Blohm & Voss Bv 137

Prototype

Service Data

In Service: April 1935 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: April 1935
Manufacturer: Blohm & Voss
Number built: 3

Technical Data

Type: Prototype dive bomber

Crew: 1 man
Length: 9.46 m
Wingspan: 11.15 m
Wing area: m²
Height: 2.8 m
Empty: 1,814 kg
Loaded: 2,415 kg
Engine: 1 × BMW 132A-3 9 cylinder single row supercharged air cooled radial engine producing up to 715 hp
Maximum speed: 330 km/h
Range: 580 km
Service ceiling: m
Armament:
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns in fuselage
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns tops of trousers
Bomb load up to 4 × 50 kg on wing racks
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Operators: Luftwaffe
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Other: Prototypes
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History

The Blohm & Voss Bv 137 was a single seat single engine low wing dive bomber with fixed undercarriage to same specification as Ar 81, He 118 and Ju 87

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Sources

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

For a complete list of sources