T he Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9, popularly referred to as the “Dora-9,” is possibly the most dazzling fighting piston plane to see service with the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The great ...

The editors marveled at some of the FW-190’s most puzzling features. Focke-Wulf’s designers crafted the FW-190 without a hydraulic system. Instead, electric motors operated the landing gear ...

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 wasn’t just a fighter—it was the aircraft that made Allied pilots rethink everything they knew about air combat. When it debuted in 1941, this German war machine shredded ...