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 ...
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 ...
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 ...