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... and some Ta-152's as well ... I've been spending some of my late night hours (poor sleeper) working on my photoshop skills. Many of these images were simply of poor quality due to over-copying through the years. I don't have the time to get back into building models as I did as a kid , so trying to improve the quality of many of these old photos is my hobby now a days, not to mention keeps me out of trouble as well lol. Hope they look OK to some of you folks. I have very little info on these guys so I'd love to learn some good stuff from whomever has an interest in sharing what you may know about an image or two. Class is in for me. Thanks in advance.

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Outstanding... thanks Mark!

Now that's a bountiful bunch of butcher birds buddy!

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Thank You!

Gr8 stuff as usual Mark.

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I had read somewhere that the Soviets captured intact a factory that made FW 190Ds and impressed enough of them to field a squadron or so. Looks like confirmation in several of the photos, though they could be propoganda shots. One of the photos of a pristine 190 parked on grass is the famous machine that landed in Britain with the pilot claiming he thought he was landing in France.

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Part 2, picture 6 is the D-13 previously owned by Doug Champlin, restored by GossHawk Unlimited, and now residing at FHC. The photo was shot shortly after its capture by the Allies. It was built in Feb 1945 and captured in May 1945.

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I'm always impressed by the photo-interpretive skills possessed here on WIX. Would someone help me understand the different forces that can shape a propeller as a plane crash-lands? For example, in this picture, the blades are complete and bent back. Was the prop spinning/engine running as it contacted the ground? Feathered/windmilling? Slow sliding stop? Landing gear collapse?





How 'bout in this one? What caused the blades to appear to shatter like that? High rpm? Hard landing with engine running?Tail wheel is missing. Different model FW's using props made of different materials?




and while we're at it, what's the gear on the wings here?

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The blades are typically bent backwards when not under power, and forwards under power. This true for both dirt and water.

The later blades used on the Fw190 (and others) were molded wood fibre. Think aerospace particle board. They were easier to make, lighter, and to some extent increased the likelihood of the prop hub and engine surviving to be rebuilt.

The things under the wings are radar antennae, but someone with a better memory, or handier references will have to tell you what the designation is

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I think is A-7 'Red 13' WNr. 431007 the mount of arguably the Luftwaffe's greatest Experten, Major Heinz Bar when he with JG1 at Stormede in April 1944.

Thanks a lot for posting these pics of my favourite fighter, Mark. The 9. picture of part 3, the 2-seater is of JG 110, photographed at Köthen. It might be of interest that all of the 2-seaters were not new built, but ones needing (major) repair. Fw 190 S-5 were mainly built from A-5 ´s, but A-3 or A-4 and F-3 were used as well. S-8 ´s were A-8 or F-8 in their former life. Initially conversion to 2-seaters was made at repair/maintenance units at Altenburg and Prag, later Menibum at Stendal joined in and converted most of them. All in all there were quite few made, some sources mention round about 60, another one less then 80. They were not meant for training new Fw 190 pilots, the main reason was conversiontraining of Ju 87 Stuka pilots. Later on bomberpilots were trained for ground attack duty as well. If some were used for training rookie pilots late in 1945, I do not know. It might be, as the sole survivor at RAFM Hendon (formerly RAF St. Athan) was with JG 103. It would make a very unique and interesting, but ugly looking variant of a Flugwerk kit.

Michael