Focke-Wulf Fw190 D-9

The idea of installing a Junkers Jumo 213A engine (until then mainly used on bombers) in a Focke-Wulf 190 airframe was born of a need to improve the high altitude performance of the aircraft: the A and F versions, in fact, suffered a significant drop in speed above 7,000m. Armed with two 20mm cannon and two 13mm guns, the D-9 was immediately a favourite with pilots, who considered it an aircraft equal to the P-51 Mustang. In its secondary role as a ground strike aircraft, the Dora 9 performed excellently during Operation Bodenplatte, the “last stand” of the 3rd Reich in the Ardennes. About 650-700 D versions are thought to have been made, of which four still exist today

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• Focke-Wulf Fw190 D-9 - JG 3, Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1945.
• Focke-Wulf Fw190 D-9 - JG 26, Hustedt Airfield, April 1945 - A/C probably flown by Obest Leutenant Josef "Pips" Priller.
• Focke-Wulf Fw190 D-9 - II/JG 6 Germany, April 1945.
• Focke-Wulf Fw190 D-9 - 10/JG 54, Oldenburg, Germany, 1944. Gefreiter Werner Merz.

Lang; 145 mm.

Aantal onderdelen: 68

Schaal 1:72

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