On this page there is additional material for the book ‘Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily’. This material serves to complement what was published in the book itself, and should be of interest to the researcher and enthusiast. More material will be added to this page as it becomes available.
Complete Mission Listing
This document, in pdf-format, lists details of all known Focke-Wulf Fw 190 operations in the Mediterranean theatre from 14 May to 2 September 1943. Details provided include: take-off and landing times, formation leader, mission type, aircraft and personnel losses, and more.
Uploaded: 2010-07-08 Size: 175 KB Pages: 9
USAAF Claims Against Fw 190s
Description and listing of all USAAF claims for Focke-Wulf Fw 190s in the Mediterranean - 14 May to 2 September 1943. This list matches all the claims and actually losses, using sources from both the USAAF and the Luftwaffe.
Uploaded: 2011-02-01 Size: 119 KB Pages: 13
Allied Ships Lost to Axis Aircraft, 14 May - 2 September 1943
Listing of Allied ships sunk or damaged by Axis aircraft in the period 14 May - 2 September 1943. The list includes ships sunk or damaged by German and Italian fighter-bomber, torpedo bomber and conventional bomber units.
Uploaded: 2010-11-16 Size: 108 KB Pages: 5
Technical Notes for 'Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily'
This document describes many of the technical aspects relating to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 operations in the Battle for Sicily, such as the Raketten-Werfer weapon, issues with drop tanks and tires, the various Fw 190 subtypes and repair units. The document is not an in-depth study, but short sections of information that were not included in the book.
Uploaded: 2011-02-01 Size: 113 KB Pages: 10
Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily - Artwork
Artwork by Pedro Chiappe, showing a Sch.G. 2 Fw 190 on Sardinia. It is inspired by a photo appearing in the book 'Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily'.
Uploaded: 2011-04-17 Size: 910 KB Pages: 1
Fw 190 Data Plate
This data plate came from Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5/U3 Trop W.Nr 0155 988, which was crashed in southern Sicily by Leutnant Werner Fowé of the 5. Staffel of Schlachtgeschwader 2 on 21 May 1943, after a mission to Malta. More details of this mission and Leutnant Fowé’s crash can be found in the book. Courtesy of Stephen F. Polyak.
Book-Related Material
On this page there is additional material for the book ‘Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily’. This material serves to complement what was published in the book itself, and should be of interest to the researcher and enthusiast. More material will be added to this page as it becomes available.
Complete Mission Listing
Size: 175 KB
Pages: 9
USAAF Claims Against Fw 190s
Size: 119 KB
Pages: 13
Allied Ships Lost to Axis Aircraft, 14 May - 2 September 1943
Size: 108 KB
Pages: 5
Technical Notes for 'Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily'
Size: 113 KB
Pages: 10
Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily - Artwork
Size: 910 KB
Pages: 1
Fw 190 Data Plate
Size: 346 KB
Pages: 1
Errata for Fw 190 in the Battle for Sicily
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Pages: 2