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Info Eduard - June 2011
HISTORY
typical for the time and area of ops, was indi-
cative of the need for the Luftwaffe to diffe-
rentiate their aircraft from those of the similarly
painted enemy. The inscription ‘Rammbock’ on
the left side of the fuselage under the cockpit,
needs to be translated more along the lines of
the local culture rather than literally, and in this
case that would be as a ‘virile ram’.
The wing armament of this aircraft consisted of
only two MG 151/20 cannon, with the outboard
MG/FF cannon positions being faired over.
Major Valter Nowotny
(by Petr Štěpánek)
Fw 190A-5, WNr. 01501501, „Rammbock“
(Bundesarchiv)