Blohm & Voss Bv 222

Flying boat

Service Data

In Service: 7 September 1940 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: 7 September 1940
Manufacturer: Blohm & Voss
Number built: 13

Technical Data

Type: Fying boat transport

Crew: 11 men
Length: 37 m
Wingspan: 46 m
Wing area: 255 m²
Height: 10.9 m
Empty: 30,640 kg
Loaded: 48,980 kg
Engine: 6 × Junkers Jumo 207C 6 cylinder 12 piston liquid cooled opposed piston inline two stroke diesel engine producing up to 1,000 hp each
Maximum speed: 390 km/h
Range: 6,100 km
Service ceiling: 7,300 m
Armament:
1 × 13 mm MG 131 machine gun in nose
4 × 13 mm MG 131 machine guns in beam positions
1 × 20 mm MG 151/20 machine gun in forward turret
2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 machine guns in two wing turrets
Bomb load up to
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Bv 222 V-1
Bv 222 V-2
Bv 222 V-3
Bv 222 V-4
Bv 222 V-5
Bv 222 V-6
Bv 222 V-7
Bv 222 V-8
Bv 222 V-9
Bv 222A
Bv 222B
Bv 222C

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History

The Blohm & Voss Bv 222 Wiking (Viking) was a eleven seat six engines flying boat transport only thirteen built

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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