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The following two entries are mutually inconsistent, and I don't think that the associated ref is correctly stated: On 11 October 1944, Luftwaffe Fw 200C-4 (radio code F8+ES, Work Number 0163) of 8./KG 40 crashed at Kvanntoneset, Norway due to tail separation while flying over Lavanger fjord, killing all 51 on board.

On 21 April 1945, a Deutsche Lufthansa Fw 200KB-1 (D-ASHH, Hessen) crashed near Piesenkofen, Germany, killing all 21 on board. This crash is the deadliest accident involving the Fw 200.

In particular, is the 51 figure correct?JonRichfield (talk) 16:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be, I found it in 2 different, reasonably accurate places. - NiD.29 (talk) 07:31, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Cruise altitude

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Something is wrong here: "To fly long distances economically, the Fw 200 was designed to cruise at an altitude of over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) - as high as possible without a pressurized cabin. Existing airliners were designed to cruise at altitudes below 1,500 m (5,000 ft)." 10,000 ft was not "high altitude," even in the 1930s (even First World War biplanes routinely went to 20,000 ft or higher); it's just the limit for passenger comfort in an unpressurized plane. 10,000 ft was well within the capabilities of a DC-2 or DC-3 as well. If the DC-2 and DC-3 had always cruised below 5,000 ft, they wouldn't even have been able to overfly the Appalachians in the eastern US, much less any serious terrain. David (talk)

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