The Best Fw-190 Variant...?

[Erich]

lets go back here.

The A-6/R11 was a night fighter not a dirty weather fighter and the correct designation was A-6/N with FuG 217 flown by 1./NJGr 10 and II./JG 300 units

There were no A-7's with underwing rocket mortars

There was defiantely NO A variant with Mk 103's used for bomber destroying neither the A-6/R1 with twin 2cm's. It was an A-5 variant used by JG 1 and JG 11, a friend of the familie flew one in 1943 until shot down and killed over the North sea chasing a B-17.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well then there are a lot of incorrect sources out there.

[Erich]

and it all stems from the bogus Wiliam Green Warplanes of the third reich back in the 1960's.

I have made attempts to correct and yes there were prototypes of all variants but not all flew on operations nor sent to operative units.

Loss reports from the Jagdgeschwaders also point this out very clearly

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Is it not possible that Erich refers to production units where some sources included field kit installations?

[CharlesBronson]

This is an R-11 or what ?

[Erich]

Actually I am going over the losses and it appears as to what I have mentioned is quite true. The A-5 variant with the underwing 2cm's besdies the inboard 2cm's was the A-5/U12 and was used in the summer of 43 till May of 44 when the A-7 and A-8 varinats took over.

A-7/R2's or MK's were in JG 1 and JG 11 along with several R-6 4's whatever that was. That precise designation was apllied in the late winter-very early spring to lost A-7.s

C.B. where did you get those funny looking profiles ?

Yes that is suppose to be Fritz E. Krauses 1./NJGr 10 A-6/N, the a/c is overall light blue-grey. the wappenshiled is white not yellow. FuG 217 aeirals along the fuselage and on the wings. I or someone else posted a foto of him and the machine elsewhere on the forums

He never received the RK but Hans Krause did while flying Bf 110G-4's in NJG 101 and later in NJG 4 flying the great Ju 88G-6.

Ehlers a/c is also bogus the camo is all wrong, and the red rumpfband is a wide red band

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[Erich]

to point out some particulars from friend Herr Krause

[CharlesBronson]

I have those save to hard disk for some time, i really dont remember wich site I took from.

Incidentally, I had posted some information and pictures of this plane wich ( according to your sources) was wrong also.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/vie...asc&star t=40

[Erich]

I was wrong ? what source that I use that was wrong CB ? I'd like to know to correct it. The machine was flown by Fritz Krause not by RK winner Hans Krause. Fritz flew the a/c in the summer of 44 and then it was moved out to be replaced by the more nimble and faster Bf 109G-6/AS units and the Fw's were either given away to other field units or several kept as hacks....

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[Erich]

CB sorry had to re-read your statement..........I have had severe insomnia now for over a month

[CharlesBronson]

Not uncommon at your age

Originally Posted by Erich

CB sorry had to re-read your statement..........I have had severe insomnia now for over a month

You might want to try Sleepy-Time Tea - worked for my sister. Also, you might try cooling down your bedroom - almost everyone sleeps better in a colder room.

If that doesn't work, get a script for Restril or another sleeping pill. Lack of sleep can seriously effect your health, especially for older people who often suffer from insomnia.


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[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by Erich

and it all stems from the bogus Wiliam Green Warplanes of the third reich back in the 1960's.

I have made attempts to correct and yes there were prototypes of all variants but not all flew on operations nor sent to operative units.

Loss reports from the Jagdgeschwaders also point this out very clearly

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Yeah that is pretty much what I said up there. That most of them were just prototypes and many of them like those that had a NO next to them never left the drawing board or atleast did not reach operational status.

[CharlesBronson]

This week in history: About 60 years ( and two days) ago, the FW-190 last victory in East:

Scaned from Osprey book.

[Erich]

the Luftwaffe ace is question was Gerhard Thyben