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Gotha Go 244
Transport
In Service:
First Flight:
Manufacturer: Gothaer
Number built: 133
Type: Transport
Crew: 2 men 23 passengers
Length: 15.8 m
Wingspan: 24.5 m
Wing area: 64.4 m²
Height: 4.7 m
Empty: 5,100 kg
Loaded: 7,800 kg
Engine: 2 × Gnome
Rhône 14M 14 cylinder radial engines producing up to 700
hp each
Maximum speed: 290 km/h
Range: 740 km
Service ceiling: 7,500 m
Armament:
4 × 7.92 mm
MG 15 machine guns
Bomb load up to
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Go 244 A-1
Go 244 B-1
Go 244 B-2
Go 242 B-3
Go 244 B-4
Go 244 B-5
Other: Transports
Articles:
The Gotha Go 244 was a powered version of the Gotha Go
242 transport glider
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
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