Development
In 1937, the German Air Ministry - the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) - issued a specification for a single-engine reconnaissance aircraft with optimal visual characteristics. The preferred contractors were Arado with their Arado Ar 198, but the prototype proved unsuccessful. The eventual winner was the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Rama, as much as its twin-boom design did not match the requirement of a single engined aircraft. Blohm & Voss (Hamburger Flugzeugbau) although not invited to participate, pursued as their private venture something far more radical. The proposal of chief designer Dr. Richard Vogt was the unique asymmetric BV 141.
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