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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Heinkel He 118 |
| Owner/operator: | Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke |
| Registration: | D-UKYM |
| MSN: | 1293 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marienehe, Rostock, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Marienehe Field, Rostock |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
He 118 V1, first prototype of He 118 dive bomber, has been evaluated in air by Technisches Amt head Col. Ernst Udet. Despite being instructed by Ernst Heinkel himself about dive speed limitation, Udet oversped the engine in the dive, and the propeller broke away. Udet bailed out successfully, the aircraft crashed.
After the crash Udet proclaimed competing Junkers Ju 87 the winner in the dive bomber competition.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_118
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2021 11:13 | nempobur | Added |
| 12-Aug-2021 08:21 | Cobar | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 04-Jul-2022 09:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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