Nazi FW-190 Fighter: One of the Deadliest Machines of World War II
This powerful plane was mass produced and proved a major thorn for the Allies. Key point: The RAF had the Spitfire and Super Marine. The Axis had the FW-190 and the Zero. On July 28, 1943, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Erwin Clausen shot down another two B-17 Flying Fortresses to add to the two he had shot down the previous day. There were 15 other Focke-Wulf FW-190 pilots that claimed downing a bomber in defense of the aircraft works at Kassel and Oschersleben. It is believed that this was the first time that the Luftwaffe’s single-engined fighters had been able to employ under-wing rockets agai...
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