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The Fieseler Fi 156D was a dedicated air-ambulance version of the Storch, modified to make it easier to load patients on stretchers into the aircraft.
D-0
The D-0 was the pre-production version of the D series. It had an upward-hinged loading door on the starboard side of the fuselage, just behind the canopy, while the plexiglass panels at the rear of the canopy could be opened downwards. This created a large opening through which the patient and stretch could easily be passed. The D-0 normally carried a second seat for an attendant, but this could be removed and a second stretch and patient carried instead. The D series aircraft could be identified by a small triangular window on the side of the fuselage, at the rear of the normal canopy.
D-1
The D-1 was the production version of the D-0, and first appeared in 1941. It was most heavily used by the Wüstennotstaffeln (rescue squadrons) in North Africa. The D-1 was produced in a tropical version, with sand filters, an enlarged oil filter and emergency survival packs. Some sources also mention a D-2 variant.
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe 1935-1945, Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage.
Combines a good background history of the Luftwaffe with a comprehensive examination of its aircraft, from the biplanes of the mid 1930s to the main wartime aircraft and on to the seemingly unending range of experimental designs that wasted so much effort towards the end of the war. A useful general guide that provides an impressively wide range of information on almost every element of the Luftwaffe
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