The Failed Bomber That Hamstrung Germany: Focke Wulf Fw 191

Video Description

In this video, we take a look at the Focke-Wulf Fw 191, a German bomber from World War II that was part of the Bomber B or B Bomber project, a competition to build a new schnellbomber that would replace the Junkers Ju 88 and Dornier Do 17. We first talk about the preceeding project, Bomber A, and the attempt to construct new, higher-power engines in the Jumo 222 and DB 604. We talk about the general concept of Bomber B, and how it was to create a sort-of "superbomber". We talk about the candidates in the competition, in the Junkers Ju 288, Dornier Do 317, Arado E.340, and the Fw 191. We then briefly go over the other three competitors, before talking about the Fw 191's rather bland, standard appearance, which covered the fact that it had an interesting internal difference that gave it the nickname of the "Flying Powerstation". We talk about the rather quick failure of the "powerstation" system, and how both the Fw 191 and the other competitors were harmed by the failure of the DB 604 and Jumo 222 engines. We talk about the attempts to save the projects, and end by talking about how their eventual failure had a cascading effect on the Luftwaffe as a whole.