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Heinkel He 119
The Japanese purchased the He 119 V7 and V8 in 1940. See the chapter on the Kugisho R2Y Keiun for more information.
Heinkel He 162 jet fighter
See the Tachikawa Ki-162 chapter for more information concerning the Japanese acquisition of this fighter in April of 1945.
Heinkel He 177A-7 bomber
The UN were interested in the He 177 and negotiated to produce the bomber in Japan, with Hitachi building it under licence in Chiba in 1942. The major change was that the Japanese version would use four separate engines to avoid the plethora of problems the Germans encountered with the original coupled engine design. Sample tools were delivered to Japan by submarine but Heinkel was unable to ship the remainder of the machining apparatus and jigs and production was dropped. One He 177A-7 was to be flown to Japan in 1944 to serve as a manufacturing pattern airframe and evaluation aircraft but the bomber lacked the range, even after modification, to make the flight via the route demanded by the Japanese running through Persia and India. Some sources list the proposed plane as the Hitachi ‘He-Type’ heavy bomber.
Heinkel He 219 Uhu night fighter
The Uhu, meaning ‘owl’ in German, was perhaps the most advanced night fighter to see operational service in World War 2. The Japanese are believed to have been aware of the He 219 with full access to the relevant design data by July 1944. If this was the case, it is not known what, if anything, the Japanese did with the information.
Heinkel He 277 heavy bomber
The He 277 was, essentially, the He 177 with four separate engines instead of the coupled engines which caused so many problems for Heinkel and maintenance crews. Unlike the He 177, the He 277 would never enter production, being cancelled in July 1944 in favour of more fighters. It was believed that full details of the He 277 were provided to the Japanese in March 1944. One could assume that since the proposed Japanese version of the He 177 would use four separate engines, information on the He 277 would have been of value.