Focke Wulf Fw190
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger, was a German, single-seat, single-engine fighter and fighter bomber aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late ’30s. It was used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It partially replaced the Messerschmitt Bf 109 in 1941. Over 20,000 were manufactured, including around 6,000 fighter-bomber models. Production ran from 1941 to the end of hostilities, during which time the aircraft was continually updated. Its later versions retained qualitative parity with Allied fighter aircraft. The Fw 190 was well-liked by its pilots, and was quickly proven to be superior in all but turn radius to the Royal Air Force’s main front line fighter, the Spitfire Mk. V variant, on its combat debut in 1941. The early Fw 190As performance decreased at high altitudes which complicated its use as a high altitude interceptor. These complications were mostly rectified in later models and the introduction of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190D variant.
Like the Bf 109, the Fw 190 was employed as a “workhorse”, and proved suitable for a wide variety of roles, including Air superiority fighter, Strike fighter, Ground-attack aircraft, Escort fighter, and Night fighter. Some of the Luftwaffe’s most successful fighter aces flew the Fw 190.
Nico Braas
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Hi Nico. I have been following your posts on the Unofficial Airfix Modelers Forum.
My question to you is this. We are all aware of the You Tube video of the Fw190 found in a CSSR swamp. I was wondering if you ever considered doing a profile of that aircraft? Many details are visible and I am sure to a trained eye many more would be observed. Any thoughts?
Jeff
Hi Jeff,
maybe you have think on my comments on above mentioned forum as well I am not sure that Nico is member of that forum. ASnyway- I am not sure that I know about video you have mention but if the good data is available there is possible to make profile.
Cheers
Srecko