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Fw190 0410233 |
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Type : Fw190 Mark : A-5 Last Flew : 8th September 1943 |
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| 08th September 1943 | Suffered engine failure and was damaged beyond repair in a crash possibly near Schickeberg. Leutnant Erich Hondt ok. |
| Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Fw190 A-5 0410233 | ||
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| Hondt, Erich Click the name above to see a profile of Hondt, Erich | Hondt, Erich Staffelkapitan of 6./II./JG11. Injured on 14th May 1943 when his Me109G of JG11 was shot down by an American Liberator and crashed west of Kiel. Injured on 28th July 1943 when his Me109T-2 0007781 of JG11 was damaged in combat with American Flying Fortress and force landed near Meppen. On 29th July 1943 he escaped injury when his Me109T-2 0007746 Green 7 of JG11 was damaged in combat with American Flying Fortress and crash landed at Dune airfield. On 8th September 1943, his Fw190A-5 0410233 of JG11 suffered engine failure and crashed possibly near Schickeberg. He was unharmed. On 2nd October 1943, his Fw190A-5/U12 0410205 Black 13 of JG11 was shot down by a Flying Fortress and crashed near Winshoten. It is thought he baled out. | |
| Squadrons for : Fw190 A-5 0410233 | ||
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JG11 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG11 | JG11 Full profile not yet available. | |
| Aircraft type : Fw190 | ||
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Fw190 
Manufacturer : Fokke-Wulf Production Began : 1940 Retired : 1945 | Fw190 The Focke-Wulf 190 development project began in 1937. Conceived as a hedge against total dependence on the Messerchmitt 109, the 190 was designed by Kurt Tank utilizing a radial engine. This was against generally accepted design criteria in Germany, and many historians believe that the decision to produce a radial engine fighter was largely due to the limited manufacturing capacity for in-line, water-cooled engines which were widely used on all other Luftwaffe aircraft. Despite these concerns, Tanks design was brilliant, and the 190 would become one of the top fighter aircraft of WWII. The first prototype flew in mid-1939. The aircraft had excellent flying characteristics, a wonderful rate of acceleration, and was heavily armed. By late 1940 the new fighter was ordered into production. Nicknamed the butcher bird, by Luftwaffe pilots, early 190s were quite successful in the bomber interceptor role, but at this stage of the war many Allied bombing raids lacked fighter escort. As the war dragged on, Allied bombers were increasingly accompanied by fighters, including the very effective P-51 Mustang. The Allies learned from experience that the 190s performance fell off sharply at altitudes above 20,000 feet. As a result, most Allied bombing missions were shifted to higher altitudes when fighter opposition was likely. Kurt Tank had recognized this shortcoming and began working on a high-altitude version of the 190 utilizing an in-line, water-cooled engine. Utilizing a Jumo 12-cylinder engine rated at 1770-HP, and capable of 2,240-HP for short bursts with its methanol injection system, the 190D, or Long Nose or Dora as it was called, had a top speed of 426-MPH at 22,000 feet. Armament was improved with two fuselage and two wing mounted 20mm cannon. To accommodate the changes in power plants the Dora had a longer, more streamlined fuselage, with 24 inches added to the nose, and an additional 19 inches added aft of the cockpit to compensate for the altered center of gravity. By mid 1944 the Dora began to reach fighter squadrons in quantity. Although the aircraft had all the right attributes to serve admirably in the high altitude interceptor role, it was not generally focused on such missions. Instead many 190Ds were assigned to protect airfields where Me-262 jet fighters were based. This was due to the latter aircrafts extreme vulnerability to Allied attack during takeoff and landing. The 190Ds also played a major role in Operation Bodenplatte, the New Years Day raid in 1945 which destroyed approximately 500 Allied aircraft on the ground. The High Command was impressed with the 190Ds record on this raid, and ordered most future production of the Doras to be equipped as fighter-bombers. In retrospect this was a strategic error, and this capable aircraft was not fully utilized in the role for which it was intended. | |
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