The last variant of the successful Focke-Wulf Fw-190 received a different designation - Ta-152, after Kurt Tank, its chief designer. Considered by some to be the best piston-engine fighter of WW2, it faced many challenges and ultimately, too few were produced to make a significant impact. But what did it really achieve in actual combat? See in this first video of the series.
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