Blohm & Voss Bv 141

Reconnaissance

Service Data

In Service: 25 February 1938 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: 25 February 1938
Manufacturer: Blohm & Voss
Number built: 38

Technical Data

Type: Reconnaissance asymmetric

Crew: 3 men
Length: 13.95 m
Wingspan: 17.46 m
Wing area: 53 m²
Height: 3.6 m
Empty: 4,700 kg
Loaded: 5,700 kg
Engine: 1 × BMW 801A 14 cylinder radial air cooled engine producing up to 1,560 hp
Maximum speed: 370 km/h
Range: 1,200 km
Service ceiling: 10,000 m
Armament:
2 × 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns firing forward
1 × 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun mounted in the dorsal position
1 × 7.92 mm MG 15 machine gun mounted in the tail cone
Bomb load up to 4 × 50 kg on external wing racks
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Bv 141 V-1
Bv 141 V-2
Bv 141 V-3
Bv 141 A-0
Bv 141 A-01
Bv 141 A-02
Bv 141 A-03
Bv 141 A-04
Bv 141 A-05
Bv 141 B-0
Bv 141 B-01
Bv 141 B-02
Bv 141 B-03
Bv 141 B-04
Bv 141 B-05
Bv 141 B-06
Bv 141 B-07
Bv 141 B-08
Bv 141 B-09
Bv 141 B-010

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History

The Blohm & Voss Bv 141 was a three seat single engine asymmetrical reconnaissance aircraft

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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