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Type: Light fighter and advanced trainer
Origin: Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH
Models: Prototypes and A-1
First Flight: 1933
Service Delivery: 1936
Final Delivery: 1940
POWERPLANT:
Argus As 10C inverted V-8 air-cooled
Horsepower: 240 hp
DIMENSIONS:
Wing span: 10.50m (34 ft. 5.5 in.)
Length: 7.55m (25 ft. 1.25 in.)
Height: 2.54m (8 ft. 4.25in.)
Wing Surface Area: N/A

WEIGHTS:
Empty: 670kg (1,477 lbs.)
Maximum: 985kg (2,171 lbs.)

   PERFORMANCE:
Maximum Speed: 270km/h (168 mph)
Initial climb: N/A
Service Ceiling: N/A
Range: 230 miles (370 km)
ARMAMENT:
One or Two synchronized MG 17 machine gun.

Bomb capacity:
Three 22lb. (10kg) practice bombs.

COMMENTS:
Kurt Tank's first aircraft, the Stösser (bird of prey) was first flown in November 1933. Developed as a small home-defence fighter, emergency fighter and "practise aircraft" but it's main role was as an advanced fighter trainer. About1,000 were produced by 1940.
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Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London