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Mark Allen M
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If you know your deep "Luftwaffe" history then you will be able to follow the quote below. Interesting scheme on this Fw 200 Condor.

"FW 200C-4/U1 WNr.0137 code CE+IB of the F.d.F. had been Himmler's personal transport, and it made it to the end of the war, when on 23 April 1945 Hptm. Erich Geißelhardt flew Dr. Morell from Berlin-Gatow in this aircraft."
(Thx to the modeler GRM for the history on this Fw 200 in winter camo)
Looks to have been a High-speed transport aircraft, with accommodation for 14 passengers, with only one example built.

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According to www.luftwaffe-experten.org/stam-g.html this aircraft had been Heinrich Himmler's personal aircraft before being captured by the British and taken under the wing of the Air Ministry.

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CE+1B was Hitler's personal Fw 200C-4, as of December 1942.

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It will be nice to see the civil one being restored. Does anyone here know if there are substantial remains of a military version that could form the basis for a restoration?

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JohnB wrote:
It will be nice to see the civil one being restored. Does anyone here know if there are substantial remains of a military version that could form the basis for a restoration?



The 'civil' example being rebuilt was a military version. We did a major feature on this aircraft a couple of issues ago which details the recovery itself, ongoing recoveries for parts, work done to date and the 'whys and where's' of how it will be displayed. The world's largest WWII rebuild project is a fascinating story.

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Dave - for those interested, the Return of the Condor article was in Classic Wings Issue 100, pages 20-25. All the best.

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Yup....never noticed.....

But the nose does look like a Condor!!!! Specially in white......

As always.....tks Mark!!!!

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I believe that Eric "Winkle" Brown used this as his personal transport for a short while.
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Looks like she's running a bit rich on the mixtures...

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