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10-28-2009, 04:04 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Focke-wulf FW 190D-13 Dora Took these pics along with the RAT at the Flying Heritage Collection in Everett WA. The last of its kind. Jerry Crandel wrote a book about the plane. |
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10-28-2009, 04:23 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montrose, Colorado
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| Very nice pictures. The Rata is a meanlooking little booger. |
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10-29-2009, 01:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle
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| COOL shots!  Love the paintjob on the Dora 
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10-29-2009, 02:30 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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| That plane has one helluva a load out,can't find much on how many kills it had but will keep looking. Thanks for the nice comments |
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10-29-2009, 03:26 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Nice pics. Beautiful aircraft.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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10-29-2009, 03:32 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chambersburg
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| Beautiful pics - what an aircraft. What wouldn't you give to bend the throttle forward on that thing on a cool Autumn morning??? |
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10-29-2009, 10:29 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Calgary
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| Thanks for sharing! |
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10-30-2009, 04:47 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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| How many Doras are displayed in USA?
__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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10-30-2009, 08:23 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Beautiful aircraft and lovely pics!
__________________  "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
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10-30-2009, 08:25 AM
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10-30-2009, 09:00 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| There are only 3 known Doras surviving today. Fw 190D-13 at the at the Flying Heritage Museum in Everette, Washington. Fw 109D-9 at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Fw 190D-9 at the Luftwaffe Museum in Berlin, Germany. (Currently being restored).
__________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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10-30-2009, 10:25 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| LOVE the Dora! 
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10-30-2009, 12:01 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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| Willi Reschke sat in one of them guess in 90īs. Thought it was in Phoenix, AZ...
__________________ Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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10-30-2009, 12:26 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: perth
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| WoW very nice pictures indeed sparks thanks for sharing the dora now that's an aircraft and then some.
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10-30-2009, 06:09 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina
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 | Wow, only 3 left. That's tragic. Great pics sparks, thanks for sharing!
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