Description
The Uhu (“Eagle Owl”) was yet another brilliant aircraft designed by Kurt Tank's design team (the Fw 190 was the best powered Axis Fighter of WW2). Popular with its crews, this aircraft was exceptionally versatile and despite its sleek appearance, very rugged in combat. The Fw 189 dealt a heavy blow to a reconnaissance aircraft armed with two 7.9 mm MG 17 machine guns, four 7.9 mm MG 81 machine guns and an underwing bomb with four 50 kg SC 50 bombs (later versions were equipped with the MG FF 20mm automatic cannon). The Fw 189 had everything it took to survive in hostile skies. The aircraft's performance was excellent, being superbly agile, well armed and with excellent all-round visibility. There are no great kill numbers, as this aircraft is not designed for direct air-to-air combat with enemy aircraft. Its role was reconnaissance, finding the enemy and informing the ground forces. This meant that the aircraft and its crew flew behind enemy lines, where on the Eastern Front, if the crews survived the shooting down, the possibility of capture and/or execution was expected. The Fw 189 was highly respected and hated by the Russians, so much so that they gave a bonus to any Russian pilot who downed one, and even their own version, the Sukhoi Su-12, which was launched in 1947 (two years after the end of the war) reached the prototype stage. The Russians nicknamed the Fw 189 “Rama” (“Frame”), because of its shape. The aircraft's distinctive engines spelled trouble for the listener. Designed as a modular aircraft, the Fw 189 also served in the ground attack role and approximately thirty aircraft in the night fighter role before the end of the war. Proposed variants included a sleek and deadly-looking ground attack version. This illustration shows an FW 189 in combat against Russian fighters on the Eastern Front in 1945. The last hellish battles of the Rage on the Eastern Front among them. This aircraft belongs to Aufklärungsgruppe (H)/14. The FW 189 was the German armed forces “flying”. eye". Total production by the end of the war was 864. The Fw 189 also served in the Hungarian, Bulgarian, Romanian and Slovak air forces. British test pilot Eric “Winkle” Brown (who has reportedly flown more types of aircraft than anyone else) had nothing but praise for the Fw 189. Weight: 750 g Puzzle size: 68.3 cm x 48 cm Box dimensions: 40 cm x 27cm x 6.1cm