Author Topic: Complete FW190 Found in Polish Forest  (Read 2846 times)

Offline Serenity

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7313
Re: Complete FW190 Found in Polish Forest
« Reply #30 on: August 19, 2008, 10:29:16 PM »
     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  :lol>

     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>

Any idea of the date? My girlfriend bought me just about 150-200 warbird magazines for my birthday. Problem is the oldest is from 1963 and the newest is from the late '80s.

Offline Rino

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8495
Re: Complete FW190 Found in Polish Forest
« Reply #31 on: August 19, 2008, 10:56:50 PM »
     Doing a little research, it was discovered in 89 and recovered in 91..and it is the one
that Allen owns. 

     One of the reasons that the magazine article stated why it was in such good shape is
that the trees grew up after the forced landing.  Btw, Karaya is correct about the 1943
crash landing and the pilot's name.
80th FS Headhunters
PHAN
Proud veteran of the Cola Wars