The last variant of the successful FockeWulf Fw190 received a different designation Ta152, after Kurt Tank, its chief designer. Considered by some to be the best pistonengine fighter of WW2, it faced many challenges and ultimately, too few were produced to make a significant impact. But what did it really achieve in actual combat? See in this first video of the series.

Sources:
Dietmar Hermann FockeWulf Ta 152: The Story of the Luftwaffe's LateWar, HighAltitude Fighter
https://amzn.to/48GnBMR
Marek Murawski FockeWulf Ta 152 (Monographs)
https://amzn.to/4aURon8
Willi Reschke Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "Wilde Sau": In Defense Of The Reich with the Bf 109, Fw 190 and Ta 152
https://amzn.to/3TO6nsN
Marek Murawski JG 301 "Wilde Sau"
https://amzn.to/3tI363z
Falke Eins Towards perfection? The Focke Wulf (Tank) Ta 152
https://falkeeins.blogspot.com/2010/0...

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