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 ...

Mechanics are currently doing an annual inspection on the FHC’s rare German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5. As the panels and parts come off, it gives one a chance to see a fleeting glimpse of a critical and ...

Eighty-six years ago today, on June 1, 1939, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190-nicknamed the “Shrike”-took to the skies for the first time. Designed by legendary German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank, the single ...

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. The ...

A priceless prize fell into the hands of Allied forces near Naples in early 1943: an “almost intact” Focke-Wulf 190. The U.S. troops immediately shipped the Luftwaffe’s arguably most advanced fighter ...