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At War
Focke Wulf 190 at War
Book by Price, Alfred
- GenresWorld War II
160 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1977
About the author
Alfred Price
123 books19 followersAlfred Price seved for 16 years as an aircrew officer in the Royal air Force where he specialised in electronic warfare and air fighting tactics.
He left the RAF in 1974 and thereafter he worked full time as a writer on aviation subjects.
He holds a PhD in history from Loughborough University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
He left the RAF in 1974 and thereafter he worked full time as a writer on aviation subjects.
He holds a PhD in history from Loughborough University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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April 1, 2025
In light of recent long range drone military strikes, it seems that need for light attack, long range and endurance combat aircraft has become more prominent (manned, unmanned or mix, does not matter). Helicopters can perform well in this role but for pursuit of fast moving UAVs standard light attack fighter plane is the most suited. While modern turboprop or jet light attack aircraft are light-years away from WW2 strike aircraft it is nonetheless interesting to revisit war-birds of bygone era and maybe see where similar craft could be used in our times.
FW190 was by all means sturdy, powerful and highly efficient combat machine, so finding a good book about it, that is not only about the technical features (like rpm's, max speed etc) nor for modellers only (like gazillion side photos and art without much text), was a challenge. On a number of recommendations I picked up Alfred Price's story of the combat use of the aircraft.
And I have to admit it is excellently written and provides a lot of technical information, tactics used, and excellent photographs combined with stories from the both engineers that built the plane and pilots from various combat units (and there were quite a few of these - from standard fighter, fighter/bomber (night and day) to assault wings flying heavily armored versions against Allied bomber force - now these machines were truly wild) from both Eastern and Western fronts.
Truly interesting and battle tested aircraft with lots of features that Allies will match only with their next generation of fighters. Presentation of the evolution from initial fighters to F fighter-bombers, A8 and heavily armored F8's to Dora and finally sleek and "long nosed" Tank 152H was truly masterfully done by the author.
Very interesting book, highly recommended to all fans of military aviation.
FW190 was by all means sturdy, powerful and highly efficient combat machine, so finding a good book about it, that is not only about the technical features (like rpm's, max speed etc) nor for modellers only (like gazillion side photos and art without much text), was a challenge. On a number of recommendations I picked up Alfred Price's story of the combat use of the aircraft.
And I have to admit it is excellently written and provides a lot of technical information, tactics used, and excellent photographs combined with stories from the both engineers that built the plane and pilots from various combat units (and there were quite a few of these - from standard fighter, fighter/bomber (night and day) to assault wings flying heavily armored versions against Allied bomber force - now these machines were truly wild) from both Eastern and Western fronts.
Truly interesting and battle tested aircraft with lots of features that Allies will match only with their next generation of fighters. Presentation of the evolution from initial fighters to F fighter-bombers, A8 and heavily armored F8's to Dora and finally sleek and "long nosed" Tank 152H was truly masterfully done by the author.
Very interesting book, highly recommended to all fans of military aviation.
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