Focke-Wulf Fw 300

The Focke-Wulf Fw 300 was a proposed very-long-range civil airliner, transport, reconnaissance aircraft and anti-ship aircraft designed by Focke-Wulf in 1941 and 1942 to replace the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor. It would have had an all-metal airframe, a low-wing cantilever layout, a pressurised fuselage with a smooth forward fuselage and nose somewhat like the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, retractable landing gear and space for up to 50 passengers in individual compartments. Four wing-mounted piston engines were proposed, either the 24-cylinder Junkers Jumo 222 or the 12-cylinder inverted-V Daimler-Benz DB 603, both liquid-cooled. In the military version an eight-man crew would sit in one pressure cabin with remotely operated defensive guns, and guided missiles would be carried for anti-ship missions. Design work was shelved as the need for long-range aircraft diminished, and construction of a prototype was never started.