| Caption | Lufthansa airliner version of the Focke-Wulf Condor at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, 11 Aug 1938 after completing the first transatlantic flight from Berlin. ww2dbase | ||||
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| Photo Size | 736 x 495 pixels | ||||
| Photos at Same Place | Brooklyn, New York, United States | ||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||
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Bill says:
26 Oct 2016 07:20:30 PM
ARRIVING FROM BERLIN:
Lufthansa Focke-Wulf FW 200
Condor registered (D-AERE)
was the first Condor built, W.Nr. 2000. First flight September 6, 1937.
Delivered to Lufthansa on February 4, 1938 and re-registered (D-ACON) the (CON for Condor) later flew to Tokyo, later ditched off Manilla salvaged and shipped back to Germany and scrapped.
Bill says:26 Oct 2016 07:20:30 PM
ARRIVING FROM BERLIN:
Lufthansa Focke-Wulf FW 200
Condor registered (D-AERE)
was the first Condor built, W.Nr. 2000. First flight September 6, 1937.
Delivered to Lufthansa on February 4, 1938 and re-registered (D-ACON) the (CON for Condor) later flew to Tokyo, later ditched off Manilla salvaged and shipped back to Germany and scrapped.
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10 Nov 2015 03:18:45 PM
1938 AIR TRAVEL:
Condor (DA-CON) arrives from Berlin to New York
It made a return flight back to the Fatherland arrived Berlin 19 hours and 55 minutes later the aircraft carried no passengers each way, except for the crew and airline officials.
During WWII the FW 200 Condor was operated by the Luftwaffe as a patrol bomber against Allied shipping, a job it wasn't designed for, but modified to carry out...