Blohm & Voss BV 141 - One of WW2's Oddest Planes | History and Overview

My first video in a brand new series dedicated solely to history - specifically military history - will focus on the curiously designed BV 141.

In the lead up to, and during the Second World War the development of military aircraft led to some truly innovative designs – and some rather terrifying ones as well.

Built as a tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the Blohm & Voss 141 was indeed a weird one. Despite its unstable looking appearance, the BV 141 was actually found to be quite easy to fly.

The BV 141 was designed as a candidate for the German Air Ministry which issued a specification for a single-engine reconnaissance aircraft with optimal visual characteristics. The eventual winner was the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu; which can be seen as a little odd as their production of a twin-boom design using two small engines went against the requirements set out by the German Air Ministry.

Unfortunately the BV141 would not go on to be produced in large numbers. In total only twenty of these weird aircraft were ever built. The first production run of three prototypes and five BV 141As were found to exceed their design requirements, but they were too under-powered with their current engines.

Twelve BV141bs were built, and were equipped with the more powerful BMW 801 Radial engines, but it had come too little, too late. The German Air Ministry had already put the FW 189 into production and there was a great need for the BMW 801 engines to be used in the new FW 190 fighters.

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