In Service: 1944 to 1945
First Flight: 1944
Manufacturer: Gothaer
Number built: 12
Type: Prototype glider transport
Crew: 2 men
Length: 13.22 m
Wingspan: 19.5 m
Wing area: m²
Height: 4.16 m
Empty: 1,810 kg
Loaded: 4,600 kg
Engine: none
Maximum speed: 300 km/h
Range:
Service ceiling:
Armament:
1 ×
13 mm MG
131 machine gun in dorsal turret
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Other: Prototypes
Articles:
Downloads:
Film Clips: Luftwaffe
Film Footage
The Gotha Ka 430 was a transport glider with shoulder wing
tricycle undercarriage tail boom and single fin and rudder
developed from the
Go
242B glider only twelve prototypes built
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
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