Luftwaffe
Heinkel He 162
The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger, the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Designed and built quickly, and made primarily of wood.
- Role: Fighter
- National origin: Germany
- Manufacturer: Heinkel
- First flight: 6 December 1944
- Introduction: 1945
- Status: 9 aircraft in museums
- Retired: 1945
- Number built: ca 320
Specifications (He 162A)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1, pilot with ejection seat
- Length: 9.05 m (29 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 11.16 m² (156 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,660 kg (3,660 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 2,800 kg (6,180 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × BMW 003E-1 or E-2 (meant for dorsal fuselage attachment) axial flow turbojet, 7.85 kN (1,760 lbf)
- Fuel capacity of 695 litres (183 US gallons), allowing maximum 30 minute mission profile
Performance
- Maximum speed: 790 km/h (491 mph) at normal thrust at sea level; 840 km/h (522 mph) at 6000 m (19,680 ft); using short burst extra thrust 890 km/h (553 mph) at sea level and 905 km/h (562 mph) at 6000 m (19,680 ft).
- Range: 975 km (606 mi)
- Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,400 ft)
- Rate of climb: 1,405 m/min (4,615 ft/min)
Armament
- Guns: 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 autocannons with 120 rpg (He 162 A-2) OR 2 × 30 mm MK 108 cannons with 50 rpg (He 162 A-0, A-1)
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was a small German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II. It remains famous to this day for its excellent STOL (Short-Take-Off-and-Landing) performance.
- Role: Reconnaissance & communications
- National origin: Germany
- Manufacturer: Fieseler/Morane-Saulnier
- First flight: 24 May 1936
- Introduction: 1937
- Status: Privately owned, or in museums
- Retired: Germany: 1945, France: 1970
- Produced: 1937–1949 (1965 for the MS 500)
- Number built: Over 2,900
Production per factory
- Fieseler: 1.908
- Morane-Saulnier: 784
- Mraz: 78
- Leichtbau: 73
Military operators
- Bulgarian Air Force
- Royal Khmer Air Force (Post war) and Khmer National Air Force
- Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
- Czechoslovakian Air Force (Post war)
- Egyptian Air Force
- Finnish Air Force
- French Air Force (Post war)
- French Navy (Post war)
- French Army (Post war)
- Luftwaffe German Air Force)
- Greek Air Force (Post war)
- Royal Hungarian Air Force
- Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force)
- Royal Lao Air Force (Post war)
- Royal Moroccan Air Force (Post war)
- Royal Norwegian Air Force (Post war)
- Polish Air Force (Post war)
- Polish Navy (Post war)
- Royal Romanian Air Force
- Romanian Air Force (Post war)
- Slovak Air Force (1939–1945)
- Vietnam Air Force (Post war)
- Soviet Air Force
- Spanish Air Force
- Royal Swedish Air Force
- Swiss Air Force
- Royal Air Force
- Yugoslav Royal Air Force
- SFR Yugoslav Air Force
Specifications (Fi 156)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 14.3 m (46 ft 9 in)
- Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 26 m² (280 ft²)
- Empty weight: 860 kg (1,900 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,260 kg (2,780 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 10 air-cooled inverted V8 engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph) at 300 m (1,000 ft)
- Range: 380 km (210 nmi, 240 mi)
- Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,090 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.8 m/s (945 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 48.5 kg/m² (9.9 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 143 W/kg (0.087 hp/lb)
Armament
- Guns: MG 15 machine gun
Junkers Ju 52
The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) was a German trimotor transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s.
- Role: Transport aircraft
- National origin: Germany
- Manufacturer: Junkers
- First flight: 13 October 1930 (Ju 52/1m); 7 March 1932 (Ju 52/3m)
- Introduction: 1931
- Status: retired
- Produced: 1931–1945 (Germany) Junkers, 1945–1947 (France) Amiot AAC 1 Toucan, 1945–1952 (Spain) CASA 352 and 352L
- Number built: 4,845
Civil Junkers Ju 52 Fact-sheet
Military operators
- Argentina
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- NDH
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Lebanon
- Norway
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- South Africa
- Slovakia
- Soviet Union
- Spanish State
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Yugoslavia
Specifications (Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e)
General characteristics
- Crew: three (two pilots, radio operator)
- Capacity: 18 troops or 12 litter patients
- Length: 18.90 m (62 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 29.25 m (95 ft 10 in)
- Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 110.5 m² (1,190 ft²)
- Empty weight: 6,510 kg (14,325 lb)
- Loaded weight: 9,200 kg (20,270 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 10,990 kg (24,200 lb)
- Powerplant: 3 × BMW 132T radial engines, 533 kW (715 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 265 km/h (165 mph) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 211 km/h (132 mph)
- Range: 870 km (540 mi)
- Service ceiling: 5,490 m (18,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 17 minutes to 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
Armament
- Guns:
- 1 × 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine gun in a dorsal position
- 2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine guns
- Bombs: up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of bombs (some variants)