Blohm & Voss Ha 137 V4

Blohm & Voss Ha 137 V4

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With the first warplanes ordered by the RLM to serve with the new German Luftwaffe were light and heavy Sturzkampfflugzeuge (Stuka, dive ground attack aircraft). The Junkers Ju 87 and Heinkel He 118 were heavy Stukas, while the Henschel Hs 123 and Ha 137 were light Stukas.
The Ha 137 was built by the Hamburger Flugzeugbau and flew for the first time in January 1935. The Ha 137 V1 (D-IXAX) and 137 V2 (D-IBGI) were powered by the 660 hp BMW 132A radial engine (license-built Pratt & Whitney Hornet), the Ha 137 V3 (D-IZIQ) by the Rolls-Royce Kestrel V, and the Ha 137 V4 (D-IFOE), Ha 137 V5 (D-IUXU) and Ha 137 V6 (D-IDTE) by the 610 hp Junkers Jumo 210Aa in-line engine. The V1 to V3 were prototypes for the A-series, the other for the B-series, however there was no series production of the Ha 137, the Henschel Hs 123 instead being built in quantity.


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With the first warplanes ordered by the RLM to serve with the new German Luftwaffe were light and heavy Sturzkampfflugzeuge (Stuka, dive ground attack aircraft). The Junkers Ju 87 and Heinkel He 118 were heavy Stukas, while the Henschel Hs 123 and Ha 137 were light Stukas. The Ha 137 was built by the Hamburger Flugzeugbau and flew for the first time in January 1935. The Ha 137 V1 (D-IXAX) and 137 V2 (D-IBGI) were powered by the 660 hp BMW 132A radial engine (license-built Pratt & Whitney Hornet), the Ha 137 V3 (D-IZIQ) by the Rolls-Royce Kestrel V, and the Ha 137 V4 (D-IFOE), Ha 137 V5 (D-IUXU) and Ha 137 V6 (D-IDTE) by the 610 hp Junkers Jumo 210Aa in-line engine. The V1 to V3 were prototypes for the A-series, the other for the B-series, however there was no series production of the Ha 137, the Henschel Hs 123 instead being built in quantity.