Fw 190F-8 FE-116 Factory Number 12043 WNr Unknown Stock No. 3609-01-0413-DW190-F8 Powered by FreeWebsiteTranslation |
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Freeman Air Museum FF0148 |
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at Freeman Field (2nd plane from right) Freeman AAF September 1945 Ray White via Lou Thole |
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Source | Disposition |
War Prizes pg 209 |
Believed to have been surrendered to the USAAF at Neubiberg, an airfield south of Munich and later ferried to Cherbourg for transfer to the USA by HMS Reaper. |
TSEAL 6D 09/01/1945 |
08/01/1945 at Newark, to be sent to Freeman Field |
Freeman 05/09/1946 |
Relocate to Chicago |
Freeman 05/09/1946 #2 |
Relocation priority |
War Prizes pg 209 |
This aircraft was in flyable condition at Freemen Field from May to August 1946. |
War Prizes pg 209 |
It is reported to have been scrapped later. |
Believed to have been surrendered to the USAAF at Neubiberg, an airfield south of Munich and later ferried to Cherbourg for transfer to the USA by HMS Reaper. This aircraft was in flyable condition at Freemen Field from May to August 1946. It is reported to have been scrapped later. "War Prizes" by Phil Butler, pg 209 |
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Standard convergence for a 190 was set to 400 meters for outer cannon and 600 meters for inner cannon, trajectory returning to Line of sight at 550. A Fw180A-8/R1 with gondola's were set to from 600 meters for inner cannon and 775 and 900 meters for gondola cannon with trajectory returning to line of sight also at 550 meters. Source: http://p069.ezboard.com/fluftwaffeexperten71774frm9.showMessage?topicID=257.topic |
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See FE-0113 for general description | |
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