Hobby Master 1/48 HA7416 FW 190F-9 Munich, Germany 1945
Hobby Master 1/48 FW 190F-9 Munich, Germany 1945 HA7416
In 1937 even though the Me-109 was a very capable fighter the Reichsluftfahrtministeriun (RLM) or Reich Air Ministry was worried that future foreign designs might surpass its performance so they called for submissions of designs. Kurt Tank won the competition with his radical use of an air-cooled radial engine that he dubbed the Fw-190 Würger (Butcher Bird). There were many skeptics who believed this new aircraft would surpass the performance of the Me-109. However when the Fw-190 entered combat in the summer of 1941 it already was Germany’s premiere piston-powered WWII fighter. Over 20,000 of all variants of the Fw-190 were built with 13,291 of these being of the 9 different “A” variants.
Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SchlG 1) was formed on January 13, 1942 as a ground-attack unit. In 1943 the Schlachtgeschwader 1 was renamed SG 1. In April, 1943 SG. 1 converted to the Fw- 190A-5 but it wasn’t until late 1944, early 1945 that the Fw-190F-9 was put into action. At this point in time there were critical shortages of material so wood was being used for some parts such as tails, flaps and ailerons. The green Tech Chevron markings suggest this aircraft belonged to the Technical Officer for II/SG1 at München-Neubiberg, a major location for aircraft supply to Italy during the war.