Set of 7 short video clips about Luftwaffe

German Luftwaffe planes on World War II bombing mission 

Elegant and useful Condor - Focke Wulf Fw200. Part 2. German Dzib - Compiler-

Variants

Fw 200 V1 - First prototype.

Fw 200 V10 - Military prototype designed for Japan.

Fw 200 A-0 - Pre-production batch of fourth to ninth prototypes.

Fw 200 B-1 - Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132Dc engines.

Fw 200 B-2 - Transportation aircraft fitted with four BMW 132H engines.

Fw 200 C-0 - Pre-production batch of 10 aircraft, structural strengthening, the first four were
manufactured as unarmed transports, the remaining six were fitted with armament.

Fw 200 C-1 - First military production version, BMW 132H engines, lengthened ventral gondola, increased defensive armament, provisions for four 250 kg (550 lb) bombs.

Story of Focke-Wulf Fw200 Condor. Part 1. German Dzib -Compiler-

The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies (1) was a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft led to military versions that saw service with the Luftwaffe as long-range reconnaissance and anti-shipping/maritime patrol bomber aircraft.

The Luftwaffe also made extensive use of the Fw 200 as a transport. It achieved success as a commerce raider before the advent of long-range RAF Coastal Command aircraft and CAM ships eliminated its threat(2).

Horten Ho229 - How to reach performance and radar question.Part 2 - compiled by Cesar Winklemann

Horten Ho-229 V3 captured by the United States Army, 1950

In his later life, Reimar Horten promoted the idea that the Horten Ho 229 V3 was intended to be built as a stealth aircraft, which would have placed this jet’s design several decades ahead of its time. Reimar Horten claimed that he wanted to add charcoal to the adhesive layers of the plywood skin of the production model to render it invisible to radar, because the charcoal “should diffuse radar beams, and make the aircraft invisible on radar” (Horten and Selinger 1983). This statement was published in his 1983 co-authored book Nurflügel (which translates as “only the wing”). While this statement refers to the never-made production model, it seems possible that the experimental charcoal addition could have been used on the Horten Ho 229 V3 prototype. The mere mention of early stealth technology sparked the imagination of aircraft enthusiasts across the world and spurred vibrant debate within the aviation community.