[Leo Etgen]

Hi Micke

You are absolutely correct in that the spacing of the MG 17 machine guns was narrower than that of the MG 131 machine guns and therefore the original cowl had to have been replaced by a later one. I saw the latches above what looked to be the access panel line and thought this meant the original engine cowl was preserved without realizing the gun spacing issue. For clarity here is a nice photograph of Fw 190 A-8 (W.Nr. 173 001) which shows this area of the aircraft very well. Many thanks for your comment and correction.

Horrido!

Leo