Focke-Wulf Fw 190

Indeed, the three-view is of the radial-engined FW 190-A, also known as "the Butcher bird," which served the Luftwaffe in several fighter /fighter-bomber versions (mostly various A-1 through A-8 models) while the photograph and artwork show the famous FW 190-D, or "long nose 190," which was powered by an in-line Junkers Jumo inverted V-12 engine normally found in various bombers. Allied fighter pilots quickly came to fear and respect the Dora for its outstanding speed, performance and agility, and German pilots loved their Doras for much the same reasons, as well as its proven ruggedness and ability to absorb battle-damage. From its earliest service with the Luftwaffe, the FW 190 displayed phenomenal roll and climb rates, and featured an ability to pull very hard turns at speeds which would have literally ripped the wings right off some of its contemporaries! Unfortunately, the Dora also shared the same stall characteristics as other FW 190 versions, which some pilots have described as "absolutely vicious," and accellerated stalls usually came with little or no warning. Still, the Fw 190 Dora was definitely among the finest piston-engined fighters ever produced, and belongs right up there with the North American P-51D Mustang as one of the two top piston-engined fighters of WWII.

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Nice one champ - 'Dora' is German phonetic for D (Delta), 'Dora' isn't a new kite, it's an Fw190 with the BMW801 binned in favour of an inverted V12 Junkers Jumo inline. It's the forth major variation of the 190 airframe.
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the drawing is not a dora. It is one of the radial engined models of the 190 series. The photograph and art work picture are doras.

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the plane show above is not fw 190 a, but the version developt latter , in 1944, named "DORA"

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