GERMAN ODDITY

One of the most bizarre designs of World War Two, Germany’s Blohm und Voss Bv 141 asymmetric reconnaissance aircraft could have been a stellar performer on the battlefi eld — so why did it lose out to the conventional Fw 189? KARLHEINZ KENS explains the rise and fall of an innovative oddity ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY THOMAS LOVEGROVE Beyond Unconventional
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AEROPLANE JUNE 2009