A distinctive twin-boomed, three-engined flying boat nicknamed the 'Flying Clog', it shadowed Arctic convoys to guide U-boats onto them and flew long-range reconnaissance over the North Atlantic and Arctic from bases in occupied Norway.
A German Blohm & Voss Bv 138 reconnaissance flying-boat, 1937. The Blohm + Voss BV 138 was a World War II German flying boat that functioned as the Luftwaffe's main long-range maritime reconnaissance.Ministry of Information photograph · Public domain · sourceA German Blohm & Voss BV 138 float plane being lifted aboard the German aircraft tender Friesenland, in Norwegian waters, during the Second World War.Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · sourceA German Blohm & Voss Bv 138 flying boat settles in the water after being shot down by a Bristol Beaufighter of No. 404 Squadron RCAF while escorting a Naval force off the north coast of Scotland.Sgt. A.D. Glasgow, RCAF · Public domain · source
