Gotha Go 145

A beautiful (if incomplete) in-flight shot of Gotha Go 145 TH+FJ. According to the information available to me, this two-seat biplane trainer was operated by 3./JFS 2, Magdeburg-Ost, Germany, in the summer of 1940. Aircraft is likely finished in 02.

The Go 145 was designed by Albert Kalkert (subsequently of Go 242, Go 244, and Ka 430 fame) and powered by an Argus As 10 C engine. It remained operational with the Luftwaffe from the mid-1930s until the end of the war. (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection)

Gotha Go 150 Advertising

Gotha Go 150 advertising by Gothaer Waggonfabrik Aktiengesellschaft, as featured in Der Deutsche Sportflieger [The German Sport Aviator] periodical, volume 2, issue 2, February 1942, edited by Ing. Karl Seyboth and published by Postverlag Leipzig, Thuringia.

Text translates as follows: The "small Go 150" ranks among the most modern German aircraft types - a low-wing, two-seat cabin aircraft; the first light airplane equipped with two engines, yet affordable to operate (fuel consumption per 100 km = 12.7 litres) - in short: the ideal aircraft for the private citizen! (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection)

Gotha Go 145

Top: Crash site of Gotha Go 145 A, WL+ITEE (formerly D-ITEE). It seems that this incident took place during night landing practice at Ainring on October 1, 1939. Crew Ludewig (instructor)/Bösebeck (trainee). (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection, aircraft identity confirmation courtesy of the LEMB Stammkennzeichen Database Project)

Bottom: Gotha Go 145 advertising by Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG, as featured in the Motor und Sport periodical (aviation issue), volume XIII, issue 17, April 26, 1936. (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection)

Entry amended November 29, 2014, and January 30, 2020.