New article - the world's only Fw 190 flying with its original engine and its loss in 1943

[Dan History]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

Once again, Dan H., a tremendous historical contribution here! For me, the Pamyat-Narodna details on Prof. Davie's blog were especially beneficial, but the other members will really, really like the Fw 190 story. THANKS!

Thank you for your warm words, Larry! You are mentioned in my acknowledgments and Professor Muller used one of the books that you and Doug wrote, so your influence on the field is there for all to see

Fellow members of this forum Andy Mitchell and Steve Coates are also formally acknowledged for their help. A member of the Luftwaffe Research Group forum, Adam Thompson, provided a photo from his collection which was used to illustrate the article. Paweł Przymusiała made me aware that images from the Finnish SA-kuva archive could be used for free, and three such photos appear alongside the text. I must also thank the staff of the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett, who provided useful information and the picture of the restored Focke-Wulf in flight.

It is a pleasure to be a part of a wider circle of historians, researchers and enthusiasts I certainly hope that members here will enjoy the story!

A clarification concerning H. G. W. Davie. He is not an academic, but rather an independent researcher, somewhat like me On his blog, he writes "Most of my career has been spent working in academic publishing on both the books and journals side, for a number of publishing houses concerned with history, international studies and military studies." His articles in the Journal of Slavic Military Studies are mentioned at the same link.
https://www.hgwdavie.com/about

Larry, you and others will be interested in a cautionary note included in a different blog post written by Davie at much the same time as the one that I linked to above:

'The Fourth Blow: A Revolution in Soviet Historiography', published on 20 April 2018
https://www.swwresearch.com/post/the...historiography

"the size of the TsAMO archive is enormous, and even 5 million documents are but a tiny fraction of the whole so that there are significant gaps in the record. ... So, the chances are that if you want to study a particular unit for a specific period, then you are likely to be disappointed. In part, this represents the natural archival weeding process that discards over 90% of any cache of documents and only keeps representative samples, yet it also represents a specific agenda by the TsAMO authorities to focus attention on specific periods, locations, and operations."

Warm regards,

Dan