Germany: Luftwaffe Warplanes, 1939-1945: Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

German Luftwaffe Warplanes of the Second World War: Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

Deutsche Flugzeuge aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War that have been preserved.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are as credited.  Any errors found here are by the author, and any additions, corrections or amendments to this list of Warplane Survivors of the Second World War would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at hskaarup@rogers.com.

Ziel dieser Website ist es, erhaltene Kampfflugzeuge aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zu lokalisieren, zu identifizieren und zu dokumentieren. Viele Mitwirkende haben bei der Suche nach diesen Flugzeugen mitgewirkt, um die Daten auf dieser Website.bereitzustellen und zu aktualisieren. Fotos gelten als gutgeschrieben. Alle hier gefundenen Fehler sind vom Autor und Ergänzungen, Korrekturen oder Ergänzungen zu dieser Liste der Überlebenden des Zweiten Weltkriegs sind sehr willkommen und können per E-Mail an den Autor unter hskaarup@rogers.com gesendet werden.

(SA-kuva Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, coded V7+1N.

(RAF Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156 C-3/Trop Storch, (Wk, Nr. 5620), NM+ZS, commandeered by the RAF Air Officer Commanding, Western Desert, Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningham, as his personal communications aircraft.  The photograph was probably taken at Air Headquarters, Ma'aten Bagush, Egypt.

(RAF Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, STOL reconnaissance aircraft, RAF (Serial No. VX154), being boarded by Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Harry Broadhurst, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force, at the Advanced Headquarters of the DAF at Lucera, Italy.  Broadhurst acquired the captured German communications aircraft in North Africa, had it painted in British markings and used it for touring the units under his command. Broadhurst took command of the DAF in January 1943, becoming (at the age of 38) the youngest Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force.  He continued flying the Storch while commanding the 2nd Tactical Air Force in North-West Europe.

(RAF Photo)

RAF Fieseler Fi 156 Storch being boarded by General Eisenhower, as he shakes hands with General Montgomery, c1944.

(RAF Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156C-3 Storch, RAF (Serial No. VP546).  This Storch was maintained in flying condition at Farnborough until 1955, when it was grounded, due to lack of spare parts.  It was used for a wide variety of different projects, including aircraft-carrier deck landings (on HMS Triumph in 1946, flown by ‘Winkle’ Brown), formation flying with helicopters to allow air-to-air photography of rotor blade behaviour, glider-towing, and routine communications flying.

(RAF Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156C-7 Storch, (Wk. Nr. 475149), coded VD+TD, captured at Flensburg.  Designated RAF AM99, this aircraft was shipped from Birkenhead, England to Capetown, South Africa on the SS Perthshire on 20 Oct 1946, arriving on 6 Nov.  It is now on display at the South African National Museum of Military History, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, South Africa.

(Alan Wilson Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156C Storch (Wk. Nr. 475099), VD+TD, built by Mraz in Czechoslovakia and assigned to an unknown unit.  This aircraft is believed to have been surrendered in Flensburg at the end of the war.  Recorded as being in service with the RAE at Farnborough in September 1945 as Air Min 99, 475099 was shipped from Birkenhead, England to Capetown, South Africa on the SS Perthshire on 20 Oct 1946, arriving on 6 Nov.  South African Air Force Museum. Swartkop Airfield, Pretoria.

Fieseler Fi 156C Storch, (Wk. Nr. 2008), was captured at Flensburg.  Designated RAF AM100, this aircraft was scrapped at Brize Norton in 1947.

Fieseler Fi 256A-0 Storch, (Wk. Nr. unknown), captured at captured at Leck, Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.  Designated AM68, this aircraft was scrapped at Kenley, England.

(Rept0n1x Photos)

Fieseler Fi 156C Storch, (Wk. Nr. 475081), captured at Flensburg.  Designated RAF AM101, later VP546, this aircraft is on display in the RAF Museum, Cosford.

MS 505 Criquet, Reg No. D-EGTY, is a post-war version of the Fi 156 built in France.  D-EGTY flies with the Fliegendes Museum (Flying Museum), located in Großenhain, Germany.

(Valder137 Photos)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, (Wk. Nr. unknown), EA+WD, Reg No. G-EAWD, Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim, Germany.

(Softeis Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch on display in the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.

(John5199 Photo)

(Tony Hisgett Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, coded GM+AI, restored and currently flying in civilian hands in England.

(USAAF Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, STOL reconnaissance aircraft in USAAF markings. (USAAF, 20 Jun 1941-18 Sep 1947.)

 (Belgrade Aviation Museum Photo Archive)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, (Wk. Nr. unknown), medical version, Reg No. YU-COE.  This aircraft is preserved in the Yugoslavian Aviation Museum, Belgrade, Serbia.

(Valder137 Photo)

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, (Wk. Nr. unknown), coded X.  This aircraft is located in the Fantasy of Flight Museum, Polk City, Florida.

(Luftwaffe Photo)

Fieseler Fi 256 Storch, Luftwaffe 5-seat version.

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