Heinkel 111J with 4-blade propellers

[Tony Jones]

Hi Stig

The meeting in Budapest was attended by 17 D- registered a/c, 2 x Bf 108, 4 x KL 32, 1 x KL31, 3 x L 25, 4 x KL 35, 1 x Fw 44, 1 Bu 131, and 1 x He 72. All registrations are given.

I have found D-ARKO He 111 noted in an Intelligence doc at the PRO, no sub type given.

Regardfs

Tony

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Tony

That fact rules out any four-blade He 111 F to have attended

Any further info of your elusive D-ARKO would indeed be interesting

Cheers
Stig

[Dénes Bernád]

Originally Posted by Mikael Olrog

Wonder if it could have something to do with the visit made by Hansa Luftbild / Rowehl to Budapest in 1938? Could the four bladed propeller be a modification for improved high altitude performance? - just pure speculations on my behalf, but an interesting photo.

I found a note in effect that He 111, D-AXAV, of Rowehl's Wetterfunk Empfangstelle zur besonderen V, was seen at Budapest in early September 1938.

[Merlin]

Denes,

that could not be true because D-AXAV was a civil DLH aircraft, which became 100% destroyed in a crash on 12.11.37.

[Tony Jones]

Denes

Merlin is correct., D-AXAV was cancelled in the Register 2/38

Tony

[Dénes Bernád]

Sorry then, that's what is mentioned in an otherwise reliable (secondary) source.