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Title: Untouched Focke Wulf-190 fighter found in Russia
Post by: alexznam357 on December 08, 2010, 10:34:47 PM

Hey All...thought you might find this article interesting. The pilots of FW-190s were ordered to take their high precision clocks upon crashing in order to prevent them from falling into the enemy's hands. The family of this plane's pilot still has the clock.

http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=5993

Title: Re: Untouched Focke Wulf-190 fighter found in Russia
Post by: alexznam357 on December 08, 2010, 10:40:33 PM

I should add this plane was discovered in 1990...I don't know if it was restored or where it is presently. Nontheless, it's still interesting.

Title: Re: Untouched Focke Wulf-190 fighter found in Russia
Post by: alexznam357 on December 08, 2010, 10:59:51 PM

The aircraft came to the US in 1991 and was restored by Gosshawk Aviation Restorations. Their website has no futher info on this aircraft, but I found a link with considerable info on it.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation-videos/wreck-fw190-21359-2.html

Title: Re: Untouched Focke Wulf-190 fighter found in Russia
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on December 09, 2010, 12:46:38 AM

One has to wonder how he kept the clock from his captors!

(Do you not have a "modify" button so you can add content to your posts as you think of it?)

Title: Re: Untouched Focke Wulf-190 fighter found in Russia
Post by: Lucky_Lou on December 09, 2010, 10:53:29 AM

The lesson is this........be nice to whom ever is servicing your engine.  [smiley=Kick.gif]Better still do it yourself
Lou

Title: Re: Untouched Focke Wulf-190 fighter found in Russia
Post by: Ed Miller on December 10, 2010, 12:09:26 PM

That's what I was thinking, Lou.  I won't have my slaves work on my vehicles.