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The Blohm and Voss Bv 138 was a German reconnaissance flying-boat of the Second World War. The prototype of the BV 138 was built about 1938 and the design adapted for service use. As a reconnaissance flying-boat it was in general use throughout the Second World War, during the later stages of the war operating from bases in Norway over the North Sea and from Germany over the Baltic. It was powered by three engines, and had wings in a high-wing cantilever monoplane arrangement. Armament was comprised of a 20 mm MG 151/20 in the nose turret; one 13 mm MG 131 in the upper rear position; one 20 mm MG 151/20 in the lower rear turret and could also carry up to six 50 kg bombs, four depth-charges or two sea mines. Performance was a maximum speed at sea level of 272 kmh and a maximum range of 3200 km.
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The Blohm and Voss Bv 222 'Wiking' was a German flying boat of the Second World War that was first developed as a proposed civil flying boat for a trans-Atlantic service. The Blohm and Voss Bv 222 was a high wing cantilever monoplane powered by six BMW Bramo 323 R 9-cylinder radial or Junkers Jumo 207 C 12-cylinder opposed compression-ignition engines inline in the leading edges of the wings providing a top speed of 336 kmh. The Blohm and Voss Bv 222 was first flown in 1940, and was first reported in operation in the Mediterranean in 1942. The Blohm and Voss Bv 222 carried a crew of 11 and up to 110 fully equipped troops. Armaments varied but were typically one 13 mm MG 131 machine-gun in a nose turret, one MG 131 machine-gun in a forward dorsal turret, one MG 811 machine-gun in the rear dorsal turret and four MG 81 machine-guns on lateral mountings in the cabin windows.
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The Dornier Do 18 was a German transoceanic mail plane developed for Lufthansa in 1934, and adapted by the Luftwaffe into a four-seater coastal reconnaissance flying-boat, entering military service in 1938. The Do 18G-1 was powered by two Junkers Jumo 205D 6-cylinder vertically opposed inline diesel engines providing a top speed of 260 kmh and a range of 3500 km. Armaments consisted of one 13 mm MG 131 machine-gun in the bow position and one 20 mm MG 151 cannon in the dorsal turret, plus two 50 kg bombs carried on two ETC 50 racks under the starboard wing. A Dornier Do 18 was the first Axis plane brought down by British forces during the Second World War, when Lieutenant B. S. McEwen of the Fleet Air Arm No. 803 Squadron operating from HMS Ark Royal in the North Sea brought one down on the 26th of September 1939. By 1942 the Dornier Do 18 was relegated to air-sea rescue, being mainly replaced by the BV 138.
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BV is an abbreviation for Bouvet Island
BV is an abbreviation for Blessed Virgin
BV is an abbreviation for Boost Vehicle
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