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Ernesto Cumpian

    Walk Around - 22: Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/F
    357th Fighter Group
    German bombers of World War I in action
    • Walk Around - 22: Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/F

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      "Fw 190A Walk Around," Squadron/Signal Publications. By May 1945, Germany had produced nearly 20,000 Fw 190s from variouscontractors. While most of these aircraft were newly constructed, many wererebuilt from older Fw 190 airframes to later Fw 190 standards. The total numberof Fw 190s built and its wide use tributes Kurt Tank's excellent engineeringand the Luftwaffe's desire for the design. 190s are considered among the mostinfluential and historically significant WWII aircraft. Informative and well written introduction, describes various designs of the Fw 190, plus talks about its history. Contains many excellent color and black and white period photos, each depicting a certain aspect of the Fw 190. Each photo has a descriptive caption for explanation. Occasionally labeled illustrations within the book also describe the aircraft in detail. Highly educational and detailed book. 80 Pages - 11" x 8.25" Squadron/Signal uses and returns any photographs of relevant aircraft snapshots, with the donor getting full credit for photos used. See address inside book.Squadron SignalPart SSP5522

      Walk Around - 22: Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/F2000
    • 357th Fighter Group

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Formed in California in Dec of '42 and equipped with P-39s. More than one year later, the Group was thrown into combat flying P-51 Mustangs against the Luftwaffe. The history & combat operations from its formation to the end of the war in Europe. Over 140 photos, 8 pages color profiles, 64 pages.

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