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Type: Multi-Role Trainer, Transport & Ambulance Origin: Focke-Wulf flugzeugbau Gmbh Models: B and C First Flight: 1935 Service Delivery: 1937 Final Delivery: 1942 Production: 1,350 Engine: Model: Argus As 10C Type: Inverted V8 water-cooled Number: Two Horsepower: 240 hp Dimensions: Wing span: 21m (68 ft. 10¾ in.) Length: 14m (45 ft. 11¼ in.) Height: 4.21m (13 ft. 10 in.) Wing Surface Area: 505.92 sq. ft. (47.00m²)
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Performance: Maximum Speed: 280km/h (174 mph) Range: 497 miles (800 km) Armament: Three MG 15 machine guns Development: The Weihe (Kite, a bird also called Drache) was one of the most important utility aircraft of the Luftwaffe, in the class of the Anson or Oxford. First flown as a six-seat civil transport in 1935, it blossomed forth in many military versions with up to three MG 15 or other guns, wing and fuselage bomb racks and wheel/ski/float landing gear. About 4,500 Fw 58C were delivered to the Luftwaffe in 1937-42, called Leukoplast-bomber (sticking-plaster bomber) in the ambulance role. A typical duty was spraying Russian areas with germicides. |
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Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Donald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
