The Heinkel He 113 was a fictitious German fighter aircraft of World War II, invented as a propaganda and possibly disinformation exercise.
German deception involving prototype aircraft during WW2
The fictitious He 113 (in reality an He 100 D-1) in a spurious night fighter unit
Development
In 1940, Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels publicised the fact that a new fighter was entering service with the Luftwaffe. The plan involved taking pictures of Heinkel He 100 D-1s at different air bases around Germany, each time sporting a new paint job for various fictional fighter groups. The pictures were then published in the press with the He 113 name, sometimes billed as night fighters (despite lacking even a landing light).
The aircraft also appeared in a series of "action shot" photographs in various magazines such as Der Adler, including claims that it had proven itself in combat in Denmark and Norway. One source claims that the aircraft were on loan to the one LuftwaffeStaffel in Norway for a time, but this might be a case of the same misinformation working many years later[citation needed].
A Heinkel He 111 escorted by a He 113 on a postcard photoHe 113 illustrations from Air Publication AP1764 published March 1940
It is unclear even today exactly whom this effort was intended to impress—foreign air forces or Germany's public—but it seems to have been a successful deception. British intelligence featured the aircraft in AIR 40/237, a report on the Luftwaffe that was completed in 1940. There the top speed was listed as 628km/h (390mph). It also states the wing was 15.5m2 (167ft²) and it noted that the aircraft was in production. Reports of 113s encountered and shot down were listed throughout the early years of the war.
Specifications (He 100D-1 {He 113})
He 113 silhouette used by aircraft spotters in 1940
Green, William; Gordon Swanborough (1997). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander Books Limited. ISBN1-85833-777-1.
Further reading
Darbrowski, Hans-Peter (1991). Heinkel He 100: world record and propaganda aircraft. West Chester, PA: Schiffer. ISBN0-88740-345-X.
Donald, David, ed. (1997). The encyclopedia of world aircraft (Updateded.). Leicester: Blitz Editions. ISBN185605375X.
Green, William (1963). "Heinkel's Hoaxer". RAF Flying Review.
Heinkel, Ernst (1956). Stormy Life Memoirs of a Pioneer of the Air. Boston, Mass.: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc.
Heinkel, Ernst (1955). Stürmisches Leben Herausgegeben von Jürgen (in German). Stuttgart-Zürich-Salzburg: Stuttgart-Zürich-Salzburg, Europäischer Buchklub.
Wagner, Ray; Nowarra, Heinz (1971). German Combat Planes: A Comprehensive Survey and History of the Development of German Military Aircraft from 1914 to 1945. New York: Doubleday.
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