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Too Good to Be Germany’s Second Best: The Fw 190

It was faster than the Spitfire, tougher than the Bf 109, and could shred bombers in a single pass. So why wasn’t the Fw 190 Germany’s top fighter? In today’s episode of Historical Digs, we uncover ...
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FW 190 A-8 : aircraft handbook, effective July 1944, issued September 1944

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190: Nazi Germany’s Best World War II Combat Plane?

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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Strange History: 50 German Focke-Wulf FW 190 Fighters Were Buried in Turkey and Are Still There

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 ...