what is it?
The Gotha G.VII was a bomber aircraft produced in Germany during the final months of World War I. With the strategic bombing campaign effectively over, it was intended to be a high-speed tactical bomber with a secondary reconnaissance capability.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 19.3 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Wingspan of 19.3 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1918
- number built
- 20
- role
- bomber
- origin
- German Empire
- makers
- Gotha
- engines
- 2× Mercedes D.IVa / Mb.IVa
- crew
- 3
- length
- 9.6 m
- wingspan
- 19.3 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,139 kg
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- range
- 540 km
- ceiling
- 7,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3773635, Wikipedia: Gotha G.VII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.