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Fw 190
F-8 Photo: Robert Deering 10/23/2006 National Air and Space Museum Dulles International Airport (IAD) Chantilly, Virginia |
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Nicknamed the Würger (Butcher
Bird), the Fw 190 entered service in 1941 and flew
throughout World War II on all fronts. It was the only
German single-seat fighter powered by a radial engine
and the only fighter of the war with electrically
operated landing gear and flaps. Some served as
fighter-bombers with ground attack units, but the Fw 190
is best known for defending against Allied daylight
bombing attacks. This Fw 190 F-8 (Air Force Museum) was originally manufactured as an Fw 190 A-7 fighter. During 1944 it was remanufactured as a fighter-bomber and issued to ground attack unit SG 2. After Germany's surrender it was shipped to Freeman Field, Indiana, then transferred to the Smithsonian in 1949. Its 1980-83 restoration revealed a succession of color schemes. It now appears as it did while serving with SG 2 in 1944. |
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