| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | MP499 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw-190 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw-190 |
| Aircraft Version: | Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-3 |
| C/n (msn): | 313 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | FarnboroughMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLF IATA: FAB Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1942 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 399995 |
| Photo Comment |
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This was the first Fw 190 to fall into Allied hands. Disorientated following air combat, Oberleutnant Armin Faber, a mostly deskbound staff officer of III/JG 2, mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel and landed at RAF Pembrey, Wales on 23 June 1942. Photo from: Imperial War Museums This photo was added on 11 October 2021, and has since been viewed 5233 times. |