{"product_id":"focke-wulf-fw-200-chris-goss-9781848324879","title":"Focke-Wulf FW 200: The Luftwaffe's Long Range Maritime Bomber","description":"Originally built as an airliner that could carry passengers across the Atlantic for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor developed into the Luftwaffe's principal long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. It was used in the North Sea and in the Atlantic, searching for Allied convoys and warships, passing on information to waiting U-boats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fw 200 was also capable of carrying a bomb load of up to 2,000kg, and it was claimed that Condors sank more than 300,000 tons of Allied shipping. By September 1940, one unit, KG 40 based at Bordeaux-Mèrignac in Occupied France, had sunk over 90,000 tons of Allied shipping. For the next three years the C-series Condors were described by Winston Churchill as 'the scourge of the Atlantic', eventually being overcome by the introduction of long-range Coastal Command aircraft, escort carriers and the deployment of Catapult-Armed Merchantman vessels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fw 200 was also used as a troop transport, capable of carrying thirty fully armed soldiers. One Fw 200 was even converted into a luxury, two-cabin airliner for use as Hitler's personal airplane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this selection of unrivaled images collected over many years, and now part of Frontline's new \u003ci\u003eAir War Archive\u003c\/i\u003e series, the operations of this famous aircraft are portrayed and brought to life through the firsthand accounts of the pilots who flew them and those that fought against them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Goss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848324871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848324879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Frontline Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 7.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Chris Goss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097081913599,"sku":"9781848324879","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/focke-wulf-fw-200-chris-goss-9781848324879","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}