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| its an old one, fw190 wreck in a forest in russia ,my favorite wreck video on the net most of you all ready seen it. YouTube - Focke Wulf 190 wreck / Avião Segunda Guerra Mundial fw190 under restoraition Last edited by piet; 10-24-2009 at 01:39 PM. |
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| I haven't what became of it, is it still there? |
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| Cool video. I haven't seen it either.
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| The aircraft was discovered in the late 1988 i think. It's now in Paul Allen's collection undergoing restoration, hopefully to flying condition.Fw 190 came from Russia, where it had laid for decades, upright and relatively undamaged, in a remote forest east of Leningrad (St. Petersburg today). What was an aeroplane doing deep in a forest? The answer, deduced from the damage to the leading edges of the wings, was that it had crashed among poplar saplings only a few feet tall. The forest had grown up around it. July 19, 1943. Two Fw -190s were attacking a Russian supply train bound for Leningrad when the engine of one quit. The pilot, Sergeant Paul Rätz, glided to a safe landing. He left his flying cap on the seat but took the aeroplane's panel clock with him. Trying to make his way back to German lines, he was captured a few miles away and remained imprisoned in Russia for 16 years before finally returning to Germany. In 1988, a collector found the Focke-Wulf where Rätz had left it, his helmet still resting on the seat. Rätz died in 1989, never having learned that his aeroplane had been recovered. But his family did—and, it turns out, they still have the clock. A Vintage Wings technician dismantling the 190's BMW 801 engine found a clod of dirt in an oil line downstream from the oil filter. This had evidently been the reason for the forced landing: Lack of lubrication had caused an internal shaft to overheat and fail, disabling the fuel and oil pumps. But how had the dirt—not engine dirt, but soil, earth—gotten there? Says Jeff Thomas, "BMW's policy on major engine maintenance was to insist that the whole 'power egg'—the engine and all of its plumbing and equipment and mounting hardware—just be taken off and sent back to the factory rather than repaired in the field." As a result, all engine assembly was done in Germany, some of it by slave labourers. The theory is that one of those labourers had packed dirt or a rag into the oil line to sabotage the engine, the engine had then been shipped to Russia and installed on the aeroplane at the front, and within a few minutes after take off the defiant act of the distant and anonymous captive had done its work." hope that helped you guys
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| i havent heard anything about it since.
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| It looks remarkably well preserved, all things considered. I checked Allen's Flying Heritage Collection website, and found nothing. |
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http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/armour...fw-190-a-4754/
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| Senior Member | Wow, that is truly amazing.
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| another view of it
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| Video Extraordinaire | Thanks for sharing,
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| Man, I cannot believe it sat on the ground in a forest unmolested for 50 years. I find that amazing.
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| Senior Member | its under restoration at Gosshawk in USA at the moment. some problems occured when the engine was shipped ( it tipped over and got damaged ) but its not allowed to take any pictures in the resturationshop at gosshawk ltd. for some reasons but they are doing a great job ( the restoration was stopped in england and it was shipped to USA )
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| Senior Member | Thanks for the update!
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| Very cool Piet, Thank you for sharing the info everyone!
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