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  • Blohm & Voss BV 238
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  • The Blohm & Voss BV 238 was a German flying boat designed in World War II. It was the heaviest aircraft ever flown when it first flew in 1944, and was the largest aircraft produced by any of the Axis powers in World War II.
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empty weight kg
  • 54780
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prop blade number
  • 3
eng1 note
  • at
  • for take-off
range km
  • 6620
Guns
  • 8
  • ::8 x MG 131 machine guns with 900 rpg; 4 in each wing mounted turret ::4 x MG 131 machine guns with 500 rpg; 2 in each manually aimed beam position ::2 x MG 151/20 machine guns with 1,400 rpg in forward dorsal turret
eng1 type
  • inverted V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines
gross weight kg
  • 90000
primary user
Type
max speed note
  • ::::::: at at *Landing speed: 143 km/h
  • at weight at sea level
eng1 kW
  • 1417
height m
  • 12.800000
bombs
  • 20
  • ::and 4 x SC 1000 bombs on external racks ::or' 2 x LD 1200 torpedoes on external racks ::or 4 x Henschel Hs 293 missiles on external racks ::or'' 2 x BV 143 glide bombs on external racks
span m
  • 60.170000
gross weight note
  • for reconnaissance mission :::::: for bomber mission
wing loading kg/m
  • 261
Manufacturer
max speed kmh
  • 350
ceiling m
  • 7300
length m
  • 43.350000
First Flight
  • April 1944
range note
  • at at at
max takeoff weight kg
  • 100000
wing area sqm
  • 360.160000
prime units?
  • met
prop name
  • constant-speed propellers
Crew
  • ca 12
Number Built
  • 1
eng1 name
ref
  • Aircraft of the Third Reich Vol.1, Blohm & Voss Bv 222 "Wiking" - Bv 238
eng1 number
  • 6
abstract
  • The Blohm & Voss BV 238 was a German flying boat designed in World War II. It was the heaviest aircraft ever flown when it first flew in 1944, and was the largest aircraft produced by any of the Axis powers in World War II.