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Blohm & Voss BV 142 – aircraft developed for the transatlantic airmail service, originally designed for the Luft Hansa.
First flight: 11 October 1938.
Total production: 4
BV 142 V4 PC+BE France 1940
BV142 landing
BV 142 V2 of the 1.(F)/AGrObdL France 1940
BV 142 V1 D-AHFB 1938
Blohm & Voss BV 142 – front
Blohm & Voss BV 142 on the ground
BV 142 V2/U1 code PC+BC W.Nr. 219 of the 2./Aufkl. St. /Ob. d. L. – 1940
BV142 V2/U1 PC+BC WNr 219, ex D-ABUV “Kastor” – 1940
BV142 V2/U1 PC+BC WNr 219 1940 – frontal view
Blohm & Voss BV 142 – aircraft developed for the transatlantic airmail service, originally designed for the Luft Hansa.
First flight: 11 October 1938.
Total production: 4
Serials and markings
- V1, W.Nr. 218, D-AHFB “Pollux”, PC+BB
- V2, W.Nr. 219, D-ABUV “Kastor”, PC+BC
- V3, W.Nr. 437, D-ATTA “Burgenland”, PC+BD
- V4, W.Nr. 438, PC+BE
Bibliography
- David Donald: Warplanes of the Luftwaffe, Barnes and Noble 1994
- Jet & Prop 3/2009
- David Wadman, John Bradley: Aufklarer – Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft & Units 1935-1945, Hikoki Publications, 1997
- J.R. Smith, Antony L. Kay – German Aircraft of the Second World War, Putnam 1990
- Samoloty Luftwaffe 1933-1945 Tom I & II – Marek Murawski, Ilustrowana Encyklopedia Techniki Wojskowej (polish)