Focke-Wulf Ta152H

They do have a good number of unique German aircraft… and many were ‘gifted’ to them by the British as duplicates or not that interesting.

iirc the Ta152 is c/n1500003 Red ‘4’ which was at the RAE in 1945 before becoming FE-112. ‘Our’ Ta152, c/n 150168 AM11, was scrapped.

As for He219’s, there were at least five operated by the RAF – not sure if the Smithsonian one was one.

So… -ve we didn’t keep them. +ve they probably wouldn’t have survived if we did. And the Smithsonian do a very good job of the restoration.

🙁 shame!

pic from wikipedia

Actually most were recovered to the US by Watsons Whizzers, not via the Brits, the He219 being one of them. Work is continuing slowly on the wings, one engine has been completed. Ta152 is ‘Green 4’ and is currently stored.

Dave

related to this topic, any news on the He 219 and the smithsonian? apparently the wings are being restored to go with the fuselage. americans are lucky ******s in that they seem to have a fair few unique german aircraft arado 234, do335 Ta152 (as discussed)

(courtesy of wikipedia)

quite a beautiful aircraft in her own way

They do have a good number of unique German aircraft… and many were ‘gifted’ to them by the British as duplicates or not that interesting.

iirc the Ta152 is c/n1500003 Red ‘4’ which was at the RAE in 1945 before becoming FE-112. ‘Our’ Ta152, c/n 150168 AM11, was scrapped.

As for He219’s, there were at least five operated by the RAF – not sure if the Smithsonian one was one.

So… -ve we didn’t keep them. +ve they probably wouldn’t have survived if we did. And the Smithsonian do a very good job of the restoration.

Many thanks for the links JT, will be great to see this aircraft finished and assembled again:cool:

cheers ..
don`t forget to have a look at the Ju 388L link at the bottom
of the page on the second link ,the condition of the cockpit is remarkable to say the least and another unique restoration to look forward to

JT:cool:

http://www.thomasgenth.de/ueberlebende/Ta152/ta152.html

http://www.geocities.com/ta152uk/index.html

JT:cool:

Many thanks for the links JT, will be great to see this aircraft finished and assembled again:cool:

Watson’s Wizzers strike again! How many of the rare birds that he and his team brought back eventually made it to museums? I think that whole operation would make a good movie!

related to this topic, any news on the He 219 and the smithsonian? apparently the wings are being restored to go with the fuselage. americans are lucky ******s in that they seem to have a fair few unique german aircraft arado 234, do335 Ta152 (as discussed)

(courtesy of wikipedia)

quite a beautiful aircraft in her own way

please see here

http://www.thomasgenth.de/ueberlebende/Ta152/ta152.html

http://www.geocities.com/ta152uk/index.html

JT:cool:

Here is a link to the Air and Space Museum’s info. Does not say what is going on currently, but does talk about some of their preservation on the A/C and undoing post war changes done to the paint and structure.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/focke_ta152.htm