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U-255 VIIC und Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache U-Boat resupply
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U-255 VIIC und Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache U-Boat resupply
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Sous-marin U-255 en train de faire le plein d’un hydravion Blohm & Voss BV 138 – Opération Wunderland – Front de l'Est – Août 1943
Photographe : Hirschfeider
Le ravitaillement en mer par des sous-marins allemands permettait de s’affranchir des ravitaillements à terre trop lointains pour patrouiller longuement la zone de la mer de Barents et de la mer de Kara pour détecter les navires soviétiques et les couler. Ici, l’opération de ravitaillement pour survoler le Svalbard, archipel norvégien en mer de Barents.
Blohm & Voss BV 138MS (Minensuch/mine clearing) being lowered into, or hoisted out of the water, location and date unknown. A few BV 138C-1 Seedrache (Sea Dragon) were converted to minesweepers in 1942/43, the self defence armament was removed and a degaussing device, a hoop with the same diameter as the length of the fuselage and magnetic field-generating equipment, was fitted. These were used to sweep for mines and detonate them. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich
Flying Boats of World War 2. Another interesting feature from Warlord comic with art by Ian Kennedy.
The Walrus was made by Supermarine.
The BV 138 was nicknamed The Flying Clog.
The Japanese 'Emily', shown at the bottom, was considered by many to be one of the best in this category.
DC Thomson.
Blohm & Voss Bv 138 and the Romanian He-114, somewhere in the Black Sea.
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The German aircraft tender Westfalen at Tromsø, Norway, circa in 1943. Two Blohm & Voss BV 138 are visible on deck.
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Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon) flying boat rendezvousing with a U-Boat, 1943. Even though the official name was Seedrache, it was more often called Der Fliegende Holzschuh (The Flying Clog). The BV 138 had an excellent service record and because it had diesel engines, it could transfer fuel from U-Boats to extend its range. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich
[1997] The Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon) had an excellent service record and was one of the few Luftwaffe planes to have a tail turret. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich