Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. This is a great fabric swatch from a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8, with the information about the plane & pilot on a display sheet. The sheet measures 11" x 14” and was likely taken from a frame.

The piece of fabric, which measures 3 ½" x 4 ¼", was taken from aircraft 190-121-01,  flown for Germany’s Air Fleet Command, Luftflotten 5. It was piloted by Hauptmann Heinz Orlowsky and was shot down over Norway on February 9th, 1945 by two British P-51 Mustangs. Orlowsky parachuted to safety. The downed aircraft was buried in a farmer’s field for 40 years before being unearthed in the late 1980s.

This is a really phenomenal piece of fabric with a great story, ready for further research, framing, and display!

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (English: Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe's Jagdwaffe (Fighter Force). The twin-row BMW 801 radial engine that powered most operational versions enabled the Fw 190 to lift larger loads than the Bf 109, allowing its use as a day fighter, fighter-bomber, ground-attack aircraft and, to a lesser degree, night fighter.

The Fw 190A started flying operationally over France in August 1941, and quickly proved superior in all but turn radius to the Royal Air Force's main front-line fighter, the Spitfire Mk. V, In November/December 1942, the Fw 190 made its air combat debut on the Eastern Front, finding much success in fighter wings and specialised ground attack units called Schlachtgeschwader (Battle Wings or Strike Wings) from October 1943 onwards.

The Fw 190A series' performance decreased at high altitudes (usually 6,000 m (20,000 ft) and above), which reduced its effectiveness as a high-altitude interceptor. From the Fw 190's inception, there had been ongoing efforts to address this with a turbosupercharged BMW 801 in the B model, the much longer-nosed C model with efforts to also turbocharge its chosen Daimler-Benz DB 603 inverted V12 powerplant, and the similarly long-nosed D model with the Junkers Jumo 213. Problems with the turbocharger installations on the -B and -C subtypes meant only the D model entered service in September 1944. These high-altitude developments eventually led to the Focke-Wulf Ta 152, which was capable of extreme speeds at medium to high altitudes ( 755 km/h (408 kn; 469 mph) at 13,500 m (44,300 ft)). While these "long nose" 190 variants and the Ta 152 derivative especially gave the Germans parity with Allied opponents, they arrived too late to affect the outcome of the war.

The Fw 190 was well-liked by its pilots. Some of the Luftwaffe's most successful fighter aces claimed many of their kills while flying it, including Otto Kittel, Walter Nowotny and Erich Rudorffer. The Fw 190 provided greater firepower than the Bf 109 and, at low to medium altitude, superior manoeuvrability, in the opinion of German pilots who flew both fighters. It was regarded as one of the best fighter planes of World War II

This Focke-Wulf Fw 190 propeller spinner was recovered from a former airfield where the German WW2 Luftwaffe flight group Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG53). The spinner has multiple areas of damage which appear to have been from a crash. It is constructed to Aluminum and has all original paint. The interior is nicely in red paint stenciled lettering. It measures 27" tall and has a 20.5" diameter. it is a fascinating piece of World War Two German Aviation History. This is quite simply put;  MUSEUM collection worthy.