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A new photo of one of the colorful Fw 190D's has surfaced:

 

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I believe it to be Red 4, one of four 190D's used by the staffel, which was purported to be the only  Fw 190D-11 (WNr. not confirmed) in use by the staffel, determined from less than perfect period photos. However, this newly discovered shot* brings that surmise into question. The aircraft pictured is definitely not a D-9 because of the enlarged air intake, as used on the D-11 and D-13. Therefore, it's either a D-11 or D-13, yes? Note that there are no outboard wing Mk 108 cannons installed. As the D-11 had 108's in the outer wing gun position and the D-13 didn't, my surmise that this aircraft is, in fact, Red 4 a Fw 190D-13.

 

I have contacted Jerry Crandall re. this new shot. It will be interesting to see what he thinks!

 

https://luftwaffe-research-group.org/threads/fw190d-jv44.20712/#post-79803

* photo posted by Martin Trnkus

 

Cheers,

Damian

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It is definitely "Red 4". There is a photo of "Red 4" taken next to a Ju 88 on the Munchen-Riem airfield and published in Jerry Crandall's books. You can see the Ju 88 behind this aircraft. Nice find. 

Radu

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On 8/2/2020 at 5:43 PM, Alain Gadbois said:

On a couple photos you can clearly see the gun bulges on the top wing so D-11. Interesting to know they were removed at some point.

 

Alain

hard to know if they were removed or never installed in the first place...

nevertheless this is one of my favorite a/c and this picture is an excellent find

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