FW-190A FOCKE WULF

Historical Note:        The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was a single-seater, single-engine fighter aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Used extensively during WW II from 1941 over 20,000 were manufactured including around 6,000 fighter-bomber models. The first prototype was flown on June 1, 1939 and soon proved to have good qualities for such a comparatively small craft including excellent handling, good visibility and promising speed.

The first leading activity in which the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A participated was the “Channel Dash.” On the night of February 11th/12th, 1942 the German capital ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau left Brest with escorting vessels and began a dangerous voyage through the Channel on their way to safer anchorages in Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. Galland, recently promoted to Inspector of Fighters on the death of his associate Werner Molders, had the task of providing airplane protection throughout the voyage. Available to him were 252 aircrafts, consisting of Bf 109Fs drawn from JG 1, JG 2, and the fighter school at Paris; 30 Bf 110 night fighters for daybreak and nightfall operations and the mixed power of JG 26, operating both Bf 109F-4s and Fw 190A-2s. The Focke-Wulfs acquitted themselves easily in the nearly continuous combats of 12th February. The Operation Thunderbolt was an encouraging success for the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.

The closing of 1942 saw an all-out production of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A in many plants throughout Germany and inhabited territories. The Luftwaffe had received over 1,900 examples of A-3 fighters, A-4 fighters and A-4 fighter-bomber variants during the year. The Fw 190A-5 appeared early in 1943.

Scale:    1:32
W/S:     12.75       inches
Lgth:     11.0     inches

Item Number:    TMC-MXFGF190AT                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Price:    $249.95