what is it?
The Gotha G.IV was a heavy bomber used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. It was the first mass-produced relatively large airplane.
How to recognise it: 2 engines · 23.7 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Wingspan of 23.7 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916
- introduced
- 1917
- number built
- 230
- role
- bomber
- makers
- Siemens-Schuckert, LVG, Gotha
- engines
- 2× Mercedes D.IVa
- crew
- 3
- length
- 12.2 m
- wingspan
- 23.7 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,648 kg
- top speed
- 135 km/h
- range
- 810 km
- ceiling
- 5,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q670252, Wikipedia: Gotha G.IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.