The Fieseler Fi 98 was a prototype
ground-attack aircraft produced by
German
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aircraft manufacturer
Fieseler as a rival to the
Henschel Hs 123.
Design and development
Fieseler developed the model in response to the
Reich Air Ministry specification of 11 February
1934 calling for a robust
biplane
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for low-level attack and
dive bombing.
Three prototypes were ordered, of which one prototype was completed, and the design was rejected in favour of the
Hs 123. The design of the model, a braced-wing biplane, was essentially obsolescent.
Specifications (Fi 98)
See also
References
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1930s German attack aircraft
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