was difficult to put down in anything but clear weather. Nine more prototypes were hastily built in order to solve some of the problems, but none was better than the original. Eventually, the Kriegsmarine admitted defeat and asked for a replacement which became the highly successful Arado Ar-196. All the Heinkel He-114 were eventually sold to other countries, namely Romania, Spain and Sweden.

It's not very clear when did the ARR received its first He-114's, since German sources claim the first 12 seaplanes were delivered in 1939, and 12 more came in 1941. On the other hand, Romanian archives claim that it was 1943 when the He-114's arrived. Anyway, it's sure that by the end of 1943, two squadrons ( the 101st and the 102nd ) were fully equipped with He-114B's and C's. Until August 1944, they performed over 1138 sorties, during which only 8 seaplanes were lost, either covering Axis convoys heading for the Crimeea, searching for signs of Russian naval activity or rescuing downed pilots and survivors from lost ships.

2 Soviet warships ( a gunboat and a patrol boat ) and 4 submarines were attacked and listed as severely damaged ; many more Soviet ships and convoys were spotted and these precious informations were quickly passed to higher echelons. After the war the Romanian He-114's remained in service, some of them as late as 1960.