[Leo Etgen]

Hello Bergen

The blown canopy 8-190.1025 was fitted to late Fw 190 A-8 and A-9 fighters as well as Fw 190 F-8 and F-9 fighter-bombers in addition to Fw 190 D-9 (other than the early production examples), D-11 and D-13 fighters and was designed to allow greater visibility for the pilot. Note the thin metal sheet fairing behind the pilot head armor and that this type of canopy did not have the tension pully that kept the radio antenna wire taunt when the canopy was open. It should also be pointed out that this type of canopy could of course be retrofitted to aircraft that originally were not produced with it. I hope this helps somewhat.

Horrido!

Leo