[Marc BENOIT]

Hello,

Martin is right talking about the clarification of the Condor's first ops' !
To the questions :

1) Here again, Martin is right : the Fw 200 C-0 never existed !
At the beginning, 1/KG 40 had some He 111s and recevied 2 Condors for training purposes between 11.39 and 03.40 :
* WNr 2484, V-2, D-AETA Westfalen, then F8 + GH

* WNr 2895, S-3, D-AMHC Nordmark, then F8 + HH

These 2 planes were handed over to 4/KGrzbV 107 in march 40 as the C-1's serie began to be delivered in january 40 and sustained various testing at Rechlin before going to 1/KG 40
By the end of june 40, 9 C-1 (of 11 ) and 4 C-2 (of 7) had been delivered

2) By the end of october 40, 3 Fw 200 C-3 had been delivered, WNr 0027 being destroyed on 23.11.1940 in an RAF air raid on Bordeaux-Mérignac ( together with WNr 0009 )

3) I'd say no

4) No C-0

5) and 6)
Very difficult to answer. Until the end of june there were just enough planes to equip one Staffel and in the mission reports it's only question of 1/KG 40

7) Seems very high ( few a/c and photos )

8) Oblt Jope was on one of his first missions when he attacked the "Empress of Britain". Unfortunately, his flightbooks were destroyed, so I'm afraid that his Condor cannot be documented...

9) Yes, there are many sinkings, beginning with the " Van Dick " on 9-10 june, but : owing to the few a/c available, a crew did not have his own plane. The victory markings concern the a/c, not the crew !
I made some drawings years ago, will try to grabble them

Hope to have clarified the situation a little !
Regards
Marc