Product Description

- German supply glider

- The Gotha Go 242 was a military transport glider used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II.
- The Go 242 was designed by Albert Calcato in response to a request from the German Air Ministry for a heavy transport glider to replace the DFS 230.
- The glider's specifications were for it to be capable of carrying 20 fully equipped troops or equivalent cargo.
- The Go242 had a simple box-section steel frame with a fabric-covered fuselage, high-set wings and twin booms connected by a horizontal stabilizer.
- Flight characteristics were significantly better than the DFS230.
- The cargo glider had a hinged aft fuselage with a loading ramp to accommodate small vehicles such as the Kubelwagen and cargo of similar size and weight.
- Two prototypes flew in 1941 and quickly went into production.
- A total of 1,528 aircraft were built, of which 133 were converted to the Go244, featuring two 700 hp Gnome-Roam engines mounted on a forward extension of the tail boom.
- A-1 was the first mass-produced type.
- Equipped with landing skids and jettisonable tires.
- 6 ton towing hook on nose.

Product Specifications

Country

Germany

Item code

PB72573

JAN code

4544032909871

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