In Service: 15 July 1937 to 1945
First Flight: 15 July 1937
Manufacturer: Blohm
& Voss
Number built: 297
Type: Flying boat reconnaissance
Crew: 6 men
Length: 19.9 m
Wingspan: 27 m
Wing area: 112 m²
Height: 6.6 m
Empty: 8,100 kg
Loaded: 14,700 kg
Engine: 3 ×
Junkers
Jumo 205D 6 cylinder 12 piston liquid cooled opposed piston
inline two stroke diesel engine producing up to 850 hp each
Maximum speed: 275 km/h
Range: 5,000 km
Service ceiling: 5,000 m
Armament:
1 ×
20 mm
MG 151/20 machine gun in bow turrets
1 ×
20 mm
MG 151/20 machine gun in stern turret
1 ×
13 mm MG
131 machine gun manually aimed in rear hull
Bomb load up to 6 × 50 kg
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Ha 138 V-1 first flight on 15 July 1937
Ha 138 V-2 first flight in August 1937
Ha 138 V-3 Construction was abandoned
BV 138 A-0
BV 138 A-1
BV 138 B-0 entered service in October 1940
BV 138 B-1 entered service in November 1940
BV 138 B-1/U1
BV 138C
BV 138 C-1
BV 138 C-1/U
BV 138 MS minesweeper variant
Other: Seaplanes
& Flying boats
Articles:
The Blohm & Voss Bv 138 was a six seat three engines long
range flying boat maritime reconnaissance aircraft
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
