Eighty-six years ago today, on June 1, 1939, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190-nicknamed the “Shrike”-took to the skies for the first time. Designed by legendary German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank, the single ...
Faster than the Spitfire and deadlier than the 109, the Fw 190 was a fighter built to dominate. But behind its terrifying ...