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 ...
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 ...
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American Heritage Museum's Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ‘White 1' Restoration Gains Ground at GossHawk Aviation
The restoration of the only original BMW 801-powered Focke-Wulf Fw 190 flying in the world is nearing a critical milestone. Led by Dave Goss and his team at GossHawk Unlimited in Casa Grande, Arizona, ...
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 ...
The export order of the Fw 190A-3s was completed between July 1942 and March 1943. Around fifty examples of Focke-Wulf Fw 190, one of the best fighters flown by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) during ...
For many in the opening years of the Second World War, the vision of the menacing, gull-winged Stuka dive bomber, plunging vertically earthwards, its sirens wailing ...
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