Blohm Und Voss BV138

Blohm Und Voss BV138

Photo 1 is a side view of a BV138 kicking up a lot of spray.
Photo 2 is a front view of a BV138 taxting towards the camera.
Photo 3 is a view of the rear of a BV138.
Photo 4 is an air to air view of the port side of a BV138.
Photo 5 is an air to ground view of a BV138 on water.

Five b/w photographs on two album pages

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Blohm & Voss BV138.

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Blohm Und Voss BV138.

The first seaplane designed by Blohm Und Voss was a reconnaisance [sic] flying boat designated HA 138 & first flew in July 1937. Three prototypes were to have been built, each with [deleted] dif [/deleted] different engines, but delays meant that the sole type was recast with three 650 horse power Jumo 205C diesels. Considerable revision was needed to improve water & airborne handling before production was authorised under the designation BV138A, the changed suffix indicating Hamburger Flugzeugbau’s parent company. The aircraft entered service just before the invasion of Norway in April 1940, & was used in that campaign as a transport. Thereafter the type was used to the end of the war, 279 being produced. The Germans dubbed it ‘The Flying Clog’ due to the similarity in shape of the hull to a Dutch clog.