FW 200 Condor Vs Atlantic Convoy: 1941-43

by Robert Forczyk and Tim Brown

With the fall of France in 1940, Germany suddenly had the opportunity to strike at poorly guarded Allied convoys. The Luftwaffe pressed into service the Fw-200 Condor, a plane that had originally been designed as a civilian airliner and the first plane to fly non-stop from Berlin to New York in 1938. After various modifications, the Fw-200 became the Luftwaffe's long-range maritime patrol and strike bomber. It was devastatingly effective; a single...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846039177
• ISBN13: 9781846039171
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.9"