Eighty-six years ago today, on June 1, 1939, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190-nicknamed the “Shrike”-took to the skies for the first time. Designed by legendary German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank, the single ...

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 ...

A priceless prize fell into the hands of Allied forces near Naples in early 1943: an “almost intact” Focke-Wulf 190. The U.S. troops immediately shipped the Luftwaffe’s arguably most advanced fighter ...

Back in 2015, we published an article about a dedicated team in Hungary working on the restoration of a Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8. This ambitious project brought together parts sourced from various ...

When Nazi overlords favored the Messerschmitt factory over the Focke-Wulf, it was another mistake that made them lose air superiority, and especially the Battle of Britain. Feared by Allied pilots, ...

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The attacker's view from the Focke Wulf 190 cockpit. This shot was taken by one of the German pilots over Brighton One of my most vivid memories of life as a 15 year old school boy in Brighton and ...