Aircraft Photo of 931884 | Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8/R1 | Germany - Air Force | AirHistory.net #95684
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:931884
Military Code:7
Aircraft Original Type:Focke-Wulf Fw-190
Aircraft Generic Type:Focke-Wulf Fw-190
Aircraft Version:Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8/R1
C/n (msn):931884
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles InternationalMap
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KIAD   IATA: IAD   Local: IAD   Other: -
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
 
Photo Date:9 April 2015
Photo by:Alastair T. Gardiner
Photo ID: 95684
Photo Comment

This Fw 190, on display at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center, was built in late 1943 as the A-7 fighter 640049. After suffering combat damage it was repaired and remanufactured into an Fw 190 F-8 fighter-bomber with a new Werk-Nummer. The conversion involved fitting a new wing and bomb racks to the original fuselage and adding armour plate around and beneath the cockpit. Reissued to the Luftwaffe, the aircraft flew on the Eastern Front, probably with SG 2 based in Hungary in Oct. 1944.

This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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