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The Fieseler Fi 156U was the designation given to an experimental version of the Storch used to test out a number of different payloads. The aircraft was originally built as a Fi 156C-2, before being taken to the Rechlin test centre. Three ETC 50 bomb racks were fitted, one on the centreline of the fuselage, under the cross-bracing for the landing gear, and one on each wing, mounted on the wing struts. Each could carry one 110lb SC 50 bomb. Other experiments were carried out using a 298lb French depth charge. Neither of these weapon loads were used in combat, but the research did help produce the Fi 156F or P, which carried a small bomb load.
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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