Captured Fw190G-3 No.160057 in flight, Sep 1943. It was painted in a striking white and red color scheme.

Caption     Captured Fw190G-3 No.160057 in flight, Sep 1943. It was painted in a striking white and red color scheme. ww2dbase
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
28 May 2014 04:19:54 PM

CAPTURED WULF:

Focke-Wulf FW190 captured by the 85th FS/79th FG
at Gerbini, Sicily September 1943 a/c was later shipped to the U.S. tested and evaluated at Anacostia NAS, Washington, DC.

CHANGE OF COLOR:

The FW190 was repainted the fuselage was painted white, engine cowling red markings were red outline on star and bar fuselage and wings, tail had per-war rudder stripes of red, white and blue

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