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Name this MWiF Counter - 15
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:11 pm
by Greyshaft
lots of clues in this photo...
RE: Name this MWiF Counter - 15
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:51 pm
by Bart_Breedyk
Best guess is a Focke-Wulfe Condor, but that bird cage on the nose and the possibility of a split tail puzzles me.
RE: Name this MWiF Counter - 15
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:17 pm
by terje439
Ju 290 A7 - this one even has the production number 0165 PI+PS [:D] The inscription was painted by the german pilot Hauptmann Braun, who was also the same pilot who flew this very plane from Europe to the US post-war.
RE: Name this MWiF Counter - 15
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:33 am
by Greyshaft
Give the man the cigar...
ORIGINAL: terje439
Ju 290 A7 - this one even has the production number 0165 PI+PS [:D] The inscription was painted by the german pilot Hauptmann Braun, who was also the same pilot who flew this very plane from Europe to the US post-war.
RE: Name this MWiF Counter - 15
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:47 am
by terje439
the plane's name made it rather easy [:)]
RE: Name this MWiF Counter - 15
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:31 pm
by Greyshaft
ORIGINAL: terje439
the plane's name made it rather easy [:)]
like I said, lots of clues in the photo[:D]
RE: Name this MWiF Counter - 15
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:32 am
by Greyshaft
The Junkers Ju 290A with four 1,970hp engines was developed as a long range maritime patrol and recon aircraft. It first flew in mid 1942 and the first production units were pressed into service to aid in the Stalingrad airlift. The 6,150km range of these aircraft made them extremely useful in spotting convoys for U-Boats and in operating a shuttle service to Manchuria to exchange German technology for Japanese rare metals. In 1944 three bombers were sold to Japan to assist in the bombing of the US homeland but they were never delivered. A number of variants were built but production of all units was stopped in October 1944.