- Title:
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190
- Author:
- Dan Sharp
- Series:
- Eagles of the Luftwaffe
- Volume:
- No. 1
- ISBN-10:
- 1-911658-05-0
- ISBN-13:
- 978-1-911658-05-4
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 104 pages
- Dimensions:
- DIN A4
- Language:
- English
- Released:
- 2020
- Publisher:
- Mortons
When it appeared in the skies over Europe in 1941, the Focke-Wulf
Fw 190 A was the best fighter in the world. It was more than a match for
the best Spitfires the RAF could field and began shooting them down in
ever-increasing numbers. Only the introduction of the Spitfire IX with
its two-stage supercharged Merlin overturned its supremacy.
Alongside
the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Fw 190 is the iconic fighter of the
Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It was hugely adaptable and
fought on nearly all fronts, proving to be a formidable opponent.
The
Fw 190 F and G fighter-bombers effectively replaced the Ju 87 Stuka in
the ground-attack role in the west and provided the Luftwaffe with
much-needed additional capability.
The Fw 190 was used for the
Mistel flying bomb combination and as a test aircraft for the Ruhrstahl
X-4 wire-guided air-to-air missile, and in its Fw 190 A-8 and A-9 forms
fought on the front line right until the bitter end.
This book
tells the story of the legendary fighter with previously unseen drawings
and photos which shed new light on the aircraft’s origins.