Bookie's Focke-Wulf 190 / Ta 152 Page

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Introduction
Welcome to Bookie's Focke-Wulf 190 and Ta 152 page. This page is the result of a number of years of research into the aircraft featured, Kurt Tank's Focke-Wulf 190 / Ta 152. This aircraft performed outstandingly throughout World War II, serving in large numbers with the Luftwaffe, and also in a handful of smaller nation's air forces. It performed almost every role possible for a single-engined aircraft, and proved to be successful as a fighter, fighter-bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, trainer and night-fighter. Its main role was as a fighter, and in this role it excelled, dominating the European skies for more than a year after its introduction into service in August 1941. The FW 190 retained a certain superiority over Allied types throughout the war. Continual development resulted in new variants, eventually seeing a radical change in shape with a new engine fitted to the FW 190 D (Dora), and in the final months of the war, the Ta 152 (designated Ta to honour designer Kurt Tank). By the end of the war more than 20,000 had been produced, and the FW 190 had become one of the world's great warplanes. This page is a tribute to the aircraft and its pilots.

If you have any questions, please go to the Questions and Contacts page.

After a long break, I've finally updated the site. A number of pages have been modified. The 14.(J)/J.G. 5 article has been updated with new information. Jack's photos have been updated with new caption information. More photos from Piet van Wyk de Vries have been added to the FW 190 in detail page.

NEW PAGES
I've added a page with the order for the creation of 4./S.G. 5 from 14.(J)/J.G. 5. Also new is an article about S.G. 4 aircraft codes. Another new article is III./S.G. 4 aerial victories, listing all known victories by this Gruppe. The Kitzingen page has been updated with some new information. I've added more FW 190 data plate photos to the data plate page. Thanks to those who contributed the photos. Finally, my article on the Focke-Wulf 190 G-8 will be the first in what I hope will be a series of articles, each outlining the production details of one of the FW 190 ground-attack variants.

In July 2004 the book by Morten Jessen and I, The Focke-Wulf 190 in North Africa, was published by Classic Publications. It has 80,000 words of text, footnotes, 100 photos, 15 colour profiles by Claes Sundin, full loss and victory lists, camouflage information with assistance from Ken Merrick, and more. We are working on some more book projects. I'll keep you updated about them here. One of these projects is a sequel to the FW 190 in North Africa book, this time covering FW 190 operations over Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Italy and southern France. Another is about the air war over Courland in Latvia in 1944 and 1945.

Thanks to the many people who have contacted me via email with information, artwork, photos and corrections for the site. It is always appreciated.

Bookie, 27 December 2005

ARTICLES ON FW 190 UNITS

A HISTORY OF 14.(JABO)/J.G. 5
This article deals with a small but interesting FW 190 fighter-bomber unit operating in the far north of Finland.

THE FOCKE-WULF 190 WITH 5./B.F.Gr. 196, 1./S.A.Gr. 128 AND 10./Z.G. 1
An article about a little-known FW 190 unit (right-click on link and choose 'Save Target As')

GESCHWADER BONGART
An article about an anti-partisan unit operating in central France in the summer of 1944. (right-click on link and choose 'Save Target As')

SCHLACHTGESCWADER 4 CODES
This article lists codes used by Schlachtgeschwader 4 in 1943, 1944 and 1945. (right-click on link and choose 'Save Target As')

J.G. 2 STAFFEL COLOURS AND EMBLEMS FOR 1942
A table listing the FW 190 Staffeln of J.G. 2 and their known emblems and Staffel colours

THE FOCKE-WULF 190 WITH III./KAMPFGESCHWADER 101
Some information about the service of the FW 190 with III./K.G. 101 in France in May and June 1943

ARTICLES ON FW 190 PILOTS

ALFRED GRISLAWSKI
Grislawski achieved many victories in the Bf 109, but was also successful in the FW 190 with 1./J.G.1

OTTO KITTEL
By Christer Bergström, this article looks at the career and death of the greatest FW 190 ace, Otto Kittel

HUBERT STRASSL
The story of Hubert Strassl who achieved great success in an FW 190 A-4 during the Battle of Kursk

OTHER ARTICLES

THE AMERICAN TANK RAID ON DJEDEIDA AIRFIELD, 25 NOVEMBER 1942
An article about a raid on a Luftwaffe airfield in Tunisia (right-click on link and choose 'Save Target As')

FOCKE-WULF 190 A-8 380 ... BLOCK
A page dealing with a single block of FW 190 A-8s, includes photos and profiles

FOCKE-WULF 190 AND TA 152 MANUFACTURER'S PLATES
A page with images of FW 190 and Ta 152 manufacturer's plates, thanks to Steve Polyak

FOCKE-WULF 190s FOUND AT BERLIN-TEMPELHOF IN 1945
A brief article on the FW 190s found at Berlin-Tempelhof airfield in 1945

FOCKE-WULF 190 AND TA 152 CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS
A page that looks at some of the markings and camouflage schemes of the FW 190 and Ta 152 family

KITZINGEN: THE SURRENDER OF OBERST HANS-ULRICH RUDEL
The Surrender of S.G. 2's Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel at Kitzingen, 8 May 1945

SCHLACHTGESCHWADER 77 MASSACRE AT KAMENZ - 17 APRIL 1945
An article dealing with the Allied low-level attack on Kamenz airfield in which many FW 190s were destroyed

THE USE OF ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC LUFTWAFFE IN SUPPORT OF THE ARMY
A translated German document from the Australian War Memorial (AWM), dated 24 December 1943

FOCKE-WULF 190 / TA 152 KITS IN 1/72 SCALE
An article by Brian Baker which lists all FW 190 kits ever made in 1/72 scale

FOCKE-WULF 190 OVER DIEPPE
An article examining the role of the FW 190 over Dieppe on 19 August 1942

THE FOCKE-WULF 190 IN NORTH AFRICA
Details on the FW 190 in North Africa book project by Andrew Arthy and Morten Jessen

THE FW 190 V18
An article on the FW 190 V18, prototype of the FW 190 C

THE FOCKE-WULF 190'S COMBAT DEBUT ON THE EASTERN FRONT
By Christer Bergström, this article looks at the early service of the FW 190 on the Eastern Front

NON-LUFTWAFFE FOCKE-WULFS 190S
A summary of non-Luftwaffe FW 190 operators

FOCKE-WULF 190 LANDINGS IN SWEDEN DURING WORLD WAR II
Information about the FW 190s that landed in Sweden in 1945

PHOTOGRAPHS

FOCKE-WULF 190 F-9 W.NR 440 382 'YELLOW 10 + '
A feature on this late-war fighter-bomber with flame dampers, including photographs and a colour profile

FOCKE-WULF 190 F-9 W.NR 440 340
Photos of an FW 190 that landed in Italy in the final days of the war

EARLY-WAR FOCKE-WULF 190 PHOTO GALLERY
Photos of early-war Luftwaffe FW 190s

LATE-WAR FOCKE-WULF 190 PHOTO GALLERY
Photos of late-war Luftwaffe FW 190s

FOCKE-WULF 190 D-9 PHOTO GALLERY
Photos of FW 190 D-9s

THE FOCKE-WULF 190 IN DETAIL
Colour photographs of five preserved FW 190s

FOCKE-WULF 190 / TA 152 ARTWORK

COLOUR PROFILES
FW 190 / Ta 152 Profiles by Neil Page, Thierry Dekker, Kjetil Aakra, Claes Sundin and Dan Taylor

DOWNLOADABLE FW 190 A-8 WALLPAPER
Wallpaper by Thierry Dekker

FLUGWERK FW 190 A-8/N PAINT SCHEMES
A preview of what the new Flugwerk FW 190 A-8/Ns will look like

FOCKE-WULF 190 LISTINGS AND PRODUCTION DETAILS

THE FOCKE-WULF 190 G-8
An article that looks at the production details of the Focke-Wulf 190 G-8 ground-attack version. (right-click on link and choose 'Save Target As')

THE FW 190 WERK NUMMER PROJECT
A listing of FW 190 Werk Nummern and Production Details

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-0 LISTING
A listing of all FW 190 A-0s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-1 LISTING
A listing of all FW 190 A-1s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-2 LISTING
A listing of all FW 190 A-2s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-3 LISTING
A listing of all FW 190 A-3s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-4 LISTING
A listing of all FW 190 A-4s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-5 LISTING [COMING SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE]
A listing of all FW 190 A-5s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-6 LISTING [COMING SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE]
A listing of all FW 190 A-6s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-7 LISTING [COMING SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE]
A listing of all FW 190 A-7s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-8 LISTING [COMING SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE]
A listing of all FW 190 A-8s

THE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-9 LISTING
A listing of all FW 190 A-9s

VARIANTS PAGE
A list of all versions and variants of the FW 190 / Ta 152

FOCKE-WULF 190 ORDERS OF BATTLE
Numerous FW 190 OOBs from various dates

MISCELLANEOUS

JACK'S PHOTOS
Some of my grandfather's photos of Australian, Japanese and American aircraft, taken during his service in the Pacific.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
A list of Focke-Wulf 190 and Luftwaffe books

LINKS
Luftwaffe and Focke-Wulf 190 / Ta 152 Internet sites

BITS AND PIECES
Information on the Luftwaffe Verband, and a downloadable Luftwaffe font

PETER'S LUFTWAFFE PROFILES
My little brother is a bit of an artist, and he drew these Luftwaffe profiles when he was just twelve. Look out Claes Sundin!
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