Warplanes of Germany: Luftwaffe Focke-Achgelis helicopter
Deutsche Kampfflugzeuge der Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Focke-Achgelis
German Warplanes flown by the Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Focke-Achgelis
During and after the end of the Second War a number of German Warplanes were captured and evaluated by the Allied forces. Most of these aircraft were later scrapped and therefore only a handful have survived. This is a partial list of aircraft that were known to have been flown by the Luftwaffe.
Während und nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurden eine Reihe deutscher Kampfflugzeuge von den Alliierten erbeutet und ausgewertet. Die meisten dieser Flugzeuge wurden später verschrottet und daher haben nur eine Handvoll überlebt. Dies ist eine unvollständige Liste von Flugzeugen, von denen bekannt war, dass sie von der Luftwaffe geflogen wurden.
(RAF Photos)
Focke-Achgelis Fa 223E (V14) Drache (Dragon) transport helicopter, (Wk. Nr. 22300014), captured at Ainring, Germany. Designated RAF AM233, later VM479. This helicopter was the first to fly across the English Channel. VM479 crashed at Beaulieu, England on 4 Oct 1945.
(USAAF Photo)
Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache, transport helicopter in Luftwffe markings, captured.
(USAAF Photos)
Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache, transport helicopter in USAAF markings.
In January 1945, the German Air Ministry assigned three Drachen to Transportstaffel 40 (TS/40) at Mühldorf, Bavaria, the Luftwaffe's only operational helicopter squadron, equipped with at least five Flettner Fl 282s as well as the Drachen. TS/40 relocated to various sites before ending up at Ainring in Austria, where one of the Drachen was destroyed by its pilot to prevent it being captured and the other two were seized by US forces. The US intended to ferry captured aircraft back to the USA aboard HMS Reaper, but only had room for one of the captured Drachen. The RAF objected to plans to destroy the other, the V14, so Gerstenhauer, with two observers, flew it across the English Channel from Cherbourg to RAF Beaulieu on 6 September 1945, the first crossing of the Channel by a helicopter. The V14 later made two test flights at RAF Beaulieu before being destroyed on 3 October 1945, when a driveshaft failed.
Focke Achgelis Fa 266 Hornisse, helicopter (project)
(Luftwaffe Artwork)
Focke-Achgelis Fa 269, tilt rotor helicopter (project).
(Yachtman Photo)
Focke Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze, autogyro kite, with Fieseler Fi 156 Storch behind it, in the RAF Museum Cosford, England.
(Stahlkocher Photo)
Focke Achgelis Fa 330 A-1 Bachstelze autogyro kite, (Wk. Nr. 100436), USA FE-4617, later T2-4617, National Museum of the USAF.
(USAAF Photo)
Focke Achgelis Fa 330A-1, (Wk. Nr. 100404), USA FE-4618, later T2-4618, was lost in the waters off McDill AFB during trials in Sep 1948.
(Bill McChesney Photo)
Focke Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze, autogyro kite, Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Centre, Chantilly, Virginia.
(MilborneOne Photo)
Focke Achgelis Fa 330, RAF Museum, Cosford.
Focke Achgelis Fa 330 survivors may also be found in the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, and in the RAF Millom Museum, England, the Deutsches Tecknikmuseum, Munich, Germany, and in Le musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Paris, France.
(Luftwaffe drawing)
Focke Achgelis Fa 336, 1944 scout helicopter (project).
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