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Originally Posted by veltro
IMHO could also easily be one of the several "dots" on the original negative which are spread throughout this fantastic photo or even maybe a bullet hole...
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I'm thinking it's too big and perfect to be a defect in the negative, or to be a war wound.
Update: this circular access hatch (plug) opening is illustrated and documented in the 1:48 scale drawings (and the Focke Wulf repair manual drawings) in
Focke Wulf Fw 190D No. 7 by AJ Press. It appears to provide hand and tool access to service the tail wheel actuating mechanism. (Although the oxygen cylinders are quite close to that opening as well. So it might be the access point to refill those cylinders.)
Time for the experts...