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Focke-Wulf Fw 200 the Luftwaffe's Long Range Maritime Bomber
Chris Goss
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Description for Focke-Wulf Fw 200 the Luftwaffe's Long Range Maritime Bomber
Paperback. An excellent reference source for modellers and war gamers. Num Pages: 128 pages, Approximately 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Originally built as an airliner that could carry passengers across the Atlantic for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor developed into the Luftwaffe's principal long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. It was used in the North Sea and in the Atlantic, searching for Allied convoys and warships, passing on information to waiting U-boats. The Fw 200 was also capable of carrying a bomb load of up to 2,000kg, and it was claimed that Condors sank more than 300,000 tons of Allied shipping. By September 1940, one unit, KG 40 based at Bordeaux-Merignac in Occupied France, had sunk over 90,000 tons of ... Read more
Originally built as an airliner that could carry passengers across the Atlantic for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor developed into the Luftwaffe's principal long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. It was used in the North Sea and in the Atlantic, searching for Allied convoys and warships, passing on information to waiting U-boats. The Fw 200 was also capable of carrying a bomb load of up to 2,000kg, and it was claimed that Condors sank more than 300,000 tons of Allied shipping. By September 1940, one unit, KG 40 based at Bordeaux-Merignac in Occupied France, had sunk over 90,000 tons of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848324879
SKU
V9781848324879
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Chris Goss
Having retired from the RAF with the rank of Wing Commander, CHRIS GOSS is a regular and highly respected contributor to major aviation publications in the UK, France and Germany, as well the author of fourteen critically acclaimed books covering the air war between 1939 and 1945. Chris completed an MA with Merit in War Studies in 2001.
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