During World War II, one of the most crucial elements of the air war was the ability to safely secure passage for bombers into enemy territory, strike targets, and get out without catastrophic losses.

During World War II, German fighter aces achieved remarkable success, with many accumulating staggering numbers of air kills.

This Focke-Wulf Fw 190A Terrorized Allied Bomber Pilots, Now It's for Sale. Published: 2 Oct 2023, 23:39 UTC • By: Benny Kirk. 15 photos. Photo: Platinum Fighter Sales.

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.

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 ...

The museum’s own Focke-Wulf FW-190 replica wowed the crowd with several fly-bys over the museum after a two-hour presentation of speakers. The FW-190 and Messerschmidt BF-109 were the main ...

scale model of a Focke-Wulf FW 200 B Condor painted with the colours of Lufthansa in the 1930ies (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the first non-stop trans-Atlantic ...

Focke-Wulf Fw-190 > WWII production count: 20,000+ > Aircraft type: Fighter > Country of origin: Germany. The Nazi war machine produced over 20,000 Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter planes during WWII.

First flight: June 26, 1936 Germany made rapid progress in vertical flight in the 1930s with the design and construction of the Focke-Wulf FW-61, generally regarded as the first functional helicopter.