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[Stefan S]

https://russianplanes.net/city/!_Tula_area_-_other_!

Stefan

[Stellan]

Wow, finns det en FW 189 kvar???

[Gabriel]

Stellan, enligt Wikipedia finns det ett flygplan kvar i världen idag. Och dessutom med en intressant historia:

One Fw 189 survives today. Its story starts on May 4, 1943 when Fw 189 V7+1H (Werk Nr. 2100), of 1./Nahaufklärungsgruppe 10, with V7 originally the Geschwaderkennung code for Heeres-Aufklärungsgruppe 32 based at Pontsalenjoki (due east of Kuusamo, and within the south-central area of modern Russia's Republic of Karelia) took off on a mission to photograph the Loukhi-3 airbase from an altitude of 6,000 m (20,000 ft), then to continue north along the Murmansk-Leningrad railway. Approximately 31 minutes after taking off, V7+1H was attacked by Lend-Lease-acquired Soviet Hawker Hurricane fighters. The aircraft dived to escape the fighters, but owing to damage already suffered, could not pull out in time, and it struck the treetops. The tail was torn off, and the crew nacelle left hanging upside down within the trees. The pilot, Lothar Mothes, survived but one crewman was killed in the crash and the third died from blood loss as a result of a severed leg. Incredibly, Mothes was able to survive two weeks in sub-zero temperatures, evading Soviet patrols while eating bark and grubs as he walked back to his base. Mothes spent the next nine months in a hospital recovering from severe frostbite before returning to the front line, eventually to fly another 100 missions.

In 1991, the wreckage of V7+1H was found in the Russian forest where it had remained for 48 years. The aircraft was purchased by a group of British aircraft enthusiasts and was shipped to the UK, arriving in the town of Worthing, West Sussex in March 1992. The Focke Wulf 189 Restoration Society was formed to restore the aircraft to flying condition. Her former pilot, Lothar Mothes, met up again with his aircraft at the 1996 Biggin Hill Airshow.

It was reported that this aircraft was acquired by Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection. However, its current state is not publicly known.

Det är osannolikt att ett flygplan som på bilden skulle förgå obemärkt, vilket egentligen bör innebära att oavsett ifall detta är tidigare nämnda individ eller en helt annan, är det konstigt att det inte finns information (på Wikipedia) om denna. Ifall det faktiskt är det enda överlevande exemplaret är detta ett mycket tragiskt sätt att visa upp det på. Speciellt dessa unikat förtjänar en särskild omsorg!

(Trots detta är det ett innovativt sätt att visa upp flygplan på.)

/Gabriel

[Björn B]

En annan vinkel: https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo- ... ge60545176

[Joakim Hultman]

Den på bilden kan väl för all del vara en fullskalig replika.

[Stellan]

Den på bilden kan väl för all del vara en fullskalig replika.

Möjligt...men udda förebild i så fall? Vet dock inte rikktigt vad de skulle valt istället, en ondskefullare Stuka?

[Björn B]

https://russianplanes.net/images/to161000/160998.jpg

Inget av planen är äkta: http://www.bl-g.ru/en/press_center/news/1227/

Fler bilder från monumentet: http://en.visittula.com/places/387/memo ... techestva/

[Joakim Hultman]

Ah, coolt!

It depicts the victory of a Soviet aircraft in an air battle over a German two-kilo aircraft.

What?

[kai]

It depicts the victory of a Soviet aircraft in an air battle over a German two-kilo aircraft.

What?

Ett missförstånd som kommer sig av ryska Киль (kil – köl, alltså) som betyder ”stjärtfena”, här i sammansättningen двухкилевым. Uppenbarligen har någon blandat ihop det med Кило (kilo). Det är med andra ord ett tyskt plan med dubbla stjärtfenor.

[Joakim Hultman]

Makes more sense.