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Heinkel He-112V-11 3 decal v. for Germany, Japan, Luftwaffe At the end of 1933, the RLM issued a specification calling for a monoplane design. Four designs were produced: the Arado 80, Fw 159, Bf-109 and Heinkel 112. The 112, designed by Dipl. Ing. Heinrich Hertel, competed with three others at a competition held in Travemunde in October 1935. 1. Heinkel 112 V11, W. Nr. 2254, testing aircraft, Marienehe, Germany, April 1938 2. Heinkel 112 V11, designation A 7He 1, testing aircraft in Japan, 1939 3. Heinkel 112 C, Luftwaffe /alternate marking/ The He 112 A series product failed and Hertel undertook a complete redesign of the aircraft under the designation He 112B. The first production prototype was the V9, which first flew in July 1937. The J apanese government placed an order for the He 112 B-0 in the autumn of 1937. The first twelve aircraft were delivered to Japan in the spring of 1938. The He 112 V10, the prototype for the proposed He 112 E /export/ model, was completed in late 1937. The aircraft was retained at the Heinkel plant at Marienehe for further evaluation and testing. On 1 September 1938, the V10 was sent to E-Stelle Rechlin, returning to Rostock on 20 October, and by the end of the year the D-IQMA finally crashed and was written off.