60751 Focke-Wulf Fw190D-9 - Tamiya 1/72  [60751]

Towards Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9

Following the effective entry concerning the Focke-Wulf Fw190 a couple of fighter aircraft inside the English channel through autumn of 1941, the German RLM required a higher altitude variation to check on the fighter fleet, and three jobs was indeed started. The Fw 190B used the B.M.W. 801 turbo-supercharged radial motor and a pressurized cockpit, but minimal among these was in fact built. The Fw190C was in fact operating on a 1,750hp Daimler Benz DB603A in-line motor, which three prototypes had been built. The next thin air task ended up being on the basis of the Focke Wulf Fw190A airframe and running on a Junkers motor. The fuselage had been lengthened to guide the V-12 cylinder, fluid cooled, 1,750hp Jumo 213 engine, and made its initial trip throughout the winter of 1941-42, Five further prototypes was in fact produced, plus a small batch of Fw190 D-0s are finished from standard manufacturing Fw 190A-7 airframes. These pre-production aircraft ended up being indeed followed closely by the Fq-190D-1's which had the increased area right fin and rudder. There were no Fq190 D-2 through D-8 designations. The Fw-190D9 started production in June 1944, with extremely very early variants getting the flat topped canopy, and from W.Nr 210001 onwards having the Galland bonnet (blown canopy). It went into combat using the III/JG 54 "Grunherz" (Green Hearts) in September 1944, at Achmer, Germany, as top target for the completely new Messerschmitt Me262 jet fighters then entering solution.