Название: Fw 200 Condor Units of World War II (Osprey Combat Aircraft 115)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2016
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 98
Размер: 31 Mb
Язык: English

The Fw 200 Condor first made an appearance over Norway in April 1940, flying with the unit that eventually become synonymous with it - Kampfgeschwader 40. As the war in the west progressed, and German forces advanced, French airfields opened up, allowing the Condor to fly around the UK and out into the Atlantic, where it rapidly established itself as one of the key menaces to Allied shipping. Able to attack shipping directly, or able to guide U-Boats to their prey the Condor scored its first major success when it crippled the liner Empress of Great Britain.