Author Topic: FW190 recovered in Norway (Read 2243 times)

Charge · « **Reply #15 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:07:43 PM »

"Fw 190A-2 WNr.0125425 from 12/JG 5."

A few observations: ailerons are of newer design and cooling louvers behind the exhaus stack and the lack of outer wing armament would have lead me to think of F3 variant. But the pitot tube is in wrong place for F variant.

It could also be an A4/U3 but not later model because of the shorter fuselage.

AFAIK the A2 never had the cooling louvers in the cowling but I'd imagine that they were quickly retrofitted to older machines, too.

A strange puzzle of 190.

-C+

Krusty · « **Reply #16 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:11:45 PM »

The picture shows it just has cooling slits. These aren't the adjustable louvres of later models. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

Charge · « **Reply #17 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:15:21 PM »

A1 and A2 had no cooling for engine auxiliaries and they were introduced to A3. The adjustable gills were introduced in A5 along with lengthened fuselage.

-C+

Ed. also the WNr suggests a later prolly repaired plane.

http://home.no.net/kjellsor/frosta.html

12./JG5 Werknr.5492 Fw.Ernst Koch (KIA) 21.1 1943

Notice the small WNr.

Further info:
http://www.michael-reimer.com/CFS2/CFS2_Profiles/ETO_AXIS_Luftwaffe_JG5.html

Sweet2th · « **Reply #18 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:18:51 PM »

I think your ight charge i was thinking it was a A-3 as well, from the list i have found JG/5 mainly had A-3's some A-2's and a quite a bit of 109-F series planes.

Ha Ha i found it !

http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/190tap.html

mid way down the page,

2-6-1943 -------FW-190-A-2---Bruchlandung due to engine trouble, Bardufoss.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:20:45 PM »

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Originally posted by Charge
"Fw 190A-2 WNr.0125425 from 12/JG 5."

A few observations: ailerons are of newer design and cooling louvers behind the exhaus stack and the lack of outer wing armament would have lead me to think of F3 variant. But the pitot tube is in wrong place for F variant.

It could also be an A4/U3 but not later model because of the shorter fuselage.

AFAIK the A2 never had the cooling louvers in the cowling but I'd imagine that they were quickly retrofitted to older machines, too.

A strange puzzle of 190.

-C+

What a time capsule though. Hope it's well preserved for the long term.

Now if we could get Alan Bunte's 4th FG P51B out of the lake near Postsdam......

47Hooker · « **Reply #20 on:** November 01, 2006, 04:53:51 PM »

Wow. One of the awsomest planes to ever grace the skies of this planet. Period.

Where did this serial number info come from? FW190A-2 WNR 0125425 was built in 1942 by Arado at Warnemunde. It was assigned to IV/JG5 when it had a forced landing due to weather on 15 Dec. 1943.

This info can be found in build/historical records here about 3/4 way down. http://fw190.hobbyvista.com/a-2c.htm

Airscrew · « **Reply #21 on:** November 01, 2006, 04:59:35 PM »

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Originally posted by 47Hooker
Wow. One of the awsomest planes to ever grace the skies of this planet. Period.

"Its Awsome."

"Awsome? How? Like a hot dog?"

"Like a billion hot dogs sir."

Guppy35 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 01, 2006, 04:59:44 PM »

Now they are suggesting it's an A3.

129 more photos found at:

http://www.luftwaffe.no/wreck/index.htm

Great profile done of it too.

Hawco · « **Reply #23 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:24:06 PM »

Just another piece of German junk that should have stayed in the water to rot.

Airscrew · « **Reply #24 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:42:43 PM »

Hawco, you must have been the kid in kindergarden that went around and kicked over the building blocks and took the kids milk and cookie money.

whats the matter did you get it caught in your zipper again?

Dux · « **Reply #25 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:47:28 PM »

lol... Airscrew, your awesome reference did not go unidentified or unappreciated.

47Hooker · « **Reply #26 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:47:42 PM »

Fortunately for the rest of us there are people with resources who see these important pieces of aviation history differently. http://www.flugwerk.de/fw190.shtm

Hawco · « **Reply #27 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:55:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
Hawco, you must have been the kid in kindergarden that went around and kicked over the building blocks and took the kids milk and cookie money.

whats the matter did you get it caught in your zipper again?

Nope, I just remember what my Grandfather told me what the Nazis were like and I thank God that they never won the war, I don't see these things as pieces of history, I see them as instruments of an evil empire that was crushed.
And lay of the insults too, you know sh$t about me and why I think like this.

Yoshimbo · « **Reply #28 on:** November 01, 2006, 06:07:06 PM »

Amazing!

whiteman · « **Reply #29 on:** November 01, 2006, 06:15:34 PM »

i remember what my granfather told me about them also, he found one of the first camps. he mentioned how incredible their aircraft were. his two favorites of WWII were the 109 and P-38, with the "forked tail devil" his favorite cause they keep the 109's busy.