Blohm & Voss BV238 Flying Boat

The Blohm & Voss BV 238 was a German flying boat constructed in World War II. It was the heaviest aircraft ever flown when it first flew in 1944, and physically was the largest aircraft produced by any of the Axis powers in World War II. The BV 238 V1 prototype, bearing the four-letter Stammkennzeichen (factory radio code] of RO EZ, first flew on March 11, 1944 after a first jump on March 10th, 1944. Six 1750 hp ( MW) Daimler-Benz DB 603 inverted V12 piston engines were used in total, arranged in thr