History:

This aircraft, marked as Black "14" of the Stab/JagdGeschwader 26, has been alleged by some sources to be the last Fw-190 of Oberst Josef "Pipps" Priller. Josef Priller joined the Luftwaffe in 1937, serving with JG 51 at the start of the war. In November of 1940 he was transferred to JG 26 as commander of the first staffel. Now Oberleutnant Priller, he would stay with JG 26 for the next 4 years, eventually becoming the Geschwader Kommodore (commander) in 1943. On June 6, 1944, Priller and his wingman, Heinz Wodarczyk, were the first Luftwaffe aircraft to overfly the Allied beachhead at Normandy. They were also the only Luftwaffe aircraft over the beaches that first day of the invasion. By January of 1945 he had racked up 101 victories, all in the West. On January 28th, he was appointed Inspector of Fighters West, and spent the rest of the war on administrative duty.

Black "14" was captured at war's end, and was included in the aircraft brought to America by Operation "Lusty", receiving the identification FE-119 At Freeman Field. The eventual fateof this aircraft is unknown.

Alain Navarro made these repaints based upon his own research and information, and so I will not comments on colors and markings.

Thanks to Alain Navarro for providing the textures for this repaint. Any questions or comments can be directed to him at alain.navarro2@wanadoo.fr. If you enjoy them, please be sure to send him a note and tell him that. Thanks!

References:

Axel Urbanke, Green Hearts: First in Combat with the Dora 9 (Eagle Editions/1998 )

J. Smith & E. Creek, Monogram Close-Up 10: Fw 190 D (Monogram Aviation Publications/1986)

Kacha's Luftwaffe Page

Don't forget to read the readme.txt file!!

Copyright Info: This virtual aircraft model is released as freeware, for all to use and enjoy. They may not be used in any commercial package or project, nor may they be sold or altered for any purpose without the express permission of the authors. This is my blood and sweat, if I'm not going to make any money off it, nobody else is either!

I encourage repaints, but if you want to distribute any of my files, please get permission first! No files in the original package can be altered or distributed without permission of the authors.

I do not guarantee that this plane will work on your system. It works on mine, sorry but everyone else has to figure it out for themselves. It was designed using the best information I could find that it would be compatible, and at the very least cause no harm, but I offer no warrantees. Your computer blows up, you are on your own.