The Focke-Wulf Fw 190D and Ta 152
Author | : Richard A. Franks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane) |
ISBN | : 9780956719829 |
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Author | : Richard A. Franks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane) |
ISBN | : 9780956719829 |
Author | : John Richard Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dietmar Harmann |
Publisher | : Schiffer Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780764308604 |
From the time of its appearance in 1939 the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was one of the best fighter aircraft of the Second World War - a masterpiece produced by chief designer Kurt Tank. In 1943 he developed a new fighter aircraft based on this successful concept. The project soon deviated far from the original Fw 190 concept and as an honor to the designer it was designated the Ta 152. The great performance potential of this fighter was obvious from the very first prototypes of the Ta 152A and Ta 152C. Unfortunately, however, production was limited to a few examples. But at the same time Focke-Wulf was developing the Ta 152H high-altitude fighter which, powered by the Jumo 213E and equipped with a pressurized cockpit, was capable of reaching altitudes on the order of 35,000 feet and speeds in excess of 430 mph. A few Ta 152Hs saw action at the beginning of 1945 and they made an excellent impression on their pilots. Compared to the older fighters they exhibited significantly better flight characteristics and performance at high altitude. The Ta 152 could also stand up to the best Allied fighter aircraft, such as the American P-51 Mustang. On account of its unfamiliar shape the pilots of Bf 109s sometimes mistook it for an enemy aircraft and attacked. The heavy Allied bombing at the end of the war prevented production from beginning as planned, and as a result only a very few Ta 152Hs could be delivered. With the aid of a large number of photographs - some previously unpublished - and drawings, this book details the development history of the Ta 152, one of the most advanced fighter aircraft of its day. But it also illustrates the hopelessness of Germany's efforts late in the war to deploy advanced aircraft in large numbers.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1990* |
Genre | : Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dietmar Harmann |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fighter plane) |
ISBN | : 9780764318764 |
This book covers the complete development history of those variants of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 powered by inline engines. The first Fw 190 equipped with a Daimler Benz liquid-cooled engine took to the air in early 1942, followed six months later by another powered by a Jumo 213. Production of the Fw 190 C, Fw 190 D and Ta 153 was delayed by the German air ministry. Not until 1944, by which time Germany had lost control of the air, did the Fw 190 D-9, an interim fighter powered by the Jumo 213 A, enter production. The Fw 190 D-9 proved an immediate success, largely due to an excellent prototype test program under Dipl.Ing. Hans Sander. The type quickly entered service with the Luftwaffe and more than 1,700 examples were completed by the end of the war. The Fw 190 D-9 gave rise to a number of improved variants with the more powerful Jumo 213 F engine and a heavier armament, however only a handful of the D-11 and D-13 versions were completed. With a maximum speed of 750 km/h, the Fw 190 D-12 powered by the new Jumo 213 EB would have represented the apex of Fw 190 development. The proposed Fw 190 D-14 and D-15, both powered by improved versions of the dive-bombers 603, came too late to see service with the Luftwaffe.
Author | : Heinz J. Nowarra |
Publisher | : Haynes Publishing |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Focke-Wulf 190 (Fighter planes) |
ISBN | : 9780854296958 |
Author | : Krzysztof Janowicz |
Publisher | : Monographs |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2022-03-31 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9788389088321 |
The monograph on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D and Ta 152 discusses their origins and development, technical details of subsequent variants and sub-variants, and camouflage and markings. The book also describes the operational history of both aircraft during the last months of WW2 and compares them to their RAF and USAAF opponents. It contains the production list of Fw 190 D with serial numbers, technical data, and lists of the most successful pilots of Fw 190 D and pilots who scored while flying Ta 152s. Contains English & Polish text, 115 photos, 22 sheets of 1:48 scale drawings, which include specification of external changes on production-run versions of the aircraft, 11 pages of color charts with 24 examples of camouflage schemes.
Author | : Radek Vavřina |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788090377851 |
Author | : Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2017-05-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1524563420 |
Bud Anderson is a flyers flyer. The Californians enduring love of flying began in the 1920s with the planes that flew over his fathers farm. In January 1942, he entered the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program. Later after he received his wings and flew P-39s, he was chosen as one of the original flight leaders of the new 357th Fighter Group. Equipped with the new and deadly P-51 Mustang, the group shot down five enemy aircraft for each one it lost while escorting bombers to targets deep inside Germany. But the price was high. Half of its pilots were killed or imprisoned, including some of Buds closest friends. In February 1944, Bud Anderson, entered the uncertain, exhilarating, and deadly world of aerial combat. He flew two tours of combat against the Luftwaffe in less than a year. In battles sometimes involving hundreds of airplanes, he ranked among the groups leading aces with 16 aerial victories. He flew 116 missions in his old crow without ever being hit by enemy aircraft or turning back for any reason, despite one life or death confrontation after another. His friend Chuck Yeager, who flew with Anderson in the 357th, says, In an airplane, the guy was a mongoosethe best fighter pilot I ever saw. Buds years as a test pilot were at least as risky. In one bizarre experiment, he repeatedly linked up in midair with a B-29 bomber, wingtip to wingtip. In other tests, he flew a jet fighter that was launched and retrieved from a giant B-36 bomber. As in combat, he lost many friends flying tests such as these. Bud commanded a squadron of F-86 jet fighters in postwar Korea, and a wing of F-105s on Okinawa during the mid-1960s. In 1970 at age 48, he flew combat strikes as a wing commander against communist supply lines. To Fly and Fight is about flying, plain and simple: the joys and dangers and the very special skills it demands. Touching, thoughtful, and dead honest, it is the story of a boy who grew up living his dream.
Author | : P. W. Stahl |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Air pilots, Military |
ISBN | : |