[bohr-r]

Hello,

I would like to try to create a campaign for the Fw-190 torpedo plane and would appreciate it if anyone could please provide some information as to which units used this aircraft, in which theatre of war and when. Information on books or articles on the topic would be welcome, too.

Thank you,

RB

[aviatorsneah]

i'd be very interested in this campaign...kind of a hard to find subject though. here are a couple books i found on amazon....but i have no idea if they cover the 190 in this role.

Sea Eagles Volume Two: Luftwaffe Anti-Shipping Units 1942-45 (Luftwaffe Colours) [ILLUSTRATED]
http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Eagles-Two-Lu ... y_b_text_b

Luftwaffe Aerial Torpedo Aircraft and Operations in World War II (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Luftwaffe-Aerial- ... 400&sr=1-1

[bohr-r]

Thank you, aviatorsneah, for your helpful suggestions.

I found some more information on this site:

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/i ... -1173.html. I hope I am not violating AAA protocol by posting the link.

It seems that the use of the Fw-190 as a torpedo plane was one of those late-war stop gap measures that never fully took off (no pun intended).

Before I read the infor at the link posted above, I had already made a few mission based on the Norway map, including Fw-190 A5/U14 attacking Allied shipping off the coast of Norway, largely because I like the map and it seemed to fit the use of this particular aircraft. Another option would have been the Baltic.

Perhaps I will get more specific info on the use of the Fw-190 in that role. If not, I could still make a fictional, "what if" campaign set in the last weeks or months of WWII.

Nonetheless, I would appreciate further info on the subject. I do not have an extensive research library on WW II aircraft, but perhaps those who do, could direct me to relevant sources, other than those already mentioned by you.

Thanks again,

RB

[aviatorsneah]

that thread you posted talks a lot about KG200 using the 190 for the torpedo role. i had read that from other sources as well. in fact its the only unit i can find that even employed the torpedo 190. KG200 was kind of a "test" unit, that did a little bit of everything. I read they even used captured B17s for recon missions.

[aviatorsneah]

heres a wiki on KG200:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_200

* 1st squadron was responsible for delivering secret agents and spies to their destinations behind enemy lines. It operated under direct command of the Sicherheitsdienst.

* 2nd squadron was in charge of all other missions, including long-range reconnaissance, delivery flights to Japan and special bombing missions.

*
o Luftwaffe special forces parachute trained commandos of II./KG 200 remain a little-known arm of Germany's WW2 Fallschirmj