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Originally coded '''D-ASVX''' Thuringen "1" of DLH,<ref>{{LEMB Archive}}</ref> this particular Condor was the personnel aircraft of Heinrich Himmler, and later Grand Admiral Doenitz. It was found intact at Achmer, Germany in 1945 and, designated '''Air Min 96,''' was painted in RAF roundels, while still carrying Luftwaffe aircraft code '''GC+AE.''' Flown to Farnborough on 3 July 1945 for evaluation,<ref>{{Luftwaffe Warplane Survivors}}</ref> it was transferred, along with [[Werk Nr 0181]], to Danish airline D.D.L in February 1946.<ref name="Focke-Wulf Fw 200 - TATWTW p113">{{Focke-Wulf Fw 200 - TATWTW}} Page 113</ref> Werk Nr 0111 was eventually scrapped at Tirstrup, Denmark on 29 July 1947.<ref name="Focke-Wulf Fw 200 - TATWTW p121">Selgado, Juan-Carlos. Page 121</ref> |
Originally coded '''D-ASVX''' Thuringen "1" of DLH,<ref>{{LEMB Archive}}</ref> this particular Condor was the personnel aircraft of Heinrich Himmler, and later Grand Admiral Doenitz. It was found intact at Achmer, Germany in 1945 and, designated '''Air Min 96,''' was painted in RAF roundels, while still carrying Luftwaffe aircraft code '''GC+AE.''' Flown to Farnborough on 3 July 1945 for evaluation,<ref>{{Luftwaffe Warplane Survivors}}</ref> it was transferred, along with [[Werk Nr 0181]], to Danish airline D.D.L in February 1946.<ref name="Focke-Wulf Fw 200 - TATWTW p113">{{Focke-Wulf Fw 200 - TATWTW}} Page 113</ref> Werk Nr 0111 was eventually scrapped at Tirstrup, Denmark on 29 July 1947.<ref name="Focke-Wulf Fw 200 - TATWTW p121">Selgado, Juan-Carlos. Page 121</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 1 August 2017
History[]
Originally coded D-ASVX Thuringen "1" of DLH,[1] this particular Condor was the personnel aircraft of Heinrich Himmler, and later Grand Admiral Doenitz. It was found intact at Achmer, Germany in 1945 and, designated Air Min 96, was painted in RAF roundels, while still carrying Luftwaffe aircraft code GC+AE. Flown to Farnborough on 3 July 1945 for evaluation,[2] it was transferred, along with Werk Nr 0181, to Danish airline D.D.L in February 1946.[3] Werk Nr 0111 was eventually scrapped at Tirstrup, Denmark on 29 July 1947.[4]
Sources[]
- ↑ LEMB Archive
- ↑ Luftwaffe Warplane Survivors
- ↑ Selgado, Juan-Carlos. Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor - The Airliner that went to War. Cheveron Publishing Ltd. 2008. ISBN 978 1 90322 96 3. Page 113
- ↑ Selgado, Juan-Carlos. Page 121