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Aircraft · Germany · 1940-1944

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor

maritime patrol / bomber

A converted airliner turned into the Kriegsmarine's eyes over the Atlantic, the long-ranged Condor shadowed and bombed convoys far beyond fighter cover; Churchill called it 'the scourge of the Atlantic' before improved Allied radar and escort carriers ended its reign.

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crew5-7
top speed360 km/h
range3,560 km
produced~276

Battle of the Atlantic

Information added by Wikimedia users. Fw 200C-3/U-2 SG+KS (later F8+AB), flown by Ritterkreuz recipient Hauptmann Fritz Fliegel of I./KG 40. He was shot down on 18 July 1941 by a lucky AA round from the merchant vessel P
Information added by Wikimedia users. Fw 200C-3/U-2 SG+KS (later F8+AB), flown by Ritterkreuz recipient Hauptmann Fritz Fliegel of I./KG 40. He was shot down on 18 July 1941 by a lucky AA round from the merchant vessel PWalter Frentz · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
Information added by Wikimedia users. Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3 (mit 4x Bramo 323R 9-Zylinder-Sternmotoren), mit dem Kennzeichen F8 + GH (weisses G) der 1. Staffel des Kampfgeschwaders 40 (1./KG 40) zugehörig. Die "C-3" lief
Information added by Wikimedia users. Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3 (mit 4x Bramo 323R 9-Zylinder-Sternmotoren), mit dem Kennzeichen F8 + GH (weisses G) der 1. Staffel des Kampfgeschwaders 40 (1./KG 40) zugehörig. Die "C-3" liefKranz · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
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