In Service: August 1937 to 1945
First Flight: August 1937
Manufacturer: Heinkel
Number built: 138
Type: Seaplane torpedo bomber, transport
Crew: 3 men
Length: 17.3 m
Wingspan: 22.2 m
Wing area: 87.5 m²
Height: 6.6 m
Empty: 5,300 kg
Loaded: 10,400 kg
Engine: 2 ×
BMW
132K 9 cylinder single row supercharged air cooled radial
engine producing up to 970 hp each
Maximum speed: 355 km/h
Range: 3,350 km
Service ceiling: 5,500 m
Armament:
1 ×
7.92 mm
MG 17 machine gun in the nose
1 ×
7.92 mm
MG 17 machine gun rear facing
Bomb load up to 1,420 kg including torpedoes, mines
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe, Finland, Norway, Sweden UK
Variants:
He 115 V-1
He 115 V-2
He 115 V-3
He 115 V-4
He 115 V-5
He 115 A-0
He 115 A-1 added a nose mounted machine gun
He 115 A-2 exported to Norway and Sweden
He 115 A-3
He 115 B-0
He 115 B-1
He 115 B-1/R1
He 115 B-1/R2
He 115 B-1/R3
He 115 B-2
He 115 C-1
He 115 C-1/R1
He 115 C-1/R2
He 115 C-1/R3
He 115 C-1/R4
He 115 C-2
He 115 C-3 minelayer version
He 115 C-4 torpedo bomber version
He 115D
He 115 E-1
Other: Seaplanes
& Flying boats
Articles:
The Heinkel He 115 was a three seat twin engine twin float
seaplane was an all metal construction mid wing monoplane
torpedo bomber, transport
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
For a complete list of
sources
