Two armourers preparing to mount an SC 250 bomb on the belly rack of Fw 190 A-2/U1 WNr. 2081, ‘Blue 3’ of 10.(Jabo)/JG 2 at Saint-André-de-l’Eure in the summer of 1942.
Below; III./SKG 10 Fw 190 A-4 in Tunisia, La Fauconnerie, March-April 1943. Gruppenkommandeur was Oblt. Fritz Schröter. Schröter departed the front early in April to get married. His A-4 (WNr. 0142327) displaying command chevrons was lost on 8 April, shot down by ground fire with Gruppe Ia (operations officer) Lt. Clemens Graf von und zu Westerholt und Gysenberg at the controls.
An Fw 190 F-8 of III./SG 3 takes off on a mission from Tilsit airfield in July 1944. The gear retraction sequence is underway. Note the yellow wingtips. The SC 250 bomb is fitted with a steel 'tip' to prevent it from ricocheting on impact. (ECPAD - PK Doege)
