An old friend of mine likes to read up on floatplanes.
He is having difficulty finding out much information on the Blohm und Voss Ha139 4-engined floatplane designed and used to be catapulted off a transatlantic ship to speed the mail to it’s destination. First flying in 1937, 3 were built.
The only published source he has been able to find so far is in “Catapult Aircraft” by Lee Marriott.
Can anyone here suggest additional sources ?
Thanks – Roger Smith.
By: bearoutwest - 15th February 2017 at 13:13
I’ve just noticed that there is an interesting – though expectedly light-weight – article on the Ha139 designer in the May 2017 edition of a US-based bi-monthly aviation history magazine. It does mention the Ha-139 and its land based equivalent in passing.
…geoff
By: John Aeroclub - 3rd February 2017 at 11:05
The best coverage of this aircraft is probably in the 1970’s German language magazine LuftFahrt International, numbers 19 and 20. This covers many external and interior and construction photos as well as drawings for the crane and catapult of the ships installations. Mostly covered in Duggy’s post
John
By: RPSmith - 3rd February 2017 at 08:32
Thanks very much for your assistance folks, all good suggestions for him to follow up. I shall pass the info on to him when I see him next in a couple of weeks time.
Roger Smith.
By: Duggy - 1st February 2017 at 01:04
Lots of photo’s here- https://www.flickr.com/photos/133697406@N05/albums/72157674428401231
Regards Duggy
By: wieesso - 31st January 2017 at 16:19
By: Stony - 31st January 2017 at 11:28
Take a look at:
https://www.warbirdsforum.com/topic/931-got-the-blohm-voss-ha-139-bv-142/?view=getnewpost
By: RedRedWine - 30th January 2017 at 22:48
It got a 2 page spread in RA Saville-Sneath’s “Aircraft Recognition” published in 1941 and re-issued by Penguin in 1990 and 2006. ISBN-13 978-0-141-03033-3.
By: bearoutwest - 30th January 2017 at 08:30
I suggest your friend try typing “Blohm”, “Voss”, “Ha139” in some combination into Google and select the “books” option. There doesn’t appear to be any specific book on the Ha139 as only 3 aircraft were produced. However, the google-books search will give a selection of books with the floatplane referenced….and sometimes, if lucky, you can get a preview of the page.
…geoff
By: trekbuster - 29th January 2017 at 16:59
There is a two page section in William Green’s ‘warplanes of the third reich’ on the Ha139
There are also 5 images and a small amount of text in the Crecy ‘Luftwaffe seaplanes’ by Goss and Rauchbach
Also (for what it is worth) an entry in ‘flying boats and seaplanes’ pocket encyclopedia by Kenneth Munson.
All the above from my limited book collection so I would guess there would be other published texts
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