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ww2 Blohm & Voss Bv 238
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The mammoth Blohm & Voss Bv 238 was the next evolution in the Blohm & Voss flying boat series for Germany during World War Two. The system was built as the largest aircraft ever produced by any of the Axis powers and was to provide The Reich with extended floatplane capabilities should the series have entered full-scale production. In the end, all the BV 238 project had to show for itself was one damaged prototype and two planned production prototypes started but never finished.
The Bv 238 was powered by a series of six Daimler-Benz piston engines producing upwards of 1,750 each. The powerplants were mounted on a high monoplane wing design with three engines per wing. The initial Bv 238 prototype was airborne by 1944, though it would later be damaged and sunk by allied fighter aircraft while the Bv 238 lay docked. The Bv 239 offered up tremendous range, payload capabilities and respectable speeds for an aircraft of this size and in this role.
The Bv 238 was powered by a series of six Daimler-Benz piston engines producing upwards of 1,750 each. The powerplants were mounted on a high monoplane wing design with three engines per wing. The initial Bv 238 prototype was airborne by 1944, though it would later be damaged and sunk by allied fighter aircraft while the Bv 238 lay docked. The Bv 239 offered up tremendous range, payload capabilities and respectable speeds for an aircraft of this size and in this role.
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| written by: sutra at 2008-05-09 16:45:11 | reply to this
Hey Mr. know-it-all, wrong plane. At least if your talking about the one in the above picture.
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| written by: fireball at 2008-05-10 05:12:25 | reply to this
This is not a flying boat- but the Giant, converted glider.
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| written by: klaatu at 2008-05-09 17:56:54 | reply to this
great photo sutra!
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| written by: sean at 2008-05-30 19:44:28 | reply to this
Me 323D
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| written by: Mock26 at 2009-03-14 17:21:21 | reply to this
This is one of the few surviving photographs of the fueling of the giant Schnitzelputz, an airplane the Germans developed late in the war that had engines which ran on hay.
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| written by: patito at 2009-03-14 20:46:33 | reply to this
LOL! I would go as far as roll the floor but I have not vacuumed for 2 weeks.
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| written by: poppy at 2009-03-15 17:32:53 | reply to this
