Blohm Und Voss BV141

Blohm Und Voss BV141

Photo 1 is a starboard side view of a BV 141 flying.
Photo 2 is BV 141 seen from the front and underneath.
Photo 3 is a BV141 seen from starboard and slightly above.
The aircraft was designed for short range reconnaissance with a crew of three.

Three b/w photographs on an album page

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BV 141

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Blohm Und Voss BV141.
Resulting from a 1937 requirement for a short range reconnaissance plane with a single engine & accommodation for a crew of three, the BV141 first flew in prototype form during February 1938 as an unorthodox machine with an extensively glazed crew nacelle offset to starboard of the centreline & the 865 hp BMW 132N radial engine to port at the front of the boom supporting the tail unit. The German air ministry preferred the competing Focke-Wulf FW 189, but the manufacturers enterprise in building three prototypes paid off in an order for five pre-production BV141A’s. These were evaluated up to April 1940, but no production was ordered & all further development was cancelled in 1942.

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