Focke-Wulf Fw 42

The Focke-Wulf Fw 42 was a design for a twin-engined medium bomber of canard configuration, drawn up by Heinrich Focke at Focke-Wulf in Germany in the early 1930s in response to a 1929 Reichswehr specification. It was based on his earlier F 19 Ente light transport and had a long slender fuselage with gun positions at each end, an aft-mounted wing, fully retractable tricycle landing gear, an internal bomb bay and a planned crew of six. Two 750 horsepower BMW VI engines were expected to give a top speed near 300 km/h. A full-scale mockup with working gun turrets was built and several air forces showed interest, but no development contract was issued and the project was abandoned. No example was ever built.