Fw 190 (Family)

Description

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Together with the Messerschmitt Bf 109, it formed the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.

Nicknames

[Expand]Fw 190 Nicknames
▀ German	Würger (Shrike)
▀ Hungarian	Fóka (Sea Lion)
▀ Pilots	Anton (A-model) · Berta (B) · Caesar (C) · Dora (D) · Emil (E) · Friedrich / Fritz (F) · Gustav (G)
	Langnasen-Dora (Long-Nose Dora) (D-Model) · Känguruh (Kangaroo) (C-Model)
▃ Pilots	Butcher Bird
▂ Pilots	Fokker (Фоккер)

Vehicles

Rank II

• Fw 190 A-1
• Fw 190 A-4

Rank III

• Fw 190 A-5
• ▅Fw 190 A-5 - (Japanese evaluation model)
• Fw 190 A-5/U2
• Fw 190 A-5/U12

Rank IV

• Fw 190 A-8
• ▃Fw 190 A-8 - (USA-captured)

• Fw 190 C

• Fw 190 D-9
• ▂Fw 190 D-9 - (USSR-captured)
• Fw 190 D-12
• Fw 190 D-13
• Fw 190 F-8

• NC.900 - French version of the Fw 190 A-8

Media

Videos

The Shooting Range #237 - Pages of History section at 03:58 discusses the engine of the Fw 190 (Family).

Most produced aircraft discusses the Fw 190 (Family) at 3:15 - War Thunder Official Channel

[Expand]Focke-Wulf Aircraft Corporation (Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau Aktiengesellschaft)
Fighters	Fw 190 A-1 · Fw 190 A-4 · Fw 190 A-5 · Fw 190 A-5/U2 · Fw 190 A-5/U12 · Fw 190 A-5/U14 · Fw 190 A-8
	Fw 190 C
	Fw 190 D-9 · Fw 190 D-12 · Fw 190 D-13
	Fw 190 F-8
	Ta 152 C-3* · Ta 152 H-1* · Ta 154 A-1*
Bombers	Fw 189 A-1 · Fw 200 C-1
Export	▅Fw 190 A-5
Captured	▃Fw 190 A-8 · ▂Fw 190 D-9
	* In 1944, the Germany Air Ministry changed new fighter aircraft designation to that of the chief designer. Kurt Tank was the chief designer at Focke-Wulf and later aircraft he designed were given the prefix of Ta.