Books on Fi 156

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Tony Hodun
Help re WM books on Storch?
Thu Nov 8 21:15:30 2026


I'm working with someone trying to help develop decals in several scales for desert Fieseler Storches, preferably ones with unit badges and in desert camo, maybe also with white theatre markings etc. Can anyone tell me if either Wydanictwo Militaria book on the Storch has photos and/or profiles of any such birds? 2.(H)14 is an obvious option, but any staffel would do, even open to JG, StG, or KG liason birds with unit badge. I'm not quite ready to buy the books sight unseen. Please let me know which specific Storches are presented. Thank you very much in advance!

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Charles Metz
[email protected]
Fi 156 profile paintings in Wydawnictwo "Militaria" books
Thu Nov 8 23:00:14 2026


Tony,

I'd need to check in my library at home (which I'll be happy to do if you'll contact me by e-mail) to tell you specifically what marking schemes are covered in the two Wydawnictwo "Militaria" volumes on the Storch. However, my database listings indicate that volume I contains a lot more profile paintings than does volume II:

Karnas and Przymusiala: 'Fi 156 Storch: Vol. I' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 68; Wydawnictwo "Militaria" [Poland], 1998; in Polish and English; 75 pages; US$15) -- Fi 156A (inside front cover, p. 73), Fi 156C (inside front cover, p. 12, 16, 20, 24, 26, 31, 32, 47, 54, 67-71, 73-75), Fi 156D (p. 16, 24, 26, 32, 54, 68, 73), Fi 156E (p. 16), Fi 156K (p. 73), Mraz K-65 "Kap" [post-war Czechoslovakian-built Fi 156] (p. 43), MS.500 "Criquet" [post-war French-built Fi 156] (p. 59, 72), MS. 502 "Criquet" [post-war French-built Fi 156 with radial engine] (p. 72), MS. 504 "Criquet" [post-war French-built Fi 156 with radial engine] (p. 72), OKA-38 [WW2 Slovakian-built Fi 156 with longer nose] (p. 43)

Karnas and Przymusiala: 'Fi 156 "Storch", Moraine-Saulnier MS 500/506 "Criquet": Vol. II' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 100; Wydawnictwo "Militaria" [Poland], 1998; in Polish and English; 58 pages; US$16) -- Fi 156 V3 (p. 51), Fi 156C-1 (p. 51, 53), Fi 156C-2 (p. 53), Fi 156C-3 (p. 52, 54), Fi 156C-5 (p. 52, 53)

My database also lists 30 other books that include Fi 156 markings profiles. Please feel welcome to contact me "off-line" if you wish.

Charles Metz

[Richard T Eger]

The Large Scale Plane site by Brad Hagen, Chris Sherland, and Jerome Braure, originally founded by Saso Knez as Aircraft Modeling in 1/32nd Scale in Feb. 1999, contains far more valuable resources than its name would suggest. Obviously an extremely popular site, the hit count is in excess of 250,000. Perhaps its most valuable assets for the Luftwaffe researcher are the book reviews and Charles Metz' cross referencing of sources of information to specific aircraft details. Thus, if you want to know what a specific widget on a Bf 109E looked like, Charles might have the book identified, along with the page, as to where that information can be found. The site address is:

http://kithobbyist.com/largescaleplanes/

Sections of Luftwaffe interest are:

What's new - The usual news of additions to the site in reverse chronological order.

Articles - In general, the articles cover presentations on model building, broken into sub-sections by era and type. One section, however, Full Scale, covers museum visits:

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, by Chris Sherland

Bf 109G6 - 1 color photo

History of Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport, by Vernon Rabbetts - Includes development of H2S airborne radar.

A day with JG-72 "Westfalen" in Hopsten AB, by Dr. Menelaos Skourtopoulos - Article on a visit in Aug. 1999. Brief comments on history of the base are given.

Reviews - A number of book reviews by Mark Proulx are given in the Books - World War 2 Aviation section:

Classic Publications "Luftwaffe Colours, Battle of Britian; August-September 1940"

Classic Publications "Sturmstaffel 1"

Eagle Editions "Doras of the Galland Circus"

Eagle Editions "Major Hans "Assi" Hahn"

Eagle Editions "The Story of the ultra-rare Fw 190 D-13"

Wings of the Black Cross, Number 1

Previews - Previews of upcoming book reviews:

Major Hans "Assi" Hahn The Man and His Machines, by Mark Proulx

AeroMaster 32-008: Bf 109F-2, by Charles Metz

AeroMaster 32-009: Early Eastern Gustav Aces, by Charles Metz

AeroMaster 32-010: Bf 109F-2, by Charles Metz

Eagle Strike Productions 320340: Bf 109 Emil Aces at War, by Charles Metz

Eagle Strike Productions 320341: Bf 109F-2 & Bf 109F-4, by Charles Metz

Eagle Strike Productions 320342: Bf 109F-2 & Bf 109F-4, by Charles Metz

Eagle Strike Productions 320343: Augsburg's Flyers, Part VIII, by Charles Metz

Eagle Strike Productions 320344: Augsburg's Flyers, Part IX, by Charles Metz

Reference Material - Lists of books on specific subjects prepared by Charles Metz. Charles takes considerable effort to note what specific details are in each reference:

World War 2 Aviation

Bf 109 V21 and Bf 109 X

Bf 109 E detail references

Bf 109 F detail references

Bf 109 G detail references

Bf 109 K detail references

Bf 110 C, D and E detail references

Bf 110 cockpit detail references

Bf 110 G detail references (Bf 110 G-4 unless otherwise noted)

Bu 181 Bestmann

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch detail references

Fw 190 A detail references

Fw 190 D detail references

Ju 87 B/R detail references

Ju 87 G (and D) cockpit detail

Me 163 B detail references

Me 262 detail references (Me 262 A unless otherwise noted)

Message Board - Some information available on the real thing.

Regards,
Richard

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Nenad
FI-156 archive CD ROM FS
Sun Apr 13 17:05:48 2026
213.137.117.91

For sale (or swap)
Fieseler FI 156 archive CD ROM, contains:

FI-156 Storch Partskatalog (80) pages(1938. issue)
FI-156 Storch scale drawings
FI-156 Storch Colour and painting schemes
FI-156 Photo galery( Belgrade Yugoslav Aviation Museum Storch/Cap)
FI-156 Storch History and technical datasheets
FI-156 Storch Russian derivative-AIST-OKA detaied drawings

CD rom is Auto Run, browsable in any Internet browser(Internet Explorer/Netscape Navigator/Opera etc...)

Cd Rom is priced 25 EUR/30 US$ (postage and packing included in price)

Great resource for modelers, homebuilders and historians...

Details at my e-mail: [email protected]

Thanx and Regards,
Nenad

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Nenad
[email protected]
NEW-FI 156 Storch -Archive CD rom- FS / FT
Sat Jun 21 20:37:00 2026
213.137.117.9

New !!!
Fieseler FI 156 Storch archive CD ROM/booklet -details could be find at:

http://fi156storch.8m.net/FI156.htm

contains, 91 Storch color scheme,80 page Storch 1938. parts katalog-manual, scale draws, photo galery,Russian OKA 38 AIST Storch derivative, Yugoslav Ikarus Kurir Storch derivative draws, details, photographs and 50 page manual.

Great resource for all scale modelers.

Regards,
Nenad
e-mail: [email protected]

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Nenad
FI 156 Storch book and CD rom FS
Wed Dec 3 22:20:45 2026
213.137.117.57

For sale, new FI 156 Storch 99 painting schemes book, more at:
http://aeropoxy.freeservers.com/Books.htm
and CD Rom version with some additional data are at:
http://aeropoxy.freeservers.com/CDrom.htm

RGDS,
Nenad
YASIG
e-mail: [email protected]

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Nenad
NEW!- FI 156 Storch book 7 IK-3 1/48 kit
Thu Dec 18 21:35:53 2026
213.137.117.70

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With best regards,

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http://aeropoxy.freeservers.com
e-mail: [email protected]

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Nenad
ME-109, Storch, SM-79 and bunch of ac. manuals FS
Sun May 2, 2026 10:20
80.74.173.16

YASIG-AEROPOXY site was updated with new books, kits and CD Roms.

Polikarpov PO-2 Flight/Service & Maintenance Manual
published by:Zavod No 23 , 1937. 264 pages
Complete service,maintenance and repair manual with some 200 extreme
detailed drawings.
printed(A5 format) or CD Rom version
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Messerschmitt BF 109 E (DB 601) mannual Official Messerschmitt werke,
1940. published mannual for Royal Yugoslav AF delivered Emil's(on
Serbian)
Detail part drawings, instructions,listings,...1940.-reprinted 1989.,
90 pages A4.
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Fieseler FI-156 C(Baureihe C1)-Storch"Truppen-Ersatzteilliste"(Parts
catalog/Mannual)
Official Fieseler Werke 1938. published mannual(on German)
copy, , 80+ pages A4Detail part drawings, listings,parts catalog...
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F4J and F4S flight manual Extracts from original 1975/85 issued
Phantom flight manual.
More than 100 pages with drawings, schemes, diagrams and cockpit
-instrumentation details.
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Savoia Marchetti SM 79 Mannual/Parts catalog
"Catalogo Nomenclatore per aeroplane SM 79 da bombardamento"
Printed by "Societa Anonima Aeronautica Umbra-Foligno"- Roma 1940.220
pages A4(on Italian) Available as printed or CD Rom version,for the
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Lockheed T-33/TV2 Seastar flight manual
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Ikarus KURIR-L flight manual
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RGDS,
Nenad
AEROPOXY_YASIG
e-mail: [email protected]

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Mike Walton
[email protected]
Fieseler Storch drawings
Tue Sep 14, 2026 01:46
32.102.44.33

I am looking for any drawings, schetches, construction drawings for the Fieseler Storch. Anyone have any idea who may have them or how to acquire such? Thanks.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Dave Brown
Fi156 Storch References
Tue Sep 14, 2026 06:46
66.117.199.20

Mike:

I'm currently working on the 1/32 Hasegawa Fieseler Fi156C-3 Trop. To date, the only reference books I could find on this aircraft are:

1. Fieseler Fi 156 - Heinz J. Nowarra (Schiffer Military)
I doubt that this book will meet your needs. Very limited.

2. Warplanes of the Luftwaffe - edited by David Donald (Aerospace Publishing London)
It has a cutaway drawing and a decent profile drawing (front, side and top view) of a Fi 156C-3 Eastern Front.

Hopefully our colleagues will be able to come up with better references. I'm looking for a decent photo of the instrument panel, so if you come across one, please advise. Good luck. Dave

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Philippe DM
Fi 156 references
Tue Sep 14, 2026 09:14
80.200.223.240

Complementary to Dave's listing, I can add next books:
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Janusz Piekalkiewicz
Motorbuch Verlag
1977

Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch"
Der Gechichte des legendären Kurzstart- und Verbindungsflugzeuge
Flugzeug Profile 34
Manfred Griehl
Flugzeug Publikations GmbH
1999

Fieseler Storch 156 C
Museumstücke im Detail
Band 1
Jens Nissen
VDM Heinz Nickel
1999

Storch in Detail:
Fieseler Fi 156 - German Spoter and Communication Aeroplane
Special Museum Line nº 12
Frantisek Koran & Martin Velek
WWP - Wings & Wheels Publications
2000

HTH,

Very best regards,

Philippe

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Kari Lumppio
Archiv Hafner
Tue Sep 14, 2026 09:50
130.233.83.21

Hello!

Check Archiv Hafner for faximile handbooks for Fi-156:
http://www.luftfahrt-archiv-hafner.de/Teilliste9-Fi-Tab.htm

Cheers,
Kari

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Mikael Olrog
Fieseler Storch drawings
Tue Sep 14, 2026 16:36
213.89.147.74

Since I recognize your name I assume you're looking for drawings to rebuild the real scale 1:1 machines?

Deutsches Museum in Münich would probably have some material since they have a lot of technical documents.

Another option is Krigsarkivet in Stockholm which have material and big blue prints on many of the aircraft operated in Sweden. Don't know from the top of my head if they have anything on the Fi 156 though but it is not unlikely.

France would be a natural place to search in as would Czech Republic. NTM in Prague has an excellent collection of technical documents. Again I haven't checked them for the Fi 156 but for other material they had a lot, even material not found in Münich.

/Mikael

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Mike Walton
Mikael-your right about the rebuild (nm)
Wed Sep 15, 2026 14:54
32.102.44.179

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Mike Walton
Thank you for the responses (nm)
Wed Sep 15, 2026 14:53
32.102.44.179

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Charles Metz
[email protected]
More Stoch references
Thu Sep 16, 2026 22:58
128.135.56.76

Mike,

Appended below is an annotated list of Storch detail references, some of which contain drawings.

Charles Metz

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** Fi 156 detail references **

Anttonen and Valtonen: 'Luftwaffe Suomessa -- in Finland 1941-1944 (Vol.1)' (Luftwaffe Suomessa series, No. 1; Petteri Patolinna [Finland], 1976; in Finnish and English; 144 pages) -- underside of fuselage (p. 135)

Bateson: 'Fieseler Fi 156 Storch' (Aircraft Profile series, No. 228; Profile Publications [UK], [undated]; 24 pages) -- Fi 156 V2 cockpit detail (p. 122); Fi 156C wing bomb rack (p. 125, 126); Fi 156U V2 cockpit detail (p. 127)

Beauvais, Kössler, Mayer and Regel: 'Flugerprobungsstellen bis 1945: Johannisthal, Lipsek, Rechlin, Travemünde, Tarnewitz, Peenemünde-West' (Die deutsche Luftfahrt series, No. 27; Bernard & Graefe Verlag [Germany], 1998; in German; 364 pages) -- four-wheeled landing gear (p. 208c)

Bentley et al.: 'Classics of World War Two' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Argus Books [UK], 1989; 96 pages) -- Fi 156C multi-view drawings (p. 37-40)

Cohausz: 'Deutsche Flugzeugcockpits und Instrumentenbretter Zweiter Weltkrieg: Arado - Fieseler' (Cockpit Profile series, No. 4; Flugzeug Publikations [Germany], 1999; in German and English; 51 pages) -- Fi 156C cockpit detail (p. 41, 50)

Cohausz: 'Cockpits deutscher Flugzeug: Historische Instrumentierungen von 1911-1970' (Aviatic Verlag [Germany], 2026; in German; 302 pages) -- Fi 156C cockpit detail (p. 165-168)

Donald (ed.): 'Warplanes of the Luftwaffe' (Aerospace / AIRtime [UK / USA], 1994; 254 pages) -- Fi 156C-2 cutaway drawing (p. 56, 57)

Feist and Dario: 'Luftwaffe in Action (Part 4)' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 8; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1973; 49 pages) -- cockpit detail [version?] (p. 7, 8)

Franzke (ed.): 'Archiv: Band 9' (Flugzeug Foto-Archiv series, No. 9; Flugzeug Publikations [Germany], 1998; in German and English; 107 pages) -- Fi 156D ambulance door (p. 38)

Karnas and Przymusiala: 'Fi 156 Storch: Vol. I' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 68; Militaria [Poland], 1998; in Polish and English; 75 pages) -- cockpit detail [version?] (back cover); Fi 156C-1 multi-view drawings (p. 34-37); Fi 156C-3 multi-view drawings (p. 36, 37)

Karnas and Przymusiala: 'Fi 156 "Storch", Moraine-Saulnier MS 500/506 "Criquet": Vol. II' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 100; Militaria [Poland], 1999; in Polish and English; 58 pages) -- Fi 156C canopy (p. 18-20, 44), cockpit detail (p. 16, 17, 21-23, 55, 56), cowl (p. 37), engine (p. 35, 7), engine bay (p. 9, 36, 37), fuselage structure (p. 14, 17, 21, 22), landing gear (p. 32, 34), propeller (p. 38), tail (p. 24, 25), wings & wing struts (p. 20, 26-31, 41, 42); Fi 156D canopy (p. 19); multi-view drawings of various versions (p. 12, 13, 49, 50)

Keskinen and Stenman: 'German Aircraft in Finland 1939-1945' (Suomen Ilmavoimien Historia series, No. 16; Apali Oy [Finland], 1998; in Finnish and English; 128 pages) -- Fi 156C-5 ventral fuel tank (p. 114)

Koran and Velek: 'Fieseler Fi 156 Storch in Detail' (Special Museum Line series, No. 12; Wings & Wheels Publications [Czech Republic], 2026; in English; 48 pages) -- Fi 156C cockpit detail (p. 20-24), cutaway drawings (p. 6), various other details (p. 4, 5, 7-19, 25-47)

Nohara: 'Luftwaffen Warplane [sic] 1928-45' (Illustrated Warplane History series, No. 7; Green Arrow [Japan], 2026; in Japanese; 316 pages) -- Fi 156C-1 cockpit detail (p. 233)

Nowarra: 'Fieseler 156 "Storch"' (Waffen-Arsenal series, No. 59; Podzun-Pallas-Verlag [Germany], 1979; in German; 48 pages) -- cockpit detail [version?] (p. 11, 31), engine bay [version?] (p. 25), wingfold [version?] (p. 45); drawings of various canopies (p. 10, 33)

Nowarra: 'Nahaufklärer 1910-1945' (Motorbuch Verlag [Germany], 1981; in German; 198 pages) -- cowl [version?] (p. 94)

Ries: 'Dora-Kurfürst und rote 13: Band I' (Dora-Kurfürst und rote 13 series, No. 1; Verlag Dieter Hoffmann [Germany], 1964; in German; 176 pages) -- Fi 156D cockpit detail (p. 7)

Ries: 'Dora-Kurfürst und rote 13: Band IV' (Dora-Kurfürst und rote 13 series, No. 4; Verlag Dieter Hoffmann [Germany], 1969; in German; 192 pages) -- Fi 156C-5 ventral fuel tank (p. 125)

Sengfelder: 'German Aircraft Landing Gear' (Schiffer / Motorbuch Verlag [USA / Germany], 1993; 243 pages) [translation of 'Flugzeugfahrwerke' (Motorbuch Verlag, 1979)] -- landing gear [version?] (p. 84)

Smith and Gallaspy: 'Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings 1935-45, Vol 3' (Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings series [unnumbered]; Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia], 1977; 164 pages) -- cockpit detail [version?] (p. 155)

Taylor and Moyes: 'Pictorial History of the RAF. Volume Two: 1939-1945' (Pictorial History of the RAF series, No. 2; Arco [USA], 1969; 240 pages) -- wing undersurface (p. 186)

Vajda and Dancey: 'German Aircraft Industry and Production' (SAE International / Airlife [USA / UK], 1998; 330 pages) -- Fi 156C multi-view drawings (p. 195)

Wadman, Bradley and Ketley: 'Aufklärer: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft & Units 1935-1945' (Hikoki [UK], 1997; 272 pages) -- cowl [version?] (p. 98, 99), ventral drop tank [version?] (p. 99)

West: 'The Captive Luftwaffe' (Putnam Aeronautical series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1978; 147 pages) -- cockpit detail [version?] (p. 25)

Wood and Gunston: 'Hitler's Luftwaffe' (Salamander [UK], 1977; 248 pages) -- Fi 156C-2 cutaway drawing (p. 156, 157)

------: 'Luftfahrt Bilder, Texte Dokumente: Handbuch 6' (Mittler [Germany], 1978; in German; 482 pages) [hard-bound version of "Luftfahrt International," issues 16-18] -- Fi 156C access panels (p. 2427), cockpit detail (p. 2412, 2416, 2417, 2425, 2428, 2429), engine [Argus AS 10C] (p. 2422-2424), fuselage structure (p. 2415, 2419, 2420), tail (p. 2418), wing (p. 2419, 2421); Fi 156P cockpit detail (p. 2443, 2444)

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Mike Walton
Thank you
Thu Sep 16, 2026 23:20
32.102.44.251

Charles,
I want to thank you for taking the time to compile such a through list.