Henschel Hs 124
Role	Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Henschel & Son
First flight	1934
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Number built	2

The Henschel Hs 124 was a twin-engine heavy fighter, attack aircraft and light bomber designed in Nazi Germany. After two prototypes had been built, work on the project was cancelled.

The first prototype had two liquid-cooled 12-cylinder Junkers Jumo 210A engines of 449 kW each (610 hp). It was fitted with a rotating turret with two 7.9 mm MG 15 machine guns in the nose.

The Hs 124 V2 had two 870 PS (860 hp; 640 kW) BMW 132Dc 9-cylinder radial engines and was armed with two 20 mm Mauser cannon, as well as a 7.9 mm MG 15 machine gun, carrying up to 600 kg of bombs.

The Hs 124 was Henschel's entry into the Luftwaffe's twin-engine Zerstörer (Destroyer) competition, losing to the Messerschmitt Bf 110.

Specifications (Hs 124 V2)

Henschel Hs 124 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile September 1939

Henschel Hs 124 profile

Data from Warplanes of the Third Reich,^[1] Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933–1945 Vol.3 – Flugzeugtypen Henschel-Messerschmitt^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 3 (pilot, radio operator/gunner and bombardier)
• Length: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
• Height: 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 54.6 m² (588 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 4,250 kg (9,370 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 7,230 kg (15,939 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × BMW 132Dc 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines 870 PS (860 hp; 640 kW)
• Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propellers

Performance

• Maximum speed: 435 km/h (270 mph, 235 kn) at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
• Landing speed: 110 km/h (68 mph; 59 kn)
• Range: 4,200 km (2,600 mi, 2,300 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 7,000 m (23,000 ft)
• Time to altitude: 6,000 m (19,685 ft) in 17 minutes 30 seconds

Armament

• Guns: 2 × 20mm Mauser cannon, 1× 7.92mm MG 15 machine guns
• Bombs: 6× 100 kg (220 lb) bombs internally or 12× 50 kg (110 lb) bombs externally