He 111 F have been repeatedly copied but never verified. Since these aircraft had Daimler-Benz DB 600 engines and were manufactured in Oranienburg, the error could have been discovered.
He 111 L
Lufthansa received two of these machines, equipped with air-cooled BMW 132 engines, from the EHF production facility (Wnr. 1884-1885).
He 111 P
Like the He 111 H, the He 111 P had the new full-view glass cockpit, but Daimler-Benz DB 601 engines. Only the P-1 and P-2 versions were newly built. A total of 95 He 111 P-1s were built, at EHF (75 units, Wnr. 2393-2396, 2424, 2428,
2429-2444, 2446, 2448, 2450, 2452, 2454, 2456, 2458-2504) and NDW (20 units, Wnr. 1361-1380). The He 111 P-2 achieved higher production numbers, with 471 (Wnr. 1985-1994, 2121-2169, 2217, 2505-2519, 2580-2694, 2791-3000, 3064-3126, 3353-3360) and 288 (Wnr. 1381-1431, 1457-1499, 1520-1555, 1560-1650, 1668-1734) in total leaving the factory halls in Rostock. Some of the Rostock He 111 P were delivered as He 111 D command aircraft
Variants of the He 111 created through conversions
The models mentioned above represent the main versions of the Heinkel He 111. All others are subsequent
conversions and conversions, mostly as training aircraft with dual controls, with modified armament or fuel tank systems.
These include, for example, the He 111 H-4, P-3, P-5, P-9 and P-10 and other variants that will not be considered in detail here as part of the new build survey. The conversions were carried out in repair and conversion plants, sometimes also in the repair departments of the former manufacturers themselves. Some other versions were planned, only converted as test aircraft or even manufactured in small numbers in the Heinkel main plant in Rostock. One of the best known is the "twin" He 111 Z, developed as a tow plane for large cargo gliders. A total of 12 of these (Wnr. 2695-2706) were built in Rostock, each made up of two fuselages from the He 111 P production, which were connected by a straight wing center section with a fifth Jumo 211 engine.
Some of the civilian He 111s destined for Turkey, which were in an advanced stage of construction at the start of the war, fall outside the normal serial number sequence and are therefore more difficult to identify. The five ordered machines were then taken over by the Luftwaffe for staff flights between February and April 1940 under the version designation He 111 Tz, which stood for "Turkey civilian".
These and other aircraft intended for distribution make it difficult to determine the exact number of He 111s built. In addition, aircraft from air force stocks were handed over to allied states during the war, which cannot always be separated from the so-called "sales aircraft" that were sold on Heinkel's private account. For example, priorities shifted by the war meant that of the 20 He 111 P-2s (Wnr. 3109-3128) originally intended for export to Hungary, only two aircraft, designated internally as He 111 U (Wnr. 3127 3128), were delivered. Later deliveries to Hungary then came from air force stocks.
