[Chris Goss]

Quicker than I thought!

Page 122 bottom: This is C-3 W.Nr. 0049 F8+FW of 1./K.Gr.z.b.V. 200 at Sslawjanskaja on Kuban/Russia. This overloaded plane, with Ofw. Werner Boeck as pilot, suffered a fuselage break whilst taxying after a flight from Saporoshje.

Page 123/124 top: This photograph shows Fw 200 C-3/U5 W.Nr. 0095 KE+IT, .

Page 125 top: C-8 W.Nr. 0256 at Focke-Wulf Cottbus in Dec 43. The installation of FuG 200 was not a specific distinction between C-4 and C-3 models but was in use from mid-1943 by all versions including the C-3.

Page 125 bottom: This is Fw 200 C-6 W.Nr.0218 F8+AD being prepared for an anti-convoy mission of III./KG. 40 at Merignac on 15 Aug 43.

Page 126 top: Nearing completion is here evidently C-1 W.Nr. 0007.

Page 127 bottom: Main feature of the C-3 were the new and more powerful Bramo 323 R engines in place of the BMW 132 H-1 used by C-1 and C-2 models. There was no strengthening of the fuselage and it was exactly the C-3 that had suffered several fuselage breakings in 1941. The designation Fw 19 for the C-3’s A-Stand is fictitious. The official designation was Drehkranz D 30 mit MG 15 und Plexiglashaube. Main feature was not so much a low-drag but its 360 degree turning around and firing capability. The early C-1 and C-2 A-Stand was aerodynamically the better solution and the low-drag was only counting against the bigger A-Stand of the later C-4.

Page 128: This F8+BR is identified as a C-4 by its HDL 151 in D-Stand.

Page 134 top: Photo was taken in 1942 and shows Fw 200 C-3/U5 W.Nr. 0095, which was ferried from Bordeaux to Staaken on 12 Jan 43 to join K.Gr.z.b.V. 200 and was lost on 19 Jan 43 when Ofw. Grunert of 1 Staffel failed to return from a supply mission to Stalingrad. .

Page 134 bottom: W.Nr. 0085 KE+IJ, a Fw 200 C-3/U4. .

Page 136 top: Hptm. Rudolf Mayr started his military career in Sep 39 with Sonderstaffel Transozean. He joined KG. 40 Feb 41.

Page 146: The designation C-5/U1 was only provisional since all versions beyond W.Nr. 201 were derived from the C-5 basic model. W.Nr. 0221 was later officially designated Fw 200 C-7 and when lost at Camarinas it had Vkz. F8+IT.

Page 147: W.Nr. 0214 was a Fw 200 C-6.

Page 148 top left: This was a He 177 A-5/Rz E (equals A-5/R5) flown by Oblt. Werner Thieme of Stab I/KG 40.

Page 148 bottom: This photo shows He 177 A-1 F8+FH of 1/KG 40 at Fassberg in 1942.

Page 156 bottom: The designation C-8/U10. From W.Nr. 233 onwards production was switched to C-8, which was basically a C-5 and differed from previous models only by using a D30/131 in B-Stand and having an extra 540 ltr. fuel tank in the belly and thus an increased MTOW. W.Nr. 0259 was retroactively equipped for Hs 293 operations and the new designation C-5/FK applied.

Page 157 bottom: Fw 200 C-4 F8+CS is W.Nr. 100.

Page 160: This is not a C-4 but W.Nr. 0256, a factory fresh C-8 that has not been converted to Fw 200 C-5/FK for Hs 293 operations. The scoop on the upper fuselage is the air-inlet for the Kärcher Heizung, the cabin heating system.

Page 162: Kommando Kunkel was initially attached to Fliegerführer Atlantik, as of 20 Feb 44 to Stab/KG.40 and as of 10 Apr 44 to Stab X. Fliegerkorps.

Page 165: There was no Regierungsstaffel but the correct designation for the unit was Fliegerstaffel des Führers (F.d.F.). Himmler’s Condor was Fw 200 C-4/U1 W.Nr. 0176 which was allotted Stkz. GC+CE, but since it was originally intended to be used as Göring’s personal plane, the Stkz. was changed into GC+AE (the same as his previous Ju 52/3m ‘Manfred von Richthofen II‘) and brought to the U1 standards of Hitlers W.Nr. 0137). When delivered during 1943, Göring preferred travelling by train and Himmler took his chance. The plane is seen here at Helsinki’s Malmi airport. The spinners of all F.d.F. Condors were not yellow but white.

Page 166 top: Photo was taken 15 Aug 43 when III./KG 40 operated 21 Fw 200s simultaneously into the air to attack convoy OS 53/KMS 23 during the afternoon. Seen here are Fw 200 C-6 F8+AA (most likely W.Nr. 0210, ex TA+ML) with Maj Robert Kowaleski in the lead and C-6 F8+AD (W.Nr 0218) with Oblt. Alfred Arzinger to the right. The PK-photographer was flying in Oblt. Joachim Ohm’s F8+CD.

Page 166 bottom: Fw 200 C-5/FK prototype DP+ON (W.Nr. 0226) while testing the Hs 293 and Kehl equipment at E-Stelle Karlshagen; initially built as a C-8 model.

Page 167 top: Oblt. Alfred Arzinger’s F8+AD passing over the Gironde outbound to the Bay of Biscay on 15 Aug 43.

Page 167 bottom: A-Stand of Hitler’s Fw 200 C-4/U1 CE+IB (W.Nr. 0137) having installed a DL15/131 with MG 131.

Page 181: Fw 200 C-5/FK F8+FR was not found abandoned in Norway but at Kiel-Holtenau. The Mäander type camouflage was applied already during the spring of 1944 when the plane was based at St. Jean d’Angely. It was not intended as a snow camouflage but used experimentally for camouflage on flights over sea.

Page 186 bottom: Ju 188 F-1 NK+ZG (W.Nr. 280010) photographed here at Bordeaux-Merignac belonged to Kommando Rastedter that was attached to III./KG 40 for radio jamming operations over the Bay of Biscay. The plane failed to return from a mission on 4 Dec 1943 with Ofw. Otto Langner and his crew. Its special radio equipment is evidenced by the additional antenna on top of the cockpit.