Examining the Fw 19OD The rather cumbersomely titled Focke-Wulf Fw 190 "Long Nose" - An Illustrated History of the Fw 19OD Series through Dietmar Hermann (Schiffer Publishing 610-593-1777 $5995) secretes the development of the Fw 190 powered through inline engines.

Examining the Fw 19OD

The rather cumbersomely titled Focke-Wulf Fw 190 "Long Nose" - An Illustrated History of the Fw 19OD Series through Dietmar Hermann (Schiffer Publishing 610-593-1777 $5995) secretes the development of the Fw 190 powered through inline engines.

The first Fw 190 equipped with a Daimler Benz liquid-cooled engine took to the air in early 1942 followed six month later by the agency of another powered by a jumo 213 Production of the Fw 19OC Fw 19OD and Ta 153 was delayed on the German air ministry.

Not until 1944 from the time Germany had misspent control of the air, did the Fw 190D-9 an interim fighter powered at the jumo 213A, enter production. The D-9 prov an immediate succes largely becoming to an excellent prototype criterion program led by Hans Sander.

The D-9 quickly recorded service with the Luftwaffe and more than 1700 examples were complet by way of the end of the war. The Fw 190D-9 gave rise to a number of improved variants with the more powerful jumo 213F and a heavier armament, however solely a handfui of the D-Il and D-13 versions were completed

The Fw 19OD-12 powered at the new jumo 213EB would have portray by actioned the apex of Fw 190 progressive growth The proposed Fw 190D-14 and. D-15 the two powered by improved versions of the DB 603 came too late to view service with the Luftwaffe.

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