SkyFair 2018 - Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
2,817 views · Published 25 July 2018 · 4:06 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Fight to Fly Studio · 2018 · Autos & Vehicles
History of this aircraft: It is believed that this is a German airframe built at the Fieseler Werke in late 1939. Its service history is unknown. It was found in derelict condition in East Germany in the 1980s. The plane is one of several Storch restorations completed by a firm in Michigan in the 1980s and 90s. The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum acquired the aircraft in 2000. The aircraft is painted with the distinctive yellow fuselage and wing tip bands signifying service on the Eastern Front. The 2E + RA code indicates that this is aircraft “R” of the headquarters wing of Kampfgeschwader (bomber wing) 54. This unit participated in the first stages of Operation Barbarossa—the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
