Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8

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The FW190A-8 was a fighter-bomber version of the ‘Butcher Bird’, and was produced in greater numbers than any other sub-type.

The FW190A-8 was very effective in combat below 7,000m/22,965ft due to the performance of its BMW 801 powerplant. Some 19,500 Fw190s of all types were built, serving until the end of the European war in May 1945; a few served until 1948 with the Turkish Air force.

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Object number	1998/0214/A
Maker name	Focke-Wulf G.m.b.H.
Production date	1944-1945
Date in use	1944-1961
Associated with	German Air Force (1933-1945) Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) Farnborough 6 Maintenance Unit (RAF) RAF College, Cranwell (RAF) Air Historical Branch (MOD) 71 Maintenance Unit (RAF)
Associated places	Schleswig Farnborough RAF Brize Norton RAF Cranwell RAF Bicester RAF Biggin Hill RAF Chivenor Duxford Amsterdam

Cockpit view of FW 190. Cockpit is partially stripped but contains some instrumentation., RAF Museum / Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

Side-on view of single seat, piston-engined fighter with sky-blue undersides, blue/green mottled sides, and green/grey upper surfaces, RAF Museum / Iain Duncan / RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8

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