Focke Wulf Ta 152 In RAF Markings

The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a World War II German high-altitude fighter-interceptor designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf.

A development of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, it was intended to be made in at least three versions—the Ta 152H Höhenjäger (“high-altitude fighter”), the Ta 152C designed for medium-altitude operations and ground-attack using a Daimler-Benz DB 603 and smaller wings, and the Ta 152E fighter-reconnaissance aircraft with the engine of the H model and the wing of the C model.

The first Ta 152H entered service with the Luftwaffe in January 1945 with III./Jagdgeschwader 301 . With only around 69 Ta 152s produced, they had little impact on the war.

Following the end of hostilities, intact Focke-Wulf Ta152 fighters were evaluated by the Allies.

Focke Wulf Ta 152H-1 Wk. Nr. 150168 RAF AM11

Focke-Wulf Ta 152H-1 Wk. Nr. 150168, was captured at Leck, Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Allocated the Air Ministry Number AM11, it was evaluated at Farnborough, where it was later scrapped.

Focke-Wulf Ta152H-0 Wk. Nr. 150020 in RAF Markings

Focke Wulf Ta 152 H-0 Wk. Nr. 150020 coded CW+CJ, “Green 4” was flown by III./Jagdgeschwader 301, a Luftwaffe Wilde Sau unit. The British recovered “Green 4” in Aalborg, Denmark, at the end of the Second World War. It was passed on to the US for evaluation. In US service it was given the serial number FE-112, which was later changed to T2-112. This aircraft is now preserved at the National Air and Space Museum.