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 ...
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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Fw 190 butcher bird in combat, how Germany’s radial fighter beat the Spitfire and adapted into a bomber killer
From its shocking 1941 arrival that outclassed the Spitfire at low altitude to brutal hit and run raids, night defense tactics, and heavy bomber killer upgrades, the Fw 190 fought everywhere and in ...
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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