Focke-Wulf 190 D-13 - World's Only Surviving D-13 at Museum of Flight, Seattle, 2008

This is the only Fw 190 D-13 to have survived the war. The aircraft entered service in March of 1945 and served as the commander’s plane of Jagdgeschwader (fighter wing) 26. Filmed at Museum of Flight, Seattle, 2008.

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The Fw 190 D-13 was powered by a Jumo 213EB and had three MG 151/20 cannon. Two prototypes were built, the Fw 190 V62 (c/n 732053) and the Fw 190 V71 (c/n 732054), both converted from standard production Fw 190 A-8s. The Fw 190 D-13/R5, R11, R21, and R25 were all similar to the D-12 series apart from their armament.

Yellow 10" was delivered to III/JG 26 in March 1945, and flown by the last JG 26 commander, Major Franz Götz. In May 1945 Götz surrendered this aircraft at the RAF base in Flensburg, Germany, and under the Foreign Equipment number FE-118 it was shipped to the US for evaluation aboard the HMS Reaper in July 1945, to Freeman Airfield, Indiana. It was later given to Georgia Institute of Technology and then passed through several private owners before being acquired by Doug Champlin in 1972.

In 2001, Gosshawk Unlimited completed a thorough restoration on the rare plane. The Fw 190 D-13 was acquired by the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in 2007. It will not be flown because it is the only one of its type left in the world.

The Fw 190 D-13 was the near pinnacle of German piston engine technology. The most notable change to the potent and successful Fw 190 fighter design was the late-war addition of a Junkers Jumo engine in the place of the earlier versions equipped with BMW radials. These “long-nosed” Focke-Wulfs, “D-models,” also had a stretched aft fuselage to maintain the fighter’s center of gravity.

D-model fighters proved to be the most successful examples of the 190 series, competing with the P-51 Mustang and late-model Spitfires on even terms. However, Germany’s lack of well-trained pilots and shortage of fuel at the late stages of the war made the new Fw 190 D a less than effective weapon.


General Statistics
Crew: 1
Span: 34 ft 5½ in
Length: 33 ft 5½ in
Height: 11 ft
Empty weight: 7,694 lbs
Loaded weight: 9,590 lbs
Engine: 1 x Junkers Jumo 213F inverted V-12 engine
Engine power: 1,725 hp (1,287 kW), 2,070 hp (1,544 kW) with boost
Performance
Maximum speed: 426 mph at 21,655 ft/ 440 mph at 37,000 ft
Range: 519 miles
Ceiling: 39,370 ft
Rate of climb: 3,300 ft/min
Armament
3 x 20mm MG 151 cannon


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