In Hungary, a dedicated team is working to restore a rare Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8, piecing it together from crash sites, private collections, and historical excavations. While progress has been ...

For one thing, the BMW 801 14-cylinder radial engine native to the Fw 190 A-8 has been replaced by a Shvetsov ASh-82 derived from, if you can believe it or not, the Soviet Lavochkin La-5 and ...

In its day, pilots used to call the Focke-Wulf Fw-190 the Würger (Butcher Bird) because it was so adept at shooting down Allied aircraft. But when this 1944 example was pulled from the woods in ...

In 1941, the appearance of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 stunned Allied forces. Initially misidentified, this radial-engine fighter quickly demonstrated superior speed and agility, even outclassing the ...

Meet the Focke-Wulf Fw 190: Along with the well-known Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s Jagdwaffe (fighter force) during the Second World War.