liesendahl 190A blue 14 Wn 120439 A-2 or A-3 ?

[brewerjerry]

Hi
anyone know

was liesendahl's fw190A blue 14 Wn 120439 an A-2 or an A-3 ?

i see both sub types referenced to

cheers
jerry

[David E. Brown]

Jerry,

Per information in Peter Rodeike’s excellent book on the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the 012x xxx Werknummer series identifies A-2 machines and 013x xxx series tbe A-3. So, “Blue 14” would be an A-2.

Best,

David

[brewerjerry]

Hi David,
many thanks
jerry

[Chris Goss]

I can confirm A-2. First A-3 mentioned by 10./JG 2 was 3 Aug 42? A-2s had gone by Oct 42, A-2s and A-3s to be replaced by A-4s and A-5s by end of Jan 43

[brewerjerry]

Hi All
I see some profiles show that the rudder on his 190 had the ship kill markings
anyone know if this is based on photos, or just assumptions that they would have been painted onto his new aircraft
cheers
jerry

[Chris Goss]

Based on photos

[brewerjerry]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Based on photos

Hi Chris
many thanks for the reply & info, are the photos in any books/ magazines/ articles ?

and thanks for the previous thread reply that i missed

was blue 7 one of his 109 aircraft, as a photo shows the same ship markings ?

cheers
jerry