This is a list of surviving Focke-Wulf Fw 190s. At least 23

Fw 190 The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed ''Würger'' (" Shrike") is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, ...

s exist in museums, collections and in storage worldwide, with 11 displayed in the United States. The National Air and Space Museum stores the only known surviving "long-wing" Ta 152 H, an H-0/R-11 version, at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration and Storage Facility in Suitland, Maryland. Six surviving Fw 190s served with

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during their wartime existence, and when these six Fw 190s are added to the twenty surviving examples of the

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s that also served with JG 5 during the war, a total of twenty-seven surviving former JG 5 aircraft — including one surviving Bf 110F "destroyer" heavy fighter that served in JG 5's lone tenth ''Zerstörerstaffel'' squadron (10.(Z)/JG 5) — are still in existence in the 21st century, more than from any other former Luftwaffe or other

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national aviation unit of the World War II era.

Surviving aircraft

Fw 190 A8 1, Luftfahrtmuseum Hannover-Laatzen

France

* 730923 – NC 900 on static display at the Musée de l’air et de l’espace in

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Germany

* 210968 – Fw 190 D-9 under restoration to static display at the

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. This airframe was flown by Karl Fröb of 2./JG 26 when it crashed in

Lake Schwerin Lake SchwerinCottbus, Brandenburg. This airframe is from 1./SchG 1.

Norway

* 2219 – Fw-190 A-3/U3 on static display at the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø, Nordland. * 125425 – Fw 190 A-2 on static display in unrestored condition at the Herdla Museum in Herdla, Hordaland. This airframe is from IV./JG 5, recovered from underwater location, it was rebuilt for the Norwegian Air Force Museum. The aircraft was salvaged from the ocean off the island of

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, near

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. Its pilot had made an emergency landing in December 1943 and had scrambled to safety and was rescued soon after; his aircraft had sunk to the bottom of the sea. After its retrieval from 60 m deep water, the Fw 190, "Yellow 16," from IV/JG 5 was only missing its canopy and the fabric-covered wing and tail surfaces.

Serbia

* 930838 – Fw 190 F-8 in storage at the

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in Surčin, Belgrade.

South Africa

* 550214 – Fw 190 A-6 on static display at the

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. This airframe was possibly flown by 8/JG 11 as it was fitted with a FuG 217

Neptun radar (Neptune) was the code name of a series of low-to-mid-VHF band airborne intercept radar devices developed by Germany in World War II and used as active targeting devices in several types of aircraft. They were usually combined with a "backwards ...

system.

United Kingdom

* 584219 – Fw 190 F-8/U1 on static display at the

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. Captured by the RAF in Norway, it had been converted into a two-seat configuration for use as a trainer, possibly for Jagdfliegerschule 103. * 733682 – Fw 190 A-8/R6 on static display at the

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. This airframe had originally been part of a Mistel S-3B composite aircraft along with a Junkers Ju 88 bomber-converted

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. Previously on display at the

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since 1986, it was moved to its current location in October 2013, where it went on display after a short period of restoration. Focke-Wulf Fw 190A at RAF Museum Cosford

Focke-Wulf Fw 190A at RAF Museum Cosford

United States

* 5476 – Fw 190 A-2 under restoration to airworthy by Wade S. Haynes in

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. This airframe is from

and is thought to be one of the oldest Fw 190s still in existence. * 151227 – Fw 190 A-5 airworthy at the

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. This airframe was being flown by Paul Rätz of

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when it crash landed in a forest in Voibakala near Saint Petersburg on 9 July 1943 due to sabotage of the oil lines. It was discovered in the same location in 1988 or 1989 and was recovered in 1990 or 1991. Its first post restoration flight was on 1 or 2 December 2010. It is currently the only airworthy Fw 190 with an original BMW 801 engine. * 173889 – Fw 190 A-8 under restoration with Mark Timken. This airframe was from 7./JG 1. * 210096 – Fw 190 D-9 owned by the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts. * 550470 – Fw 190 A-6 under restoration to airworthy by Brian O'Farrell in

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. This airframe, originally built by AGO Flugzeugwerke, was previously owned by Malcolm Laing in

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. It is a composite using parts from Wk. Nr. 140668. This airframe is from 1./JG 26. * 601088 – Fw 190 D-9 on static display at the

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. This airframe is from IV (Sturm)./

JG 3 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 3 (JG 3) "Udet" was a '' Luftwaffe'' fighter wing of World War II. The ''Geschwader'' operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst Udet, an important figure in the dev ...

"Udet" Geschwader, captured by the US intact and labeled FE-120 and used in testing following the war. It is on long term loan from the

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. * 732183 – Fw 190 A-8 non-airworthy at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This airframe is from 12./JG 5, and was previously located at the Texas Air Museum in

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. Displayed as the a/c flown by Ltn

Rudi Linz Rudolf "Rudi" Linz (14 February 1917 – 9 February 1945) was a Luftwaffe (German air force) fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 70 aerial victories achieved in an unknown number of combat missions, becoming an " ace-in-a-day" ...

in 12./JG 5, a German ace with 70 victories. He was shot down over Norway by a British Mustang Mk III during the 'Black Friday' raid on 9 February 1945. * 836017 – Fw 190 D-13 on static display at the Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington. This airframe is from 1./JG 26 as flown by Major Franz Götz. After capture it was donated to the Georgia Technical University, and then fell into disrepair. Later restored in Germany by William Flugzeuge and returned to the Champlin Fighter Museum in Mesa, Arizona. It was later loaned to the

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in Seattle, Washington when the Champlin museum closed its doors, and is now on display in Everett, Washington as a part of Paul Allen's

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. The aircraft has been restored close to flyable condition, but it will not be flown because it is the only surviving D-13. * 931862 – Fw 190 F-8 under restoration to airworthy for the

Collings Foundation The Collings Foundation is a private non-profit educational foundation located in Stow, Massachusetts, with a mission dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history, namely automobile and aviation history. The C ...

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. It was being restored by American Aero Services but is now being worked on by GossHawk Unlimited. This airframe is from 9./JG 5, the "White 1" as flown by Unteroffizier Heinz Orlowski, who examined his former aircraft personally in 2005, during its restoration. Also shot down by P-51s over Norway in the "Black Friday" engagement. Originally under restoration in Kissimmee, Florida, USA by ''The White 1 Foundation'', it was transferred to the Collings Foundation in 2012. * 931884 – Fw 190 F-8 on static display at the

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of the

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. This airframe is from I./

SG 2 ''Schlachtgeschwader'' 2 (SG 2) ''Immelmann'' was a Luftwaffe dive-bomber wing of World War II. It was named after Max Immelmann, the first German pilot to earn the Pour le Mérite. This close-support ''Stuka'' unit fought principally in the so ...

. It was first built as an A-4 with Wk. Nr. 640069, but later rebuilt as an F-8. Captured intact by the US and marked as FE-117.

Unknown

* 5415 – Fw 190 F-8 thought to be under restoration in New Zealand and owned by the

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in the mid-1990s. * 400616 – Fw 190 D-9 at an unknown location. This airframe was on display at the Hangar 10 facility in Zirchow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was sold by Platinum Fighter Sales in 2015.

Modern reproductions

Flug + Werk reproductions

Starting in 1996 a small German company, Flug + Werk GmbH, began work on new Fw 190 A-8s; a run of 21 kits were produced. These planes are new reproduction builds from the ground up, using many original dies, plans, and other information from the war. The construction was sub-contracted to

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of Bacău, Romania; both companies have been involved in a number of

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replica projects. Werk numbers continued from where the German production left off, with the new Fw 190 A-8s being labeled "Fw 190 A-8/N" (N for ''Nachbau'': "replica"). Some of these new Fw 190s are known to be fitted with the original tail wheel units from the Second World War; a small cache of tail gear having been discovered. In November 2004, the first flights were completed. Since the BMW 801 engines are no longer available, a Chinese licensed Soviet-designed engine, the

Shvetsov ASh-82FN The Shvetsov ASh-82 (M-82) is a Soviet 14-cylinder, two-row, air-cooled radial aircraft engine developed from the Shvetsov M-62. The M-62 was the result of development of the M-25, which was a licensed version of the Wright R-1820 Cyclone. Desi ...

14-cylinder twin-row radial engine of similar configuration though slightly smaller displacement (41.2 litres versus 41.8) to the original BMW powerplants, which powered some of the Fw 190s opposition: the La-5 and

La-7 The Lavochkin La-7 (russian: Лавочкин Ла-7) was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau. It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the la ...

, were used in the new Fw 190 A-8/N. Some customers specified American

Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of , and is part of the long-lived Wasp family of engines. The R-2800 saw widespread use in many important A ...

engines, though these are larger than the ASh-82 with different mounting points requiring some modification. As part of the run of 21 examples, FlugWerk also produced a limited number of "long nose" Fw 190D examples powered by

Allison V-1710 The Allison V-1710 aircraft engine designed and produced by the Allison Engine Company was the only US-developed V-12 liquid-cooled engine to see service during World War II. Versions with a turbocharger gave excellent performance at high a ...

References

Notes

External links

Flug-Werk Fw 190; a German company building complete, flying Fw 190s.

The Collings Foundation's ''White 1'' Heinz Orlowski's Fw 190F-8 (WkNr. 931 862) restoration page

Die Geschichte der Focke-Wulf 190 (in German with much data)

* ttp://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/focke-wulf.pdf Warbirds Directory – Geoff Goodall's Aviation History Site {{use dmy dates, date=April 2015 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s Survivors