Udet U 12b Flamingo

Udet U 12b Flamingo

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Udet’s chief constructor Hans Herrmann designed the U 12 in 1925, thirty were produced before the collapse of Udet Flugzeugbau. Further production was undertaken in Germany (Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG or BFW), Austria, Hungary and Letvia. In all approximately 342 were built in 14 versions.

Ernst Udet’s personal red painted D-822, pictured here during his second trip to the US in July 1933, was built in early 1926 as a U 12a, modified to a single-seat aerobatic plane with a lower, less-round vertical tail. After an engine change (early 1930) from Siemens & Halske Sh 11 to Sh 14, power increased from 96/84 hp to 115/95 hp, the designation changed to U 12b (Spezial). In June 1933 another engine change, to the Sh 14a, increased power to 160/150 hp. The Siemens & Halske logo is shown above the lower wing with above that the name of the sponsor SCINTILLA, a Swiss manufacturer of ignition systems. Just visible on the tail is a part of the Mobiloel (Mobiloil) sponsor logo. The aircraft crashed after a spectacular but ill-performed climbing take-off by a ferry pilot in 1934.


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Udet’s chief constructor Hans Herrmann designed the U 12 in 1925, thirty were produced before the collapse of Udet Flugzeugbau. Further production was undertaken in Germany (Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG or BFW), Austria, Hungary and Letvia. In all approximately 342 were built in 14 versions. Ernst Udet’s personal red painted D-822, pictured here during his second trip to the US in July 1933, was built in early 1926 as a U 12a, modified to a single-seat aerobatic plane with a lower, less-round vertical tail. After an engine change (early 1930) from Siemens & Halske Sh 11 to Sh 14, power increased from 96/84 hp to 115/95 hp, the designation changed to U 12b (Spezial). In June 1933 another engine change, to the Sh 14a, increased power to 160/150 hp. The Siemens & Halske logo is shown above the lower wing with above that the name of the sponsor SCINTILLA, a Swiss manufacturer of ignition systems. Just visible on the tail is a part of the Mobiloel (Mobiloil) sponsor logo. The aircraft crashed after a spectacular but ill-performed climbing take-off by a ferry pilot in 1934.