Complete FW190 Found in Polish Forest

[Guppy35]

Paul Allen has that one under restoration to fly.  That was found years ago.

[Charge]

That's not a new video either...

-C+

[SD67]

I watched some of the other videos posted. I have to admit I was surprised and dismayed to see the way the remains were treated by the excavators.
I don't care what side they fought on, they are the remains of men who died in battle. A little respect.

[bj229r]

i dunno.....

what i DO know, is that there is an FW190...i think it's an F8 on kissimme gateway airport, that's just over 1/2 way done in resotration. it would be incredible to see one of these beautiful machines fly again.

I've seen that one, it's an A8

[CAP1]

I've seen that one, it's an A8

whoops.....my bad.....and thanks for the correction!

i'll be in orlando for the christmas holiday, and plan on going there again to see how far she's come.........

[MiloMorai]

whoops.....my bad.....and thanks for the correction!

i'll be in orlando for the christmas holiday, and plan on going there again to see how far she's come.........

Say hello to Crumpp, aka Gene (not sure on the spelling).

http://www.white1foundation.org/

[Old Sport]

Why would it have rags in the oil lines...Carelessness???

While sabotage may very well be the reason, I read an incident where a US P-47 pilot took off with his group, gained some alt and the engine died. He managed to dead stick the fully loaded P-47 back to base and land. They checked and found rags in the oil system. Not from sabotage, if I remember correctly, but part of an impromptu maintenance snafu from checking the oil system. Probably a Feldwebel didn't rate the best mechs in the squadron either.

[Guppy35]

While sabotage may very well be the reason, I read an incident where a US P-47 pilot took off with his group, gained some alt and the engine died. He managed to dead stick the fully loaded P-47 back to base and land. They checked and found rags in the oil system. Not from sabotage, if I remember correctly, but part of an impromptu maintenance snafu from checking the oil system. Probably a Feldwebel didn't rate the best mechs in the squadron either.

How bout that 57th FG P40L they fished out of the Med.  Turned out someone had shoved a parachute into the nose intake causing the overheat and ditching.

[Noir]

How bout that 57th FG P40L they fished out of the Med.  Turned out someone had shoved a parachute into the nose intake causing the overheat and ditching.

another chute killer....

[Rino]

     I swear that 190 looks just like an A5 they found in a sapling forest in Russia.
The aircraft in Russia they found was 97% complete with only the cowl guns
removed <presumably by partisans...no one was gonna lug around a 20mm  >

     There was an article about the recovery in one of the glossy warbirds rags..
unfortunately I'm blanking on the name and the magazine went out of print due
to the editor's untimely death.

P.S.  I believe the Russian recovery was a JG-54 A5.

P.P.S.  The magazine may have been Warbirds Worldwide <maybe someone has the issue on a shelf somewhere>

[AquaShrimp]

Swamps naturally fill in to form meadows then forests.  I bet the pilot ditched in a shallow swamp, and the trees subsequently grew around it.

[Banshee7]

whats the small compartment/door on the side of the plane?

[Masherbrum]

whats the small compartment/door on the side of the plane?

Hatch for the Radio Compartment.   Check your PM's.

[Banshee7]

Hatch for the Radio Compartment.   Check your PM's.

nothing there 

[SD67]

Nothing in the radio compartment either