Although designed as a fighter, the Fw 190 was so adaptable that it was readily developed as the Fw 190F series for the dedicated ground-attack role, in which it was preceded by the long-range FW-190G interim model.

FW-190F tucked under the wing of the B-29.

Entering service at the end of 1942, the Fw 190F-1 (about 30 aircraft) was the production-line version of the Fw 190A-5/U3 fighter based on the FW-190A-4 with strengthened landing gear, more armour protection, and a combination of one ETC 501 bomb rack under the fuselage and four ETC 50 bomb racks under the wings. There followed 271 Fw 190F-2s with an improved canopy, about 250 FW-190F-3s with a revised wing structure, 385 Fw 190F-7s based on the Fw 190A-7, and an unknown number of FW-190F-9s with the 2270hp (1692.5kW) BMW 801TS/TH turbocharged engine. There were also numerous subvariants.

Country of origin: Germany

MagWeb.com CEO and Chief Historian Russ Lockwood stands in front of a FW-190F and almost under the wing of a B-29.

Type: (Fw 190F-3) single-seat ground-attack and close-support fighter
Powerplant: one 1700hp (1267.5kW) BMW 801 D-2 14-cylinder two-row radial engine
Performance: maximum speed 635km/h (395mph); initial climb rate 642m (2106ft) per minute; service ceiling 10,600m (34,780ft); range 750km (466 miles)
Weights: empty 3325kg (73281b); maximum take-off 4925kg (10,8581b)
Dimensions: span 10.5m (34ft 5.5in); length 8.95m (29ft 4.25in); height 3.95m (12ft 11.5in)
Armament: two 20mm fixed forward-firing cannon in the wing roots and two 13mm fixed forward-firing machine guns in the upper part of the forward fuselage, plus an external bomb load of 1200kg (26461b)

Specs and description from: Aircraft of WWII by Chris Chant (Fiedman/Fairfax, 1999, ISBN: 1-58663-303-1), a handy book covering 300 aircraft.

The top of the FW-190F as seen from the third floor viewing ramp, tucked as it twere, underneath the wing of the B-29.

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