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| Ordered in April 1918, the W.33 was basically a larger
and more powerful development of the W.29 and, augmenting
the smaller fighter seaplane, saw service from
North Sea air stations during the closing months of
World War I. The W.33 was powered by a 260hp Mb IVa
six-cylinder inline water-cooled engine and armament
normally comprised two forward-firing 7.62mm LMG
08/15 machine guns and one Parabellum in the rear
cockpit. One aircraft was experimentally fitted with a
20mm Becker cannon in the rear cockpit, and several aircraft were fitted with radio and had one of the LMGs
removed. Only a handful of W.33s had been taken into
the German Navy's inventory when hostilities terminated,
but the Norwegian Naval Flying Boat Factory
built 30 under licence and the Norwegian Army Aircraft
Factory built a further 11. The Finnish Aviation Force's
Aircraft Factory assembled two W.33s as pattern aircraft
in 1922, and licence-manufactured a further 120
during 1923-26.
W.Green, D.Swanborough "The Complete Book of Fighters", 2000
 | A three-view drawing (1638 x 1160) |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 2050 kg | 4520 lb |
| Empty weight | 1420 kg | 3131 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 15.85 m | 52 ft 0 in |
| Length | 11.10 m | 36 ft 5 in |
| Height | 3.37 m | 11 ft 1 in |
| Wing area | 44.0 m2 | 473.61 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 173 km/h | 108 mph |
| Alan Brown, e-mail, 03.03.2011 14:39 I have this identical photograph as a postcard from a collection given to me by my uncle who was in the British Royal Air Force in the 1920's. It was taken at the RAF station at Felixstowe, which fielded floatplanes and flying boats, and was part of captured German airplanes turned over after WW I. I also have a later postcard of the same airplane in RAF colors. reply |
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