Fw 190 - Butcher Bird
by Pat Speirs
Title
Fw 190 - Butcher Bird
Artist
Pat Speirs
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art Print
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�Butcher Bird� - aka FW 190
The appearance of the FW 190 in the summer of 1941 came as a considerable surprise to the RAF fighter squadrons. Since their success in the Battle of Britain in September 1940 the Spitfire community had experienced a fair degree of air superiority in the skies over Northern France. The FW 190 with it�s greater speed, manoeuvrability and much heavier �punch� - two 23mm and two 20mm cannon - easily outclassed the then Mk of Spitfire and turned the tables with a vengeance.
In early 1942 a somewhat confused Luftwaffe pilot landed the latest version of the FW 190 at a southern England base, having mistaken it for Holland. The design secrets thus revealed, the later Mks of the Spitfire began to challenge the FW 190.
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December 31st, 2012
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