Gotha W.D.14

The Gotha WD.14 was a three-seater derived from the Gotha W.D.11. While the W.D.11 was well-built, it was underpowered to carry such a heavy load, so the W.D.14 switched to twin 220hp Benz engines. They were delivered between July 1917 and February 1918 as reconnaissance planes, and torpedo-carrying production resumed in 1918 and continued through the end of the war. Most W.D.14s were were used from flying stations on the North Sea such as Zeebrügge.

Sixty-nine WD.14s were ordered, but only 52 were delivered. Torpedo bombing was found to be too difficult and dangerous to be productive, and the later planes in this series were converted to long-range naval reconnaissance planes.