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[DHumphrey]

Mike,

I know that you said the aircraft is German, but the cockpit looks very similar to a Ki-45 cockpit.

[SAS~Storebror]

That's probably because both planes are built for the same purpose.
Nevertheless, the one I'm asking for is definitely german and has no further connection with the "Nick" except for the fact that they were supposed to fulfill the same task.


Mike

[SAS~Storebror]

Nobody?
C'mon...
We're in the time before WW2 and this was supposed to be a german "destroyer", a heavy twin engine fighter.
Enough clues?


Mike

[mexchiwa]

Ok, after looking at every other German twin I can think of, here's my wild-ass guess:  Hs-124? 

[SAS~Storebror]

No sorry, not a Henschel.

[Shakaali]

Focke-Wulf Fw 57, maybe?

[SAS~Storebror]

Hooray!!!
Shakaali nailed it!
It's indeed the Focke-Wulf Fw 57 "Kampfzerstörer", built for a 1934 competition (eventually won by the Bf 110), obsolete by 1935 yet flown with 3 prototypes in 1936.

Your turn Shakaali 

 
Mike

[Shakaali]

Thanks, Mike!

I was going through all pre-war German twin-engined fighters I knew searching for cockpit pictures. I found some pictures of all of them - except Fw 57, so I reckoned that's the one it has to be   

From now on I will be away from home for a couple of days, so it's an open round.

[Graeme]

G'day Mike.

Looking at your cockpit photos - so there's no access area for the bomb-aimer to enter/exit the main cockpit? I was thinking the controls would've been offset to port and if the bomber-aimer was lying prone, we'd almost be able to see his feet?

[SAS~Storebror]

There is no access to the forward compartment indeed, but that one doesn't hold a bomb-aimer but a gunner instead.
The cockpit pretty much resembles the later Fw 190 layout and there's a fixed wall between the cockpit and the front gunner compartment, with the cockpit being elevated to give a better FOV for the pilot.
The plane itself was underpowered, hard to fly and slower than the bombers it should escort.
It's been almost as large as a He-111, but heavier (!) and aerodynamically less efficient.
A massive fail altogether.

Now that it's an open round, how about the next cockpit? Guess the plane for this:



Mike

[LameHawk]

Immediate thought: Siebel 204

[SAS~Storebror]

Immediately right LameHawk, your turn


Mike