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Re: Major Hermann Graf's All Yellow FW 190A-6 ?
Very sure that your Hermann Graf all-yellow Fw 190A-6 is complete fiction.
During the summer of 1943 Graf was commander of one of the Erganzungjagdgruppen (a kind of OTU, or operational training unit) in France. His aircraft at that time was a colorfully decorated (but hardly all-yellow) Fw 190A-5, WNr. 2594. A number of photographs of this airplane exist in various publications.
When the Fw 190A-6 hit the newstands in 1943, it represented the cutting edge of Fw 190 evolution and thus mostly went straight where it was needed most, e.g., to first-line RVT units in the West and a few units in the East. Sit down and THINK quietly about the possibilities. Why on God's green earth would a fighter pilot—any fighter pilot, Graf or otherwise—want to draw attention to himself with an all-yellow airplane in the murderous air combat arena of the West during 1943-1944?
RA
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