Italeri 1128 - 1/72 FW 190 D-9 WWII  [IT-1128S]

Period: 2nd World War

Nation: Germany

Model Dim.: 14 cm

Focke-Wulf 190 D-9

The notion of installing a Junkers Jumo 213A engine (until then used mainly on bombers) in a Focke-Wulf 190 airframe was born of a must increase the high altitude performance regarding the aircraft: the A and F versions, in reality, experienced a substantial fall in speed above 7,000m. Armed with two 20mm cannon and two 13mm weapons, the D-9 was straight away your favourite with pilots, whom considered it an aircraft corresponding to the P-51 Mustang. In its secondary part as a ground hit aircraft, the Dora 9 done excellently during process Bodenplatte, the last stand of this third Reich inside Ardennes. About 650-700 D versions are thought to have been made, which four remain today.