Gotha_Go_345 Knowpia

Crew: 2
Capacity: 18 troops / 4,500 kg (10,000 lb) cargo
Length: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 21 m (68 ft 11 in)
Height: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 49.9 m 2 (537 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,470 kg (5,445 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 6,000 kg (13,228 lb)

The Gotha Go 345 was a prototype German Military transport glider of the Second World War. A single example was tested in 1944.^[1]

Variants edit

Go 345A: The assault transport base-line version, optionally fitted with 2x Argus As014 pulse-jet sustainer engines under the wings.
Go 345B: A dedicated cargo variant with no provision for passengers. A shortened nose swung upwards complete with the crew compartment to gain access to the cargo compartment; one built.

Data from ,^[2] German gliders in World War II,^[3] Hitler's Luftwaffe^[4]

General characteristics

Performance

^ The Virtual Aviation Museum – Gotha Go 345 Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. pp. 48–51. ISBN 978-0-312-28927-0.
^ Nowarra, Heinz J. (1991). German gliders in World War II. West Chester, PA: Schiffer. pp. 38, 47. ISBN 978-0-88740-358-3.
^ Wood, Tony; Gunston, Bill (1977). Hitler's Luftwaffe : a pictorial history and technical encyclopedia of Hitler's air power in World War 2 (2. impr. ed.). London (27 Old Gloucester St., W.C.1): Salamander Books. ISBN 978-0-86101-005-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)