The top speed of the fastest operational fighter was less than 360 mph when the war started. By 1945, this had increased by an astonishing 300mph. Knowing that ‘speed was life’, some designers packed ...

Meet the Focke-Wulf Fw 190: Along with the well-known Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s Jagdwaffe (fighter force) during the Second World War. The ...

In its day, pilots used to call the Focke-Wulf Fw-190 the Würger (Butcher Bird) because it was so adept at shooting down Allied aircraft. But when this 1944 example was pulled from the woods in ...

A priceless prize fell into the hands of Allied forces near Naples in early 1943: an “almost intact” Focke-Wulf 190. The U.S. troops immediately shipped the Luftwaffe’s arguably most advanced fighter ...

If you were an Allied pilot during the Second World War and saw a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190, one of two things would happen. Either you soil yourself in terror and ...

Faster than the Spitfire and deadlier than the 109, the Fw 190 was a fighter built to dominate. But behind its terrifying ...