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Apparently there isn't a lot of interest in this aircraft. Sorry about attracting crickets with this new thread. (Prove me wrong.)The "F" version of the FW-190 included modifications to optimize it for the ground-attack role. It was intended to replace the Ju-87 and other ground attack aircraft that were not deemed to be a survivable. It served primarily on the Eastern Front. I looked and I didn't see any other discussion threads dedicated to this subtype. The floor is open. What do you think of this aircraft?
Wurger in German is the name of a bird, in English it is a Shrike, the Latin name is Laniidae which is from the Latin for butcher, also in English known as the butcher bird. Shrike - WikipediaI recall a vid about NF FW 190's attacking Coventry one night and doing great damage. Isn't its nickname "Butcher Bird"? I believe it earned that name on the Eastern Front. I don't know if that's a Caidinism or not. That theatre was kind of far from the Solomon Islands.
HiI recall a vid about NF FW 190's attacking Coventry one night and doing great damage. Isn't its nickname "Butcher Bird"? I believe it earned that name on the Eastern Front. I don't know if that's a Caidinism or not. That theatre was kind of far from the Solomon Islands.
The Ta152...The later FW-190's (the Dora?) (which were inlines despite appearances) became "T" something or others.
"Wurger" wouldnt be an unusual name for a fighter, it is a predator that catches insects. But many birds have more than one name, some people in England still call a Kestrel a windhover or wind hanger. If you name a plane, Wurger or Shrike some one will start calling it by its other name "butcher bird". The Fw 189 was named Uhu (eagle owl)I know what a shrike is. I built an Astron Shrike in my childhood and looked it up. In a dictionary. I don't know how the FW 190 got the name Butcher Bird. Did it come from the crews, the Russians or Caidin? I'm going to go read about a plane I like somewhere else now.
Starts with B and is a place in New York?How was the name Buffalo arrived at?
But bird names are common, Hawk Harrier Eagle Swallow Raptor Falcon. The Fw 187 was a falke (falcon) The 189 was a Uhu (eagle owl) Fw 200 was a condor Why so unusual for the 190 to be a Wurger?I was just wondering if the was a Buffalo bird or something.
Naming conventions were strange at times, the British liked alliteration and series, Douglas Dakota for example, Brewster had a huge factory in New York and Buffalo is a city in New York state. It could have been worse, I mean, how did the Wildcat get called a Martlet?The F2A was given it's name "Buffalo" by the British.
Curtiss also named several of their attack types "Shrike" just as they named several fighter types "Hawk".
Both the Fw189 and He219 were named "Uhu", too.