Heinkel He 111 H-4 Werknummerserien?

[David E. Brown]

Gents,

Can anyone advise me of the Werknummerserien for the Heinkel He 111 H-4 produced by Heinkel-Oranienburg and ATG-Leipzig? From several posts on this website information is that the H-4s produced by Arado-Brandenburg fall into the small 3361-3364+ group though there should be more H-4 machines from this manufacturer. But for the previous two there are no data.

I ask as from time to time come across photos of He 111 Hs with Werknummern in the 28xx, 29xx and 30xx series that fall outside these groups known for the P-2. In most cases the photo is just of the tail thus other attributes that could identify the aircraft are not visible. By process of elimination I suspect that these ‘rogue’ Werknummern are for the H-4s and would appreciate any additional information.

Cheers,

David

[edNorth]

3211 - 3243 ( 33) He 111 H-4 He Rostock
3259 - 3294 ( 36) He 111 H-4 He Rostock
6953 - 7000 ( 48) He 111 H-4 ATG Leipzig

Old notes,I think some that is forgotten.

[gogh]

conflicting data
-in Jet & Prop 2010/04-05 "Created by retrofitting existing airframes and is not to be considered a newly manufactured variant."
-post 2 serials in
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/He111-R.htm

[Stig Jarlevik]

According to Volker Koos the remaining source material is divided and can be interpreted both ways.

He himself choose to bring all of them under the H-3 umbrella in his production list.

Cheers
Stig

[David E. Brown]

Gents,

Thanks for your information.

I went through the available GQM NVM listings and from 1940-1945 and identified about 100 machines listed as He 111 H-4s with 87 aircraft also having their Werknummer indicated and falling within the following groups (brackets indicate the number of identified H-4s in the group):

WNr.2705 – 3092 (5)
WNr.3205 – 3318 (41) Interspersed with H-3 aircraft at Arado-Brandenburg?
WNr.5962 – 5711 (11)
WNr.6179 (1)
WNr.6914 – 6998 (22) Interspersed with H-3 aircraft at Heinkel-Oranienburg?
WNr.7032 (1)
WNr.8747 (1)

I can’t recall the source but I have about 150 H-4s being produced in 1940-1941. From the above it appears that H-4s were produced concurrently with H-3s with Werknummern intermixed.

Best,

David

[Seaplanes]

From "Übersichtslisten der Änderungsanweisungen" from Heinkel, Rostock dated 1. April 1942, the following Werk-Nummer are given:
Heinkel-Werke Oranienburg: 6947, 6948, 6951, 6953-7000.
Arado: 3211,3213,3214,3216,3217, 3219-3231, 3233-3244, 3256, 3259-3294, 3304 and 3311.
These are by no means the complete list but it does not indicate any H-4 deliveries from Heinkel Rostock or ATG.
These documents are available from Deutsches Museum, München.