Flug Werk FW-190 Flying Replica, Planes of Fame Air Museum

Sturmjager?

1000 pardons for resurrecting an old’ish thread … but I’m interested in any info/discussion re. the markings on this particular aircraft.

I was just viewing a clip on youtube which you can get to instantly by inserting search term “fw190 sturmjager” at youtube. It’s a very nice piece of camera work by someone called Wittmann51 … and the title describes the aircraft as a Sturmjager of Sturmstaffel 1.

Pedantically of course it’s no such thing. But I assume he means it’s painted in said markings. Grey/green mottle over 76, code white or pale grey 14 … and a very nice shield (white cloud on a blue background [suggestive of sky no doubt] with a black, perhaps gloved, hand clasping a yellow lighting bolt or similar).

Anyone got any history/knowledge of these colours and perhaps the history of the machine/unit represented?

Many thanks, Don

I got there a half hour after the seminar started but didn’t get the pilot’s name. And yes, of course the Germans killed everybody…Catholics, Gypsies, retarded people (including Hitler’s own relative), etc…

JH

Let’s stick to aviation and not politics.

Herman

I got there a half hour after the seminar started but didn’t get the pilot’s name. And yes, of course the Germans killed everybody…Catholics, Gypsies, retarded people (including Hitler’s own relative), etc…

JH

The guest speaker kind of went to a very controversial area, by saying it was a shame german civilians had to die and we are killing civilians now. I totally see his point, but people were getting upset that he seemed to forget 6 million other civilians that were killed in Germany.

Who was it?

& BTW, no one forgets the Germans killed 6M jews, but apparently they also killed about the same number of catholics.

“Now, just wait until you see the ‘real’ Fw190 when it comes out after being painted – whenever.”

Would love to see some footage of her when she’s in her new paint scheme.

PVA

FW190

Looks good. Nice to see dummy cannons fitted (albeit they do not look like 20mm). Very nice scheme.

Now, just wait until you see the ‘real’ Fw190 when it comes out after being painted – whenever.

regards

Mark

Great footage, great scheme, the cannon barrels look a bit underscale for me though and what’s with the flash hiders on the inboard ones?

It was a great event, and was even attended by Nazi buff Lemmy from Motorhead! We only got one flyby, because the airplane had some kind of issue with gear , (it got down safe) but it was worth it just to see that. The guest speaker kind of went to a very controversial area, by saying it was a shame german civilians had to die and we are killing civilians now. I totally see his point, but people were getting upset that he seemed to forget 6 million other civilians that were killed in Germany. I wasn’t too ticked off, (I know some there were) but he should have stuck to the flying stories.

It has an R2800

“Is this part of the Museum’s collection now? I thought it was owned by Rudy Frasca.”

It’s not part of the Museum’s collection, it was just on display and flight demo for January’s Living History Event.

I’m not fussed whether it’s Flug-Werk or Focke-Wulf, the ‘190 is one bad-ass looking fighter.

This is the one powered by a Pratt and Whitney, isn’t it? I forget which one’s which these days! 😮