History:

Even as production of the Fw 190 D-9 was initiated, efforts were underway to improve the aircraft's high-altitude performance. The Fw 190 D-12 was first planned for in the summer of 1944, to be equipped with the Jumo 213F engine, with improved high-altitude capabilities, and an armament of two 20mm cannon in the wing roots and one 30mm engine-mounted weapon, firing thrpough the spinner boss. Three prototypes were planned, the V63, V64, and V65. The Fw 190 D-12 V63 appeared in October of 1944, and joined the Focke-Wulf test program. The D-12 proved to be a success, but a bombing raid on the Rheinmetall-Borsig factory, where the Mk 108 30mm cannon were produced, led to a shortage of these weapons, and it is highly unlikely any production aircraft appeared before the end of the war. The D-13 was a direct result of the D-12 program, with the 30mm "moteur-cannon" being replaced by a 20mm weapon.

After the war, this aircraft was captured intact, and there are several pictures of this machine with a G.I. posing in it. Its fate is unknown.

Colors:

I believe this Dora is in the typical late-war color scheme of dark green and medium gray upper surfaces, with light blue-gray undersurfaces. As a prototype, it had alterations made to the airframe, and was probably repainted in a haphazard fashion, giving it a "patchwork" appearance.

References:

J. Crandall, EagleFiles #2: Yellow 10, The story of the ultra-rare Fw 190 D-13 (Eagle Editions/2000)
J. Smith & E. Creek, Monogram Close-Up 10: Fw 190 D (Monogram Aviation Publications/1986)

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