what is it?
The Fieseler Fi 167 was a 1930s German biplane torpedo and reconnaissance bomber designed for use from the Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers under construction from 1936 to 1942.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,300 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937
- introduced
- 1938
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- role
- torpedo bomber
- origin
- Nazi Germany
- makers
- Fieseler
- engines
- 1× Daimler-Benz DB 601B
- crew
- 2
- length
- 11.4 m
- wingspan
- 13.5 m
- height
- 4.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,859 kg
- top speed
- 325 km/h
- cruise speed
- 250 km/h
- range
- 1,300 km
- ceiling
- 8,200 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q694486, Wikipedia: Fieseler Fi 167 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.