The Fw-200 Condor is one of the most famous aircraft of WW2. A Lufthansa airliner turned into a maritime bomber and reocn aircraft (a purpose it was not structurally suited for), the Condor worked with German U-boats to sink Allied shipping in the early part of the war- the U-boat "Happy Times". The Condor did surprising well; so well, that Churchill called it "The Scourge of the Atlantic" as it threatened Britain's lifeline on the sea. British fighters ultimately defeated the aircraft, but not before it had sunk 500,000 tons of shipping!!! The aircraft when hit caught fire easily and it broke its back many times during landings due to being structurally weak in the rear fuselage- never suited to carry 2.3 tons of bombs. The Fw-200 also was one of the first aircraft to try out the German Hs-293 glide bomb and was the last aircraft into Berlin on a civilian flight arriving from Barcelona on April 14, 1945. Hitler used the Fw-200 as Fuhrerflugzeug (his personal aircraft) and in emergency Hitler would leave the aircraft via a drop-down free-fall seat. Baur, his personal pilot, wanted to get Hitler out of Berlin with a Fw-200 or Ju-290 in April 1945... but the Fuhere refused.