The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, celebrated World War II airplanes and combat survivors at a recent event named Luftwaffe vs. the Eighth Air Force. The museum’s own Focke-Wulf FW-190 replica wowed the crowd with several fly-bys over the museum after a two-hour presentation of speakers.
The FW-190 and Messerschmidt BF-109 were the main defenders of the German territory during WWII. Through their use as day and night fighters, ground attack aircraft and fighter-bombers, these airplanes were the nemesis of the Allied countries’ WWII bomber airplanes. It wasn’t until the North American P-51 was introduced to protect the bombers that these airplanes could be successfully fought.
