Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch is a light single-engine twin-seat aircraft. It was built in Nazi Germany for Luftwaffe. It was used as light liaisons and communication duties in World War II. Some were used for reconnaissance. After the war it was built under licence in France as Morane Saulnier MS-500 Criquet.
| Fieseler Fi 156 Storch | |
|---|---|
| Fieseler Fi 156 in flight. | |
| Role | Light support aircraft |
| National origin | Nazi Germany. |
| Manufacturer | Fieseler |
| First flight | 1936 |
| Introduction | 1937 |
| Status | Out of service |
| Primary user | Luftwaffe |
| Number built | 2900 examples |
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch Media
- MORANE-SAULNIER MS.505 CRIQUET D-EGTY vl.jpg
Morane-Saulnier MS.505 Criquet
- Slepcev Storch HB-YKQ at IBT'11.jpg
Fieseler Storch rebuild Slepcev Storch, HB-YKQ, parked at the IBT'11 air show at Bern-Belp airport, Switzerland.
- Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-567-1503C-04, Gran Sasso, Fieseler Fi 156 »Storch«.jpg
The Storch involved in Mussolini's rescue in the Gran Sasso raid.
- Air Vice Marshal Broadhurst in his Fi 156 Italy c1943.jpg
Air Vice Marshal Harry Broadhurst and his Storch, Italy, 1943
- Fieseler Fi-156 OE-ADS Sprayer STT 29.07.65 edited-3.jpg
An Austrian-registered Storch fitted with spraying equipment at Stuttgart Airport in 1965
- Argus As 10 C & Storch.jpg
Spanish Air Force Fi 156 and Argus As 10 engine at the Museo del Aire in Madrid
- Fieseler Fi 156, S 14.jpg
Swedish Air Force S14 (Fi 156)
- Captured Fi 156 North Africa in RAF service.jpg
A captured German Fieseler Fi 156C-3/Trop Storch (ex "NM+ZS"), WkNr. 5620.
Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet, Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina, 2012
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Bibliography
- Mondey, David (1996). Axis Aircraft of World War II. Chancellor Press, London. ISBN 1851529667.
