Fighter-Bombe Fw-190 - the unique German fighter designed and started in mass production already during war. Originally the airplane was projected under the radial engine, the standard became model Fw-190D with the V-shaped engine.

First prototype Fw-190 flown on June, 1939 - after experiments with engines BMW-139 and BMW-801 and wings of small and big span.

Fw-190A Has gone to a series with engine BMW-801 and with an big-span wing.

Fw-190A-0 - pre-series aircrafts (40 fighters);

Fw-190A-1 - series aircrafts (100 fighters);

Fw-190A-2 (426 fighters) bore longer wings and reinforced armament;

Fw 190A-3 - Fighters - bombers (509 fighters) had other scheme of armament;

Fw-190A-4 (894 fighters) have supplied a system of forcing of the engine.

Photo	Description
	Drawing Fw 190 A 3/4
	An early production Fw 190A (KB+PV) being prepared for evaluation by Oblt Behrens.
	Fw 190A-4 of II./JG 26 (Werk Nr 1197), France, later 1942. Handcart starter is interesting.

Read more

• Fw 190A. Combat Use.
• Factory numbers of FW 190
• Power Plant BMW 801D
• Equipment of FW 190
• Fw 190A-4 at the Soviet AF SRI
• Symbols of groups and designation of posts

Bibliography

• "Aviation of Luftwaffe" /Viktor Shunkov/
• "Encyclopedia of military engineering" /Aerospace Publising/
• "Fighter FW 190" /A. Rusetckiy/
• "50 best fighters of World War II" /Gennadiy Kornukhin/
• "Frontline Illustration" /# 6 2001/
• BUTCNER BIRD. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190. /Edward Shacklady/