17.05.2009, 22:41
Unit: RAF
Serial: AM97 (ex GC+SJ, W.Nr.0181)
This is the personal airplane of Grossadmiral Karl Donitz, captured in 1945 and pressed into RAF service with register Air Min 97, 1945-1946.
Unit: NII VVS
Serial: ex F8+GW (W.Nr.0034)
This aircraft was tested at NII VVS, Moscow, March-April 1943. This aircraft was captured at Stalingrad. It wore standard navy painting scheme: RLM72/73/65. Note: German codes and markings overpainted by Soviet. Also it still wore KG 40 badge on the nose and sank ship insignia on the tail.
Unit: Deutsche Lufthansa
Serial: D-ACON (ex D-AERE)
On 10 August 1938 this aircraft flew from Berlin to New_York. On 28th November 1938 it flew by route Berlin-Basrah -Karachi-Ha Noi-Tokyo. It successfully flew to Tokyo, but crashed during return back neat Manila due to lack of fuel.
(The link is inoperative)
P.S: I tried my best... took me a while. Skinning the FW-200 is hard because the textures warp all over the place.. it took a while to get as close to precise as possible...
Serial: AM97 (ex GC+SJ, W.Nr.0181)
This is the personal airplane of Grossadmiral Karl Donitz, captured in 1945 and pressed into RAF service with register Air Min 97, 1945-1946.
Unit: NII VVS
Serial: ex F8+GW (W.Nr.0034)
This aircraft was tested at NII VVS, Moscow, March-April 1943. This aircraft was captured at Stalingrad. It wore standard navy painting scheme: RLM72/73/65. Note: German codes and markings overpainted by Soviet. Also it still wore KG 40 badge on the nose and sank ship insignia on the tail.
Unit: Deutsche Lufthansa
Serial: D-ACON (ex D-AERE)
On 10 August 1938 this aircraft flew from Berlin to New_York. On 28th November 1938 it flew by route Berlin-Basrah -Karachi-Ha Noi-Tokyo. It successfully flew to Tokyo, but crashed during return back neat Manila due to lack of fuel.
(The link is inoperative)
P.S: I tried my best... took me a while. Skinning the FW-200 is hard because the textures warp all over the place.. it took a while to get as close to precise as possible...