German fighter Focke-Wulf FW 190 A5 COBI 5722 - World War II

You know that:

• The aircraft factory was founded in 1924 by Henri Fock and George Wulf in Bremen, Germany.
• When in 1931 G. Wulf and H. Fock hired the extremely capable Polish-born designer Kurt Tank, they probably made the best decision of their lives. It was this designer who was behind the development of Germany's most successful aircraft, and thus the Fw 190 was born.
• The first flight took place on 1 June 1939.
• After the first deployment in 1941 over the French Graveline, it was clear that this was an extremely powerful machine with good manoeuvrability, good visibility and strong armour.
• However, the aircraft also had one drawback caused by the BMW 801 engine, which lost breath at altitudes above 6,000 m. The new Daimler-Benz engine solved all that.
• The Fw 190 A-5 version brought several improvements, but in particular the unpleasant engine knock was removed and the dashboard was given an artificial horizon.
• Czechoslovak pilots serving in the RAF also got into the fight with the Fw 190. After a dogfight with František Trejtnar in June 1942, the Fw 190 pilot had to land in England and the British acquired a flyable specimen.
• In total, over 20,000 were produced in various versions.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: span 10.51 m, length 9.0 m, height 3.95 m
• weight 2950 kg (empty), maximum take-off weight 4900 kg
• power plant BMW 801 D-2 radial engine with 1272 kW
• maximum speed 670 km/h
• climb rate 12 m/s
• maximal flight level 10000 m
• range 850 km
• armament 4x MG 151 cannon 20 mm calibre + 2 x MG 17 machine gun 7,92 mm calibre
• crew 1