[George Hopp]

With the posting of Seaplanes' excellent info on He 219 production, I have attempted to reconcile it with the table info in Remp's "He 219." Since some of this is a bit of WAGing, I would welcome comments and criticisms as well as any more info on the subject.

Page 149. He 219 Production Numbers. This table is totally garbled, evident from the fact that no He 219s were accepted by the GAF until the last quarter of 1943. For that period, the US Strategic Bombing Survey gives the following figures: Oct: 7, Nov: 9, Dec. 10, for 26 in that quarter. In 1944 the production was as follows: Jan. 11, Feb. 0, Mar 14, for 25 for the 1st Quarter. Apr. 15, May. 17, Jun. 13, for 45 in the 2nd Quarter. Jul. 16, Aug. 17, Sep. 25, for 58 in the 3rd Quarter. Oct. 18, Nov. 19, Dec. 23, for 60 in the 4th Quarter. This gives a total of 225 a/c accepted during 1943 and 1944. Artie said that 36 a/c were produced in Jan. 45, but beyond that I don't know anything about production in 1945.

Page 149. He 219 Werknummer Summary
I looked at these summaries in conjunction with the loss list of pp. 134, the diary of Eric Brown, and W.Nrs. From "The Captive Luftwaffe" and from "War Prizes." Assuming that the list is correct in its general sense, I would make the following changes.
310 000 - No losses noted, so possibly this series was used for the He 219D-1.
310 100 - A-2 as evidenced by the three diary entries of Eric Brown, and notations on the a/c brought to the UK and USA.
420 000 - Probably for the A-7 with the DB 603E engines.
So, if you change the designations in the loss lists for the 310 100 and beyond to A-2s, and the designations of the A-5s to A-7, the list and W.Nrs. would agree.

Page 137. He 219s taken to England.
290 123 should be 290 126, and is, as noted, an A-2.
310 109, should be an A-2
310 106, should be an A-2.
310 190, should be an A-5/R2. It is the one with V11 on the nose.
310 215, should be an A-2.

Here are figures from the DB engine list of 7.44 on the performance of the DB engines used by the He 219.

DB 603A. Length: 2610mm, Height: 1167mm, Width: 830mm. (B4 fuel)
At sea level.
T/off and emergency (3'): 1750PS, 2700rpm, 1.4ata, 570l/h
Climb and combat (30'): 1580PS, 2500rpm, 1.3ata, 460l/h
At critical altitude of 5.7km
Emergency (3'): 1620PS, 2700rpm, 1.4ata, 530l/h
Climb and combat (30'): 1510PS, 2500rpm, 1.3ata, 460l/h
Emergency power at 10km: 950PS, 2700rpm, .85ata

DB 603AA. Length: 2610mm, Height: 1167mm, Width: 830mm (B4 fuel)
At sea level.
T/off and emergency: 1670PS, 2700rpm, 1.4ata, 550l/h
Climb and combat: 1580PS, 2500rpm, 1.3ata, 460l/h
At critical altitude of 7.3km (emergency), and 7.2km (climb and combat)
Emergency: 1450PS, 2700rpm, 1.4ata, 480l/h
Climb and combat: 1370PS, 2500rpm, 1.3ata, 440l/h
Emergency power at 10km: 1020PS, 2700rpm.

DB 603E. Length: 2706mm, Height: 1167mm, Width: 830mm (B4 fuel)
At sea level.
T/off and emergency: 1800PS, 2700rpm, 1.48ata, 580l/h
Climb and combat: 1575PS, 2500rpm, 1.35ata, 490l/h
At critical altitude of 7.0km (emergency), and 7.1km (climb and combat)
Emergency: 1550PS, 2700rpm, 1.48ata, 510l/h
Climb and combat: 1430PS, 2500rpm, 1.35ata, 460l/h
Emergency power at 10km: 1060PS, 2700rpm.

Be advised that these figures don't always agree exactly with the figures posted in "Mustertafeln und Leistungsschaubilder der deutschen Flugmotoren. Nach dem Stand vom 15.9.44" even though the narratives are both dated in July 1944.

This is the info on the Jumo 213E from the above reference.
Jumo 213E-1; Length (fighter installation): 2536mm, Height: 1140mm (B4 fuel)
At sea level.
T/off and emergency: 1750PS, 3250rpm
Climb and combat: 1580PS, 3000rpm
At critical altitude of 9.8km (emergency), and 9.6km (climb and combat)
Emergency: 1320PS, 3250rpm
Climb and combat: 1270PS, 3000rpm

As I said above, I would welcome any and all comments and criticisms on this because feedback will help us all learn more about the He 219 a/c.
George