Henschel Hs 123

what is it?

The Henschel Hs 123 was a single-seat biplane dive bomber and close-support aircraft designed by the German aircraft manufacturer Henschel. It was the last biplane to be operated by the Luftwaffe. The Hs 123 started development in 1933 in response to a request for a single-seat biplane dive bomber.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 341 km/htop speed
• range 860 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,215 kgmax take-off weight
• built 248made in total

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 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1935-05-08

introduced

1936

retired

1953

status

retired

number built

248

role

dive bomber

origin

Nazi Germany

makers

Henschel & Sohn, AGO Flugzeugwerke

engines

1× BMW 132Dc

crew

1

length

8.3 m

wingspan

10.5 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

2,215 kg

top speed

341 km/h

range

860 km

ceiling

9,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.