what is it?
The Gotha G.II series was a heavy bomber used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916-03
- number built
- 10
- role
- bomber
- origin
- German Empire
- makers
- Gotha
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.IV
- crew
- 3
- length
- 12.2 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,192 kg
- top speed
- 135 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q474275, Wikipedia: Gotha G.II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.