CAM ship
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CAM ships were World War II–era British merchant ships used in convoys as a stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available. CAM ship is an acronym for catapult aircraft merchant ship.
The Hawker Sea Hurricane W9182 on the catapult of a CAM ship
A Hurricane IA before launch during trials at Greenock, in 1941
Test launch of a Hurricane at Greenock, Scotland on 31 May 1941
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies, is an all-metal four-engined monoplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was the first heavier-
CAM ship
…and commanded and crewed by the Royal Navy – the CAM ships were ordinary merchant vessels, commanded and crewed by the Merchant Navy. The Luftwaffe had Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft with a range of nearly 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi). After the Fall of France, these aircraft could operate from western France against…
Fw 200 C-3/U2 "SG+KS", became F8+AB of I.Gruppe/KG 40
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 B Condor of Deutsche Luft Hansa (Model)
Fw 200 D-2, export version of B-2 variant, ordered but not delivered to Dai Nippon Kabushiki Kaisha. Later operated by Luft Hansa. Budaörs Airport, 1938 (?)
Danish Fw 200 airliner Dania at Fornebu Airport in Norway in 1939, with early single-wheel main gear.