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Type: Transport Glider
Origin: Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG
Models: A - C
First Flight: Early 1941
Service Delivery: N/A
Final Delivery: N/A
Number Built: 1,528
(133 later fitted with engines, thus becoming the Go 244)

Dimensions:
Wing span: 24.50m (80 ft. 4½ in.)
Length: 15.81m (51 ft. 10 in.)
Height: 4.40m (14 ft. 4½ in.)
Wing Surface Area: N/A
  Weights:
Empty: 3200 kg (7,056 lbs.)
Maximum: 7100 kg (15,655 lbs.)

Performance:
Maximum Speed (On Tow): 149 mph (240km/h)
Initial climb: N/A
Service Ceiling: N/A

Armament:
Up To four 7.92mm MG 15 machine guns


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Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
The Complete Encyclodepia of World Aircraft, 1997, Barnes & Nobles Books, ISBN: 0 7607 0592 5