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A German WWII fighter pilot accidentally landed in Wales, giving the Allies a working specimen of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190
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Legendary Aviator Bob Hoover escaped from a German POW camp by stealing a Focke-Wulf Fw 190
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Focke-Wulf Triebflügel - A German concept aircraft developed during WWII that was a cross between a jet and helicopter.
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Airbus, the European part of the Boeing/Airbus aircraft duopoly, is the legal successor to Messerschmitt, Junkers, Dornier, Heinkel and Focke-Wulf, the principal suppliers of aircraft for the Luftwaffe during WW2.
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Major George Preddy, America's top P-51 ace during WWII and well on his way to becoming the top Ace overall, was shot down on Christmas day in 1945 by American AAA. Him and his wing man went down "on the deck"to engage a lone Focke-Wulf Fw 190. The AAA missed the 190 and struck him instead.
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During ww2, the germans designed a special heavily armored version of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter plane called the 'Sturmböcke' (battering ram) to combat the US B-17 'flying fortress' bomber.
