FW-190A FOCKE-WULF - GERMAN WWII

AS FLOWN BY ERICH HARTMANN

Historical Note:      This radial-engine plane together with the Messerschmitt Me-109 represented Germany's most significnt bid for air supremacy. The Fw-190 flew both as an interceptor and fighter-bomber. And it was great as a dog-fighter.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is also called the "Butcher-bird". The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is a single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft of Germany's Luftwaffe, and one of the best fighters of its generation. The aircraft was used extensively during the World War II, where over 20,000 of it were manufactured, including around 6,000 fighter-bomber models. Production ran from 1941 to the end of hostilities, during which time the aircraft was continually updated. Its final incarnations retained qualitative parity with Allied fighter planes, although Fw 190s lagged far behind in presentation numbers.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 provides a good fighter-bomber that carries a rational bomb burden or projectiles. The recent war started by Hitler on the Eastern Front resulted in most of the new production of Fw-190s which were thrown into the fight against the Russians. Others were needed desperately by Rommel in North Africa, to fight the Western Desert Air Force and Allied ground forces who, by the latter part of 1942, were pressing hard at Alamein.

Scale:    1:25
W/S:     16.6       inches
Lgth:     14.1     inches

Item Number:    TMC-FGF190AH                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Price:    $149.95