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[Sivart]

I just got this today from the brother of a WWII vet who was with the 9th AAF. Thought it was an interesting picture.

 

Travis

[The Meatcan]

from that angle, it looks like the stretched D-9 version. Or do my eyes deceive me? At any rate, that FW just looks downright odd with US markings. Cool photo.

Terry

[Cobrahistorian]

Looks like either an A-8/9 or F-8/9. Has the blown canopy, which was more common on the D-9, but it is definitely a radial engine.

Great photo!

[Johnny Signor]

A few of the USAAF fighter and Bomber units of WW2 had acess to FW-190's ,some actually flew them for a short period,some were found to be booby trapped mechanically, and a few were shipped back to the states for trials to see how the were similar/different than our fighters.

Hard to tell if this is state side or overseas but it is a short nose regualr 190 not a Dora.

[Sivart]

A few of the USAAF fighter and Bomber units of WW2 had acess to FW-190's ,some actually flew them for a short period,some were found to be booby trapped mechanically, and a few were shipped back to the states for trials to see how the were similar/different than our fighters.

Hard to tell if this is state side or overseas but it is a short nose regualr 190 not a Dora.

I think it is overseas. It is one of a group of pictures that were taken in 1944 by a man in the 416th FS. Of the 14 pictures, 2 were marked St Mere Eglise, July 1944, the remainder were marked St Dizier Oct 1944. This particular picture is the only one that is unmarked.

 

Travis

[Cobrahistorian]

With the PSP ramp that it is sitting on, I'd pretty much guarantee that it was overseas. I wonder if this is the National Air & Space Museum's Fw190F-8?