In Service: 1936 to 1945
First Flight: 1936
Manufacturer: Fieseler
Number built: 2,000 to 3,000
Type: Reconnaissance
Crew: 2 men
Length: 9.9 m
Wingspan: 14.25 m
Wing area: 26 m²
Height: 3 m
Empty: 930 kg
Loaded: 1,320 kg
Engine: 1 ×
Argus
As 10C 8 cylinder air cooled 90º inverted Vee piston
engine producing up to 240 hp
Maximum speed: 175 km/h
Range: 385 km
Service ceiling: 4,600 m
Armament:
1 ×
7.92 mm
MG 15 mounted in the rear of the cabin
none
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary,
Italy Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA,
USSR,
Variants:
Fi 156 V-1
Fi 156 V-2
Fi 156 V-3
Fi 156 V-4
Fi 156 V-5
Fi 156 A-0
Fi 156 A-1
Fi 156B
Fi 156C
Fi 156 C-1
Fi 156 C-2
Fi 156 C-3
Fi 156 C-3/Trop
Fi 156 C-4 not built
Fi 156 C-5
Fi 156 C-5/Trop
Fi 156 D-0
Fi 156 D-1
Fi 156 E-0
Other: Reconnaissance
Articles:
The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Stork) was a STOL reconnaissance
aircraft
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
For a complete list of
sources