Focke-Wulf Fw 200: The Luftwaffe's Long Range Maritime Bomber

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 s...