Aircraft Photo of D-EBVU | Focke-Wulf Fw 61 V1

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	D-EBVU
Aircraft Original Type:	Focke-Wulf Fw-61
Aircraft Generic Type:	Focke-Wulf Fw-61
Aircraft Version:	Focke-Wulf Fw 61 V1
C/n (msn):	931

Location
City / Airport:	BremenMap
Country:	Germany
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EDDW IATA: BRE Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	June 1936 to February 1938
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	659744

Photo Comment
The first Fw 61 helicopter, first flown untethered - and with an uncovered fuselage - on 26 June 1936. Photo assumed taken at Bremen before Hanna Reitsch flew this airframe inside the Deutschlandhalle. It had been put on display at the entrance of the Fw works at Bremen when it was destroyed by bombing in June 1942. Note that the fuselage was taken from an Fw 44 Stieglitz. The engine drove the two rotors and a small propeller which was only for cooling and gave negligible forward thrust. The location is not certain. Photo from: Imperial War Museums This photo was added on 25 February 2024, and has since been viewed 355 times.

Photo Comment

The first Fw 61 helicopter, first flown untethered - and with an uncovered fuselage - on 26 June 1936. Photo assumed taken at Bremen before Hanna Reitsch flew this airframe inside the Deutschlandhalle. It had been put on display at the entrance of the Fw works at Bremen when it was destroyed by bombing in June 1942. Note that the fuselage was taken from an Fw 44 Stieglitz. The engine drove the two rotors and a small propeller which was only for cooling and gave negligible forward thrust. The location is not certain. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

This photo was added on 25 February 2024, and has since been viewed 355 times.

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