Eighty-six years ago today, on June 1, 1939, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190-nicknamed the “Shrike”-took to the skies for the first time. Designed by legendary German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank, the single ...
"This book covers the complete development history of those variants of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 powered by inline engines. The first Fw 190 equipped with a Daimler Benz liquid-cooled engine took to the ...
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Hungarian Focke-Wulf Fw-190 Project Continues
Back in 2015, we published an article about a dedicated team in Hungary working on the restoration of a Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8. This ambitious project brought together parts sourced from various ...
Meet the Focke-Wulf Fw 190: Along with the well-known Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s Jagdwaffe (fighter force) during the Second World War. The ...
A priceless prize fell into the hands of Allied forces near Naples in early 1943: an “almost intact” Focke-Wulf 190. The U.S. troops immediately shipped the Luftwaffe’s arguably most advanced fighter ...
Das Duell währt schon Jahrzehnte: Mercedes gegen BMW lautet der ständige Wettbewerb um die prestigeträchtigsten Limousinen aus deutscher Produktion. Doch die Konkurrenz beschränkte sich keineswegs auf ...
Die Überraschung war ausgesprochen unerfreulich. Im September 1941 häuften sich Meldungen von Jäger-Piloten der Royal Airforce (RAF), die bei Luftkämpfen über dem Ärmelkanal und Nordfrankreich auf ...
In its day, pilots used to call the Focke-Wulf Fw-190 the Würger (Butcher Bird) because it was so adept at shooting down Allied aircraft. But when this 1944 example was pulled from the woods in ...
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