Focke-Wulf Fw 200

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The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 was a German long-range airliner later adapted as a maritime patrol and bomber aircraft during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft
airliner
bomber aircraft
long-range airliner
maritime patrol aircraft
aircraftCategory four-engined propeller aircraft
armament bombs
machine guns
countryOfOrigin Germany
crew 5
designer Kurt Tank
engineType piston engine
firstFlight 1937-07-27
fuselageType all-metal stressed-skin construction
introduced 1939
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear
laterAdaptedFor bombing missions
maritime patrol
manufacturer Focke-Wulf
maximumSpeed 360 km/h
nicknamed Condor
notableVariant Focke-Wulf Fw 200 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fw 200 C
numberOfEngines 4
operator Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Lufthansa
Luftwaffe
originalPurpose long-range commercial transport
powerplant BMW 132 radial engine
Bramo 323 radial engine
primaryUser Lufthansa
Luftwaffe
productionPeriod early 1940s
late 1930s
range 3500 km
retired 1945
role anti-shipping bomber
civil airliner
maritime reconnaissance
serviceCeiling 6000 m
tailConfiguration single vertical stabilizer
usedAs Hitler’s personal transport in modified form
usedBy Germany
Imperial Japanese Navy
usedFor Atlantic convoy attacks
long-range reconnaissance over the Atlantic
usedInConflict World War II
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane

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BMW 132 usedInAircraft Focke-Wulf Fw 200
Focke-Wulf notableFor Focke-Wulf Fw 200
this entity surface form: Fw 200 Condor airliner and maritime patrol aircraft
Focke-Wulf aircraftFamily Focke-Wulf Fw 200
this entity surface form: Fw 200 series
Kurt Tank designed Focke-Wulf Fw 200
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor airliner
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 notableVariant Focke-Wulf Fw 200 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fw 200 C
Blohm & Voss Ha 139 successor Focke-Wulf Fw 200
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
Henschel Hs 293 guided missile usedOnAircraftType Focke-Wulf Fw 200
subject surface form: Henschel Hs 293
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
Tank designed Focke-Wulf Fw 200
subject surface form: Kurt Tank
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor