Fw 190 - numbers for A-8 and A-9

[Crumpp]

There is no need to guess or read into the documents as per the usual suspects.


It is clear the FW190A9 is the replacement Anton for the FW-190A8.

Are we really having this discussion?

side by side with the 2500 A-8's that were built in parallel to the 900 A-9's.

You also do not have the production details for the blocks. Almost all the FW-190A8's produced in the later part of 1944 are all weather variants or assault ships.

Oskar Bösch went thru 13 FW190A8's during his time with IV/JG3 Sturm. His unit had a 500% casualty rate.

Both are specialized variants for specific units and neither is designed as an air superiority variant.