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[AntEater]

Todays banner is a fairly modern photgraph most likely shot in the 70,s timeframe after the completion of the DO-335 restoration, that aircraft now resides at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum.

I still saw this plane in Munich in the 1990s.

Supposedly the Dornier Engineers restored it to flyable capacity (the engines did work for sure) but no one wanted to risk a flight in a unique airplane that wasn't too reliable even in 1945.

[Ala13_ManOWar]

Is there that Spit photograph in big size? It's a very nice one.

S!

[congo]

Todays banner is a fairly modern photgraph most likely shot in the 70,s timeframe after the completion of the DO-335 restoration, that aircraft now resides at the Steven F Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum.

I still saw this plane in Munich in the 1990s.

Supposedly the Dornier Engineers restored it to flyable capacity (the engines did work for sure) but no one wanted to risk a flight in a unique airplane that wasn't too reliable even in 1945.

The DO-335 returned to the states in the late 90,s. I never sae ant evidence that the powerplants had been run. I believe that the original loan agreement was for ten years upon completion of the restoration but turned out to be longer than ten years that it stayed in Germany.

[kpn.kardif]

Ok, I'll admit that my aircraft ID skills aren't that sharp.  But...

Is that a Focke Wulf with American colors? 

[OberstDanjeje]

Yes, captured in Italy or Tunisia don't remember

[juanmalapuente]

It looks great in those (postwar I guess) colours. Really unusual pic.

[STAX18]

I believe this Focke-Wulf Fw190A-4Trop was captured at Gerbini, Sicily 1943, repainted and flown as hack by 85th Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group USAAF (and 404th FG too) at wartime.

[OberstDanjeje]

As I said it was captured in Italy or Tunia during the war, there are some skin for IL2with that camo

[SAS~Storebror]

Now that nearly everything has been told about this bird, let me add a few more photos:











Best regards - Mike

[kpn.kardif]

Awesome pics!  Thanks for sharing, Mike!

[Knochenlutscher]

I should have had these when I did the Skin, only had 2 pictures of it.
Interesting to see it had 2 different Tailmarkings applied, one with and without stripes...

[congo]

The second one down looks as if it was shot in an simulation environment, the background almost resembles texture tiles.