dnl42 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) I'm curious if anybody knows the provenance of a photo at the National Museum of the USAF (NMUSAF). I assume it's contemporaneous, but I can't imagine it anything but a publicity photo with a captured aircraft. Google tells me it's widely used, but the uses appear to credit the NMUSAF. Does anybody have authoritative information about this photo? https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Upcoming/Photos/igphoto/2001906808/ Edited December 6, 2018 by dnl42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 If memory serves you are correct the photo i believe was a captured Fw. It was taken over central ohio during testing. Somebody replaced the star & bars that had been painted on by editing & imposing crosses and swastika for publicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 To be pedantic it's an Fw190 rather than an FW190 (which were the new built aircraft - Flug Werk). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Agent K said: To be pedantic it's an Fw190 rather than an FW190 (which were the new built aircraft - Flug Werk). Fixed. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 To be even more pedantic, FW would not have been incorrect originally, as they represented two separate names. Like BV for Blohm und Voss. However I strongly suspect that Fw can be found in contemporary texts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 It's an interesting discussion, I'd always believed that Fw was short for Flugzeugwerke, as in Focke Wulf Flugzeugwerke and not for Focke Wulf. As always, I stand to be corrected if necessary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 This thread is one of the reasons I don't ever build Luftwaffe models!!! andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/6/2018 at 5:59 PM, Agent K said: To be pedantic it's a Fw190 rather than a FW190 (which were the new built aircraft - Flug Werk). edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) On 12/6/2018 at 12:07 AM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: If memory serves you are correct the photo i believe was a captured Fw. It was taken over central ohio during testing. Somebody replaced the star & bars that had been painted on by editing & imposing crosses and swastika for publicity. Pretty good memory, Dennis! The photo is of an Fw-190G-3 werk nummer 160016, which was captured and ended up at Wright Field, OH with numerous other airworthy Axis aircraft for evaluation. The scheme visible in the photo is a spurious one applied after capture. IIRC, it was also flown and put on static display at a couple of airshows after the war along with other captured airplanes. I don't recall what happened to it, but I think it was ultimately scrapped due to being ground-looped, but my memory's a little fuzzy on that. I also recall seeing a photo of it somewhere with the wing and fuselage bomb racks installed, as the G was a dedicated ground attack version of the Fw-190. There is also a photo I have seen that shows the same Fw-190at Wright with the FP of the original factory code DN+FP freshly painted over a spurious fuselage band and an oversized swastika also applied. (They really had some imaginative painters at Wright Field- looks like the box art on an old Lindberg kit!) You can do a search for 'captured Fw-190G-3' to see more photos. Mike https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/focke-wulf-fw-190/ https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/aircrafts-2/focke_wulf_fw_190/focke-wulf-fw-190-g-3-dnfp-2/ http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/LCBW6/FW190-A5-(DN+FP)-83f.jpg https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Fw-190A/SG4/pages/Focke-Wulf-Fw-190G3-SG4-Sktz-DN+FP-WNr-160016-Salerno-1944-0A.html Edited December 16, 2018 by 72modeler corrected spelling, added link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) Thanks Mike @72modeler ... I do way to much research and remember so many things. But I don't always remember where i found/read them. Glad to hear that i got it close to correct. Yes i believe you're correct about the G. I also believe the F/G had extended range, similar to the B/R Ju-87’s ? The F series was ground attack, the G extended range ground attack. The A/D series were the Air to Air fighters. Though as the war progressed i believe everything was used for everything. Dennis Edited December 16, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Thanks for the authoritative info! I figured it was something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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