Tamiya 60751 - 1/72 Focke-Wulf Fw190D-9  [60751]

About the Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9

Following the effective entry regarding the Focke-Wulf Fw190 A series of fighter aircraft over the English channel through the autumn of 1941, the German RLM required a high altitude variation to complement the fighter fleet, and three jobs had been started. The Fw 190B utilized the B.M.W. 801 turbo-supercharged radial motor and a pressurized cockpit, but hardly any among these had been built. The Fw190C had been running on a 1,750hp Daimler Benz DB603A in-line motor, which three prototypes were built. The third thin air project ended up being on the basis of the Focke Wulf Fw190A airframe and running on a Junkers engine. The fuselage had been lengthened to accommodate the V-12 cylinder, liquid cooled, 1,750hp Jumo 213 motor, and made its initial trip during the cold temperatures of 1941-42, Five further prototypes were produced, plus a tiny batch of Fw190 D-0s had been finished from standard manufacturing Fw 190A-7 airframes. These pre-production aircraft had been followed by the Fq-190D-1's which had the increased area straight fin and rudder. There were no Fq190 D-2 through D-8 designations. The Fw-190D9 began production in June 1944, with very early variations obtaining the flat topped canopy, and from W.Nr 210001 onwards obtaining the Galland bonnet (blown canopy). It went into combat with the III/JG 54 "Grunherz" (Green Hearts) in September 1944, at Achmer, Germany, as top address for the new Messerschmitt Me262 jet fighters then entering solution.