BV 141 vs Fw 189: When Genius Looked Wrong
It flew beautifully. Its pilots praised it. And yet the Blohm & Voss BV 141 was rejected—not because it failed, but because it looked wrong. Meanwhile, its rival, the Focke-Wulf Fw 189, became the Luftwaffe’s ‘Flying Eye,’ a conventional twin-boom workhorse that served across the Eastern Front. In this video, I’ll explore how perception, politics, and power sealed the fate of one of history’s strangest aircraft.
Music Credits:
Revive The Light - Ryan Stasik, Kanika Moore (used in intro clip)
Inverted - Hampus Naeselius
The Thick of It - Jon Bjork
Twisted Energy - Dream Cave
Photo Credits:
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1980-117-01, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141, Date-6May1942, Source-German Federal Archive
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-0725-526, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141, Date-1942, Source-German Federal Archive
Blohm & Voss BV 141 (20489475180), Date-16August2015, Author-FaceMePLS from The Hague, The Netherlands
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B21073, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141, Date-6May1942, Source-German Federal Archive
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-602-B1226-24, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141, Date-January1942, Source-German Federal Archive
Bundesarchiv bild 101I-602-B1227-08A, Aufklärungsflugzeuge Blohm - Voß BV 141, Date-1942, Source-German Federal Archive
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-602-B1227-17A, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141, Date-January 1942, Source-German Federal Archive
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-602-B1226-25, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141, Date-January 1942, Source-German Federal Archive
MG08 Ausbildung 1937 05, Date-8August2019, Author-Oberfeldarzt Dr. Paul Calwer
A German airplane on Tattarisuo Air Field 1937 (3711B; JOKAHBL3B H12-1), Date-2September1937, Source-https://finna.fi/Record/museovirasto...., Permission-Suomi: CC BY 4.0
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