Focke Wulf Fw 190 in Combat [Hardcover]

Alfred Price (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1998

The compelling story of the Germans' answer to the Spitfire Mk V, which first became operational in the autumn of 1941. The Fw 190 could out-run, out-climb and out-dive the Spitfire Mk V, the best machine the RAF then had available. It served on every battle front in a fighter role and as a bomber-destroyer, a fighter-bomber and a photographic recce aircraft. The story of this remarkably versatile aircraft is told by well-known aviation historian Alfred Price, who conducted first-person interviews with many former Fw 190 pilots and the head of the Focke Wulf design team, Professor Kurt Tank. These firsthand accounts, combined with the author's authoritative narrative and backed by a superb selection of photographs, make compelling reading.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750916346
• ISBN-13: 978-0750916349
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,262,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good historical presentation of the FW190 and it's variants., December 27, 1998

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This review is from: Focke Wulf Fw 190 in Combat (Hardcover)

This book does a great job of breifly reviewing the development of the FW190 and it's many variants. It also presents some brief examples of the FW190 in combat,some tactics, and Pilot interviews.

I was disappointed that it did not present more interviews and tactics. It almost appears that the information included was left over from prior research efforts by the author and assembled to publish a new book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ...worth getting if you are not familiar with the material ., December 27, 2002

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This review is from: Focke Wulf Fw 190 in Combat (Paperback)

but frankly how likely is that..??? This is a re- print of material that originally appeared in 1977, but having said that, this is still better than the plethora of new volumes on the subject being cheaply thrown together by authors you've never heard of (Caygill, Lowe etc) and publishing companies eager to make a quick buck. However, if you've read anything at all by Price in the last twenty years most of this will be familiar to you, eg. Ernst Schröder's account of the December 17 Sturm mission flown by JG 300 or Oskar Romm's account of his Sturmjäger career with IV./JG 3. Price has a marvellous ability to regurgitate his material in whatever project he turns his hand to.. for instance the chapter on JG 6 over Normandy in this tome appears in his lastest Air Combat compilation, while large portions also appear in 'Last year of the Luftwaffe..' and the Air battles books. One or two new photos appear in this edition but really the work could have done with an overhaul in this department with many of the photos being reproduced on a multitude of occasions subsequent to their first appearance in 1977 ( Red 19 anyone...yawn...). There is new material being presented by authors out there but not by this particular writer who appears to have given up on serious Luftwaffe research some time ago. Sad to say that the best single volume on the Fw 190, Peter Rodeike's Jagdflugzeug 190 is not carried by Amazon.com

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A terrific book that explains the FW190 well, August 3, 2000

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Andrew Limsk (Kuala Lumpur, MY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Focke Wulf Fw 190 in Combat (Hardcover)

This book does a great job of introducing and describing the German WWII Focke Wulf-190 in terms of design, history and combat service. Also included are personal experiences of ex-pilots and plenty of b/w photographs (some of which I haven't seen elsewhere). I especially liked the interviews with the main people from the original FW-190 design team (including Kurt Tank, the 'father' of the FW-190) which provides a rare look at the thoughts and objectives of the fighter's designers.

Overall, there is lots of well-organized information and the book should satisfy all but the most demanding aviation enthusiasts. The only fault I found is the lack of colour plates (for scale modellers), but if this is what you are after, I'd recommend 'FW-190 Aces of the Western Front' and 'FW-190 Aces of the Eastern Front'. While not perfect, this book is the one I'd choose if I only bought one book on the FW-190.