Focke Wulf Fw 190A-4
1/JG1
Schipol, Holland, 1943
(Corgi AA34313)
- Engine: One 1,700 h.p. BMW 801 D-2 radial
- Span: 34 ft 5 in
- Length: 29 ft 4 in
- Height: 11 ft 2 in
- Weight: 8,378 lb loaded
- Crew: One
- Max Speed: 416 mph at 20,590 ft
- Service Ceiling: 37,400 ft
- Normal Range: 497 miles
- Armament: Two 7.9 mm MG 17 machine guns in upper front fuselage, and one 20 mm MG 151 cannon and one 20 mm MG FF cannon in each wing
- Notes: The distinctive checkerboard markings, synonomous with 1/JG1's Defense of the Reich Fw190As, first appeared in the early summer of 1943. 1/JG1 chose this scheme, with the checkers in black/white, while 2/JG1 had them applied in red/black and 3/JG1 in yellow/black. Fw 190A-4 W.Nr.0601 from 1/JG1, 'White 4', was based at Amsterdam Schipol airport, Holland between 1st June 1943 and 7th July 1943. The aircraft suffered minor damage following a taxiing accident at Schipol on 25th June 1943, but returned to service soon after. The 'Schachbrettmuster' pattern would only last a matter of months, however, as the markings resulted in confusion in the air when other Jagdwaffe fighters intercepted the Gruppe after misidentifying its aircraft for similarly marked P-47 Thunderbolts of the USAAF's 8th Air Force.
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