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4th May 2005, 14:09

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Re: Yet ANOTHER German nickname for the IL 2...

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Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád

A (semi) off-topic question: why was the Fw 190 called in English 'The Butcher Bird' (see, for example, subtitle of Green and Swanborough's book)? I think the name originated for similar reasons...

I'd always understood that it was a translation of the name that Focke-Wulf gave the aircraft: "Wuerger."

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