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Wednesday, 17 February 2016

The Butcher Birds in Turkish service.

In almost all respects, the Turkish planes were Luftwaffe-standard.
The only country, which after the Second World War  had a still in military service full squdron of the original - ordered from the RLM - butcher birds was Turkey. Focke-Wulfs  version A-3s were start produced in August/September 1942 and continued to June 1943. Other sources said about time between October 1942 - March 1943. During this period RLM produced and sent around 70 butchers.  These aircraft were basically Fw 190 A-3s, with BMW 801 D-2 engines and FuG VIIa radios and an armament fit of four MG 17s, with the option of installing two MG-FF/M cannon in the outer wing positions Poduction keep 3 different plants. In the native plants of Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG, Arado Flugzeugwerke and AGO Flugzeugwerke.