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To: abb
"First operational sortie of the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ‘Kondor’, when aircraft of KGrzbV 105 serve as both transports and maritime reconnaissance.

FW-200 Kondor, basis for the FW-300 proposed "Amerika Bomber".

"U.S.A.: Preliminary design studies for a very long range bomber are submitted by Boeing, Lockheed, Douglas and Consolidated."

Can these refer to anything other than the Boeing B-29:

Lockheed B-30:

Douglas B-31:

and Consolidated B-32? --


22 posted on 04/08/2010 1:42:36 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK
Interesting. The other bomber designs are new on me, but it makes sense that the sense of competition between manufacturers.


23 posted on 04/08/2010 3:20:48 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (In order to dream of the future, we need to remember the past. - Bartov)
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