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Re: FW-190A-9, Did they exist?
Heinz Nowarra's Focke-Wulf Fw190 & Ta152 refers to the production of the A-9 in 1944 and states that it differed from the A-8 in that it was powered by the BMW 801 F-1 engine, which had a 14 blade cooling fan.
Nowarra also states that all aircraft in the A-9 series had a compound curvature cockpit. The book also includes a list of A-9 WerkNrs.
Although Nowarra states that only a very limited number of A-9s saw active service, Donald Caldwells's JG 26 War Diary Volume 2 lists sporadic losses of A-9s commencing in October 1944 through to the unit's conversion to the D-9. At a quick glance, the first such loss I could see was A-9 WNr 750 151 on 6 October 1944 (Nowarra lists a 750 ### block of A-9 WNrs).
No doubt more to follow from other sources!
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