Fieseler Fi 167
The Fieseler Fi 167 was created as a rival development in competitions around the carrier multipurpose aircraft for the planned aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin A and carrier B ( Name not set). The design of the aircraft Fieseler Kassel (as of April 1939: Gerhard Fieseler Werke) was intended primarily for use as a torpedo bomber, and for reconnaissance.
History
It is a two-seater biplane with folding back to the fuselage upper and lower wings. It was made in all-metal construction and had a disguise, using fixed landing gear and float cells in the lower wing. Two prototypes (V1 and V2) were built in 1938. In addition there were a further twelve to 1941 A-0 pre-production aircraft, which were used until 1943. Mass production did not materialize because of the freeze on the Graf Zeppelin in 1940. At the restart of Flugzeugträgerbaues 1942, the Fi 167 was not intended as a carrier aircraft. The remaining machines were used until 1943 in the Netherlands as a coastal pilot. Various tests were carried out, such as for studies on camouflage naval aviator. In 1944, the machines give to smaller allies like Croatia or Romania where it is used as a support aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft.