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Re: FW200 as missile carrier

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Originally Posted by jim norton

hi,
i have a flugbuch of IV. and III./KG 40. on may 9th f8+lw and f8+cw where training with each 2 hs 293 over the baltic sea. maybe that helps. the to+xo is also reported in this document beeing at lechfeld in 3/44.
regards
jim

Hello!

Does the Flugbuch have any flights with F8+HT? Especially transfer flights to Finland/Norway?

As Juha mentioned earlier it was likely one of the Röyttä (harbour of town Tornio) attackers. There are two photos of this a/c at Kemi before the Lapland War (Finns vs. Germans).
Kemi is only some 20 km (~12,5 miles) away from Torinio/Röyttä. One of the photos shows bulge on the starboard side of the nose, AFAIK that is the recognition feature for missile carrier (Fw 200 C-8 ). In the bulge was probably the missile control equipment.

Regards,
Kari

Re: FW200 as missile carrier

hi,
no, sorry, there are only flights in germany and france.
regards
jim

Re: FW200 as missile carrier

According to Air Ministry Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 228 of 15.01.1944, the first sortie to be flown by a FW 200 eqipped with the Hs 293 on operations took place on 28.12.1943 with FW 200C-4 W.Nr. 0189 F8+MR with Hptm. Wilhelm Dette (Staffelkapitän of 9./K.G.40) as commanding officer. It took off from Cognac at 06.30 hours together with three other FW 200. F8+MR was the only one to carry the Hs 293 (Kehl IV). On the return flight, one engine caught fire and the aircraft had to be ditched. The crew managed to get into their dinghy. The entire crew, except the radio operator, were later rescued by a british trawler and brought to UK.
According to my notes the Kehl IV conversions of the FW 200 were as follows
FW 200C-3 became FW 200C-6
FW 200C-4 became FW 200C-7
FW 200C-5 became FW 200C-8
The final production version of Focke-Wulf was the FW 200C-5. The others were conversions from already produced aircraft. The conversions were carried out by Dornierwerke Friedrichshafen (DW F).