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A shot of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 - Hemnesfjorden - Early May 1940 These planes served the Luftwaffe’s mainstay long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft, and where often used to bring in supplies and deliver mail to and from.  It was noted that this plane in specific: “Arrived safely and took our letters, but was shot to pieces by an English destroyer and sank just south of Finneidfjord.”

A shot of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 - Hemnesfjorden - Early May 1940

These planes served the Luftwaffe’s mainstay long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft, and where often used to bring in supplies and deliver mail to and from. 

It was noted that this plane in specific:

“Arrived safely and took our letters, but was shot to pieces by an English destroyer and sank just south of Finneidfjord.”

#WWII #Aviation #Nautical #Flying Boat #Sea Plane #Luftwaffe #History
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