{"id":21722,"date":"2026-08-22T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/?page_id=21722"},"modified":"2026-08-22T15:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:34:52","slug":"focke-wulf-fw-189","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/es\/aircraft\/focke-wulf-fw-189\/","title":{"rendered":"Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mfam\">\n<style> html{overflow-x:hidden} body.page-id-21722{overflow-x:hidden} body.page-id-21722 h1.entry-title.main_title{display:none} body.page-id-21722 #sidebar{display:none} body.page-id-21722 #left-area{width:100%!important;float:none;padding:0} body.page-id-21722 #main-content .container::before{display:none!important;background:none!important} body.page-id-21722 #main-content .container{padding-top:0} #mfam{width:100vw;margin-left:calc(50% - 50vw);overflow:hidden;font-family:'Gilroy 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.sources{columns:2;column-gap:34px;margin-top:6px} #mfam .sources .src{break-inside:avoid;margin:0 0 16px;font-size:14.5px;color:#39424e} #mfam .sources .src b{font-family:'Gilroy semiBold';display:block;color:#0d1117} #mfam .foot{font-size:13px;color:#8794a6;margin-top:26px;border-top:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding-top:18px;max-width:820px} @media(max-width:900px){#mfam .eng,#mfam .rec,#mfam .relgrid{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}#mfam .spectbls{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:22px}#mfam .gallery{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}#mfam .hero h1{font-size:42px}#mfam .sources{columns:1}} @media(max-width:600px){#mfam .eng,#mfam .rec,#mfam .relgrid{grid-template-columns:1fr}#mfam .hero h1{font-size:34px}#mfam .hero{min-height:74vh}#mfam h2{font-size:25px}#mfam .scard{flex:0 0 84vw}} <\/style>\n<section class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"hero-inner\">\n<div class=\"brd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/\">Book of Beasts<\/a> &nbsp;\/&nbsp; WWII Reconnaissance &nbsp;\/&nbsp; Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu<\/div>\n<h1>Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu<\/h1>\n<p class=\"claim\">The twin-boom, all-glass &ldquo;Flying Eye&rdquo; of the Eastern Front &mdash; slow, strange-looking and almost impossible to kill, the Luftwaffe&rsquo;s beloved reconnaissance owl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"statstrip\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1938<\/b><span>First flight<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>~860<\/b><span>Built<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>~350 km\/h<\/b><span>Top speed (~217 mph)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>3<\/b><span>Crew<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"chips\"><span class=\"chip\"><b>Role:<\/b> Tactical reconnaissance \/ army cooperation<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Era:<\/b> WWII (1940&ndash;1945)<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Engines:<\/b> 2 &times; Argus As 410 inverted-V12<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Origin:<\/b> Germany<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Status:<\/b> Retired &middot; one restored survivor<\/span><a class=\"chip-fly\" href=\"#faq\">Can you fly a Focke-Wulf Fw 189 today?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">The Story<\/p>\n<h2>The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu: the twin-boom eye that would not die<\/h2>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<p>Some aircraft are remembered for their speed, others for their firepower. The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu &mdash; &ldquo;Eagle Owl&rdquo; &mdash; is remembered for two things almost unique to it: the way it looked, and the way it refused to die. With its glazed, insect-like central pod slung between two long tail booms and two modest engines, it was one of the most distinctive shapes in the sky over the Eastern Front. And to the Soviet fighter pilots who tried to shoot it down, it became a byword for frustration: a slow, awkward-looking reconnaissance machine that seemed able to soak up an astonishing amount of punishment and still fly home.<\/p>\n<p>It was designed in the mid-1930s to a Luftwaffe requirement for a short-range tactical reconnaissance aircraft &mdash; a modern replacement for the parasol-winged Henschel Hs 126 then in the army-cooperation role. Focke-Wulf&rsquo;s answer, led by the great designer Kurt Tank with E. Kosel as project engineer, was radical. Rather than a conventional single-fuselage aircraft, they built a fully glazed central crew nacelle for a crew of three, mounted on a wing with two engines, and carried the tail on twin booms extending aft of each engine. The layout gave the crew a field of view that a normal aircraft could not begin to match: nearly all-round vision, ideal for the reconnaissance and observation work the aircraft existed to do. It first flew in 1938.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pull\">&ldquo;Ugly, unarmed to a fault, and almost unkillable &mdash; the Uhu was the eye the German army could not do without.&rdquo;<span>&mdash; a fair summary of the Fw 189&rsquo;s Eastern Front reputation<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Power came from two Argus As 410 inverted-V12 air-cooled engines of only around 465 horsepower each. That made the Uhu slow &mdash; its top speed was barely 350 km\/h &mdash; but speed was never the point. What mattered for tactical reconnaissance was a stable, docile platform with superb visibility and long endurance at low and medium altitude, and the Fw 189 delivered exactly that. Pilots found it pleasant and forgiving to fly, and its handling made the demanding work of low-level observation over the front line far easier and safer than it might otherwise have been.<\/p>\n<p>When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Fw 189 came into its own. It became the standard short-range reconnaissance aircraft of the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front &mdash; the &ldquo;Flying Eye&rdquo; of the Ostheer, flying artillery-spotting, photographic and visual reconnaissance, and army-cooperation missions in direct support of the ground forces. Day after day, Uhu crews mapped Soviet positions, directed artillery fire and reported movements, unglamorous but vital work on which the army depended.<\/p>\n<p>What turned the aircraft into a legend was its toughness. The Uhu&rsquo;s twin-boom layout and rugged structure gave it an extraordinary ability to absorb battle damage and keep flying. Crews and historians recorded Fw 189s returning with entire sections of tail boom shot away, with an engine gone, with the crew nacelle riddled &mdash; and, most famously, cases of the aircraft surviving being rammed by Soviet fighters, losing part of the airframe in the collision and still bringing its crew home. For a lightly armed reconnaissance machine expected to loiter over a hostile front line, that resilience was worth more than speed or guns.<\/p>\n<p>The Fw 189 was more versatile than its reconnaissance role suggests. It flew liaison and communication flights, carried out casualty evacuation, and &mdash; as the partisan war behind the Eastern Front intensified &mdash; was pressed into night ground-attack and anti-partisan operations, harassing insurgents in areas where the slow, long-loitering Uhu was well suited to the task. A dual-control trainer version, the Fw 189B, was built to convert crews, and a heavily armoured single-seat ground-attack variant, the Fw 189C &ldquo;Kampfzelle&rdquo;, was developed to compete with the Henschel Hs 129 &mdash; a competition the Uhu lost, so that the C-model never entered production.<\/p>\n<p>Around 860 were built, not only by Focke-Wulf in Germany but under occupation by the Aero works in Prague and by SNCASO in Bordeaux, France &mdash; a reminder that much of the German war machine ran on the captured industry of occupied Europe. Beyond the Luftwaffe, the type served the air forces of Germany&rsquo;s Eastern Front allies: Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria all operated the Uhu for reconnaissance. As the war turned and the Luftwaffe lost control of the skies, the slow, lightly armed Fw 189 grew increasingly vulnerable without fighter escort, and losses mounted; by the war&rsquo;s end the survivors were worn out and the type faded away. Almost every one was destroyed or scrapped. Today a single Fw 189 survives &mdash; recovered decades later from a Russian forest where it had lain since being shot down in 1943, and painstakingly restored in the United Kingdom &mdash; the last of the flying owls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gd\">\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">01<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Fw 189&rsquo;s origins: Kurt Tank, Kosel and a radical recon concept<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>In the mid-1930s the Luftwaffe issued a requirement for a modern short-range reconnaissance and army-cooperation aircraft to replace the Henschel Hs 126. Several manufacturers responded, most with fairly conventional designs. Focke-Wulf&rsquo;s submission, developed under chief designer Kurt Tank with E. Kosel leading the project, was anything but conventional.<\/p>\n<p>Tank and Kosel reasoned that a reconnaissance aircraft&rsquo;s single most important quality was the crew&rsquo;s ability to see. So they designed the aircraft around vision: a fully glazed central crew nacelle giving almost unobstructed sight in every direction, carried on a twin-boom layout that kept the tail clear of the glazed pod and the engines out to either side. It was an unusual, even startling configuration, but it was superbly matched to the job, and it won the Uhu its production contract over more orthodox rivals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">02<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The twin-boom, all-glazed layout: why the Uhu looked like that<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>The Fw 189&rsquo;s appearance was dictated entirely by function. Reconnaissance and artillery observation demanded that the crew see as much of the ground and sky as possible, so the central nacelle was glazed almost from nose to tail, giving the three-man crew a panoramic view that a conventional cockpit could never provide. To achieve that, the designers moved everything that would block the view out of the way.<\/p>\n<p>The two engines were mounted on the wing to either side of the nacelle, and instead of a conventional rear fuselage and tail, twin booms ran back from behind each engine to carry a tailplane between them. This kept the rear of the glazed pod clear for a gunner and for downward vision. The result looked strange &mdash; contemporaries and later observers alike remarked on its insect-like or &ldquo;flying greenhouse&rdquo; appearance &mdash; but every oddity served the aircraft&rsquo;s purpose as an aerial observation post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">03<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Argus As 410 engines: low power by design<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>The Uhu was powered by two Argus As 410 inverted-V12 air-cooled engines, each producing only around 465 horsepower. By the standards of front-line combat aircraft this was very modest &mdash; a single fighter engine of the period produced two or three times as much &mdash; and it made the Fw 189 slow, with a top speed of only about 350 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>But this was a deliberate and sensible match to the mission. A short-range reconnaissance aircraft did not need to be fast; it needed to be reliable, economical, stable and able to loiter for a long time over the battlefield at low and medium altitude. The air-cooled Argus engines were dependable and simple, well suited to the rough conditions of Eastern Front airfields. The Uhu&rsquo;s modest power was not a flaw so much as a design choice appropriate to its work &mdash; though it did leave the aircraft dangerously slow once enemy fighters were about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">04<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The survivability legend: the toughest eye in the sky<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>The Fw 189&rsquo;s enduring fame rests on its toughness. For a slow, lightly armed aircraft that spent its life loitering over a hostile front line, an ability to absorb damage was a matter of survival, and the Uhu had it in abundance. Its twin-boom structure meant that damage to one boom, or even the loss of much of it, did not necessarily bring the aircraft down, and the whole airframe proved remarkably resistant to the kind of hits that would destroy a conventional machine.<\/p>\n<p>The record is full of Fw 189s coming home in states that seem barely credible &mdash; with a boom or tail surface largely shot away, an engine dead, or the crew nacelle badly holed. The most dramatic accounts involve the Uhu surviving being rammed by Soviet fighters whose pilots, unable to shoot it down, resorted to collision; in several recorded cases the Fw 189 lost part of its structure in the impact and still flew its crew back to safety. That reputation for near-indestructibility is the single thing most often remembered about the aircraft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">05<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Fw 189 on the Eastern Front: the &ldquo;Flying Eye&rdquo; of the Ostfront<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>The Fw 189 is inseparable from the Eastern Front. From the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union onward it became the Luftwaffe&rsquo;s standard short-range tactical reconnaissance aircraft in the East, so ubiquitous over the battlefield that it earned the nickname &ldquo;das fliegende Auge&rdquo; &mdash; the Flying Eye. Wherever the German army fought in the East, Uhu crews were overhead, watching.<\/p>\n<p>Its work was the daily, unglamorous foundation of ground operations: photographing enemy positions, spotting for the artillery, tracking troop and vehicle movements and reporting them back. This was precisely the tactical reconnaissance on which a modern army depends, and the Fw 189&rsquo;s combination of superb visibility, docile handling and toughness made it outstandingly good at it. For much of the war it was, quite simply, the eyes of the German army in the East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">06<\/span><span class=\"gt\">Army cooperation and reconnaissance: what the Uhu actually did<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>&ldquo;Reconnaissance and army cooperation&rdquo; covered a wide range of daily tasks. Fw 189 crews flew photographic reconnaissance, bringing back imagery of enemy defences, airfields and rear areas for interpretation; visual reconnaissance, reporting in real time on what they could see; and artillery observation, circling over the battlefield to direct and correct the fire of the guns below.<\/p>\n<p>They also carried out liaison and communication flights, moving officers and messages, and casualty evacuation, using the aircraft&rsquo;s stability and short-field ability to lift wounded from rough strips. This was cooperation with the army in the most literal sense &mdash; the Uhu existed to serve the ground forces directly, and its versatility in these supporting roles was a large part of its value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">07<\/span><span class=\"gt\">Night ground-attack and the anti-partisan war<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>As the war on the Eastern Front dragged on, a vicious partisan conflict developed behind the German lines, and the Fw 189 was drawn into it. Its slow speed, long endurance and good low-level handling &mdash; liabilities against fighters &mdash; made it well suited to hunting and harassing partisans, and some Uhu units were tasked with night ground-attack and anti-partisan operations, carrying light bombs and guns against insurgent camps and movements under cover of darkness.<\/p>\n<p>It was grim, brutal work in a brutal theatre, and it stretched the reconnaissance aircraft well beyond its original purpose. But it illustrates how the Uhu&rsquo;s particular qualities &mdash; endurance, docility, the ability to operate low and slow for long periods &mdash; kept finding it new employment as the nature of the Eastern Front war changed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">08<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Fw 189B trainer and the crew of three<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>The standard Fw 189A carried a crew of three: a pilot, an observer\/navigator who handled the cameras and much of the reconnaissance work, and a gunner\/radio operator who manned the defensive armament and the wireless. Getting crews proficient on the unusual aircraft required a dedicated trainer, and Focke-Wulf produced one: the Fw 189B, a version with a more conventional, less glazed cabin and dual controls for instruction.<\/p>\n<p>The B-model was built in modest numbers and served the important background role of converting pilots and crews onto the type. It is a reminder that behind every operational aircraft stands a training pipeline, and that even an aircraft as specialised as the Uhu needed its own dedicated schoolroom version to keep the operational squadrons supplied with capable crews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">09<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Fw 189C &ldquo;Kampfzelle&rdquo;: the armoured attacker that lost<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>One of the more intriguing might-have-beens of the Uhu story is the Fw 189C. Where the A-model had a spacious, glazed reconnaissance nacelle, the C-model replaced it with a tiny, heavily armoured &ldquo;Kampfzelle&rdquo; (battle cell) &mdash; a cramped, armour-plated pod for a small crew &mdash; and heavier armament, turning the airframe into a dedicated close-support and ground-attack aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>It was developed to meet the same requirement that produced the Henschel Hs 129, and the two competed for the ground-attack role. The Hs 129 won, and the Fw 189C got no further than prototypes. It is an interesting glimpse of the road not taken: the same tough twin-boom airframe that made such a good reconnaissance platform reimagined as an armoured tank-buster, a role it never got the chance to fill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Design &amp; Engineering<\/p>\n<h2>How the Fw 189 was built: everything for the crew&rsquo;s eyes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">The Uhu was engineered around a single priority &mdash; visibility &mdash; and a single virtue &mdash; toughness &mdash; with speed and firepower deliberately sacrificed to the reconnaissance mission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eng\">\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"en\">01<\/div>\n<h3>The glazed nacelle<\/h3>\n<p>A central crew pod glazed almost end to end, giving three crew near all-round vision for observation, photography and artillery spotting. The whole aircraft was arranged so nothing blocked the view.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"en\">02<\/div>\n<h3>Twin booms and twin engines<\/h3>\n<p>Two Argus As 410 engines on the wing, with twin tail booms carrying the tailplane clear behind them. The layout kept the nacelle open and gave the structure its famous damage tolerance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecard\">\n<div class=\"en\">03<\/div>\n<h3>Light defensive armament<\/h3>\n<p>Hand-held MG 15 \/ MG 81 machine guns in dorsal and tail-cone positions and a light bomb load. Enough to bite back, but the Uhu relied on toughness and low-level agility, not firepower, to survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Specifications<\/p>\n<h2>Focke-Wulf Fw 189 specifications: dimensions, performance and cost<\/h2>\n<div class=\"spectbls\">\n<table class=\"spec\">\n<caption>Dimensions &amp; powerplant<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Type<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">Twin-engine tactical reconnaissance \/ army-cooperation aircraft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Crew<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">3 (pilot, observer, gunner\/radio)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Length<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~12.0 m (39 ft 4 in) &mdash; approx.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Wingspan<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~18.4 m (60 ft 4 in) &mdash; approx.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Height<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) &mdash; approx.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Empty weight<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~2,800 kg (~6,170 lb) &mdash; approx.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Loaded weight<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~4,000 kg (~8,800 lb) &mdash; approx.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Engines<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">2 &times; Argus As 410 inverted-V12 air-cooled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Power<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~465 hp (~347 kW) each<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Armament<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">MG 15 \/ MG 81 defensive MG; up to ~200 kg light bombs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"spec\">\n<caption>Performance &amp; programme<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Max speed<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~350 km\/h (~217 mph) &mdash; est.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Service ceiling<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~7,300 m (~24,000 ft) &mdash; est.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Range<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~670 km (~415 mi) &mdash; est.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">First flight<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">1938<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Introduced<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">1940 (Luftwaffe)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Number built<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">~860 (figures vary)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Main variants<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">Fw 189A (recon), Fw 189B (trainer), Fw 189C (prototypes)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Unit cost<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">not reliably recorded (wartime Germany)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Cost per flight hour<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">not reliably recorded (wartime)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Programme cost<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">not reliably recorded (wartime)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"k\">Fleet flight hours<\/td>\n<td class=\"v\">not reliably recorded (wartime)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gd\">\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">10<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Fw 189&rsquo;s variants and foreign production<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>The main production version was the Fw 189A reconnaissance aircraft, built in several sub-variants (A-1, A-2 and so on) that differed mainly in armament and equipment. Alongside it came the Fw 189B dual-control trainer, and the experimental Fw 189C &ldquo;Kampfzelle&rdquo; armoured attack aircraft that never entered production. Various other roles and fits were trialled, but the reconnaissance A-model was overwhelmingly the type that mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Production was not confined to Germany. As demand grew and German plants were needed for other types, Fw 189 manufacture was shifted to occupied Europe &mdash; the Aero factory in Prague and the SNCASO works at Bordeaux in France both built the Uhu. This reliance on the captured industry of occupied nations was typical of the later German war economy, and it means that many Fw 189s were, ironically, assembled by the workforces of countries Germany had conquered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">11<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Fw 189&rsquo;s operating costs: what the records show<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>As with other German wartime aircraft, there is no reliable, transparent public figure for the Fw 189&rsquo;s unit cost, cost per flight hour or total programme cost. It was produced by a wartime state economy &mdash; and partly in occupied territory &mdash; that did not publish the kind of accounts that would let those figures be stated with confidence, and the surviving records are incomplete. Any precise cost quoted for it should be treated with caution.<\/p>\n<p>In general terms, the Fw 189 was a relatively simple, modestly powered aircraft built around small air-cooled engines, which would have made it comparatively economical to produce and operate next to a high-performance fighter or a large bomber. That affordability, along with its effectiveness, is part of why it could be built in the high hundreds and fielded so widely. We list its cost fields as &ldquo;not reliably recorded&rdquo; rather than invent numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">12<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The Fw 189&rsquo;s foreign operators<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>Beyond the Luftwaffe, the Fw 189 served the air forces of Germany&rsquo;s Eastern Front allies. Hungary and Romania &mdash; the two largest Axis air arms in the East &mdash; both operated the Uhu for tactical reconnaissance alongside German units, and Slovakia and Bulgaria flew smaller numbers of the type. For these air forces the Fw 189 was a useful modern reconnaissance aircraft that fitted naturally into the same front-line reconnaissance role it filled for the Germans.<\/p>\n<p>This spread of operators reflects how the Eastern Front was, on the Axis side, a coalition effort, with several allied air forces flying German equipment in support of a shared campaign. After the war the type disappeared quickly from all of these air forces, as it did from the Luftwaffe &mdash; obsolete, worn out and with no place in the post-war world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><span class=\"gnum\">13<\/span><span class=\"gt\">The sole surviving Fw 189: recovered from a Russian forest<\/span><span class=\"gsign\">+<\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"gbody\">\n<p>Of the roughly 860 Fw 189s built, just one survives &mdash; and its survival is a story in itself. The aircraft was shot down over the northern sector of the Eastern Front in 1943 and came down in a remote forest, where it lay largely undisturbed for almost half a century. It was located and recovered in the early 1990s, remarkably complete, and subsequently underwent a long and painstaking restoration in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>That single restored airframe is now the only Fw 189 in existence anywhere in the world &mdash; the last of a type that once swarmed over the Eastern Front in the hundreds. It is a fitting survivor for an aircraft whose whole reputation rested on its ability to come home from the East against the odds: the one Uhu that, in the end, made it back for good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Timeline<\/p>\n<h2>The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu through the years<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1937<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>The requirement<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Luftwaffe seeks a modern short-range reconnaissance and army-cooperation aircraft to replace the Henschel Hs 126. Focke-Wulf proposes a radical twin-boom, glazed design.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1938<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>First flight<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Fw 189 prototype flies, with its fully glazed central nacelle and twin tail booms &mdash; an unconventional layout optimised for all-round vision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1939<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>Chosen for production<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After evaluation against more conventional rivals, the Uhu&rsquo;s superb visibility and handling win it the reconnaissance contract.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1940<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>Enters service<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Fw 189A reaches Luftwaffe reconnaissance units and begins replacing the Hs 126 in the short-range recon and army-cooperation role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1941<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>Into the East<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Fw 189 becomes the Luftwaffe&rsquo;s standard short-range reconnaissance aircraft on the Eastern Front &mdash; the &ldquo;Flying Eye&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1942<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>Widespread service and foreign production<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Uhu equips reconnaissance units across the Eastern Front and beyond; production is extended to the Aero works in Prague and SNCASO in France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1943<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>Anti-partisan war &mdash; and a survivor lost<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Fw 189s are used for night ground-attack and anti-partisan operations. In the same year, the aircraft that is today the sole survivor is shot down over a Russian forest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1944<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>Growing vulnerability<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As the Luftwaffe loses air superiority, the slow, lightly armed Uhu becomes increasingly exposed without escort, and losses climb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1945<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>End of the line<\/b><\/p>\n<p>By the war&rsquo;s close the Fw 189 is largely gone from front-line service; surviving airframes are worn out and are scrapped or abandoned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlrow\">\n<div class=\"tlyr\">1990s<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlc\"><b>Recovery and restoration<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The wreck of a 1943 loss is recovered from a Russian forest and restored in the United Kingdom &mdash; the only Fw 189 to survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Stories &amp; Eyewitnesses<\/p>\n<h2>The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 in stories: the moments that defined it<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">A radical shape built for vision, a modest engine chosen on purpose, a toughness that became legend, and a long war as the eyes of the German army in the East &mdash; the Uhu&rsquo;s history told through the moments that stuck.<\/p>\n<div class=\"carwrap\">\n<div><button class=\"carbtn\" onclick=\"this.parentElement.parentElement.querySelector('.track').scrollBy({left:-712,behavior:'smooth'})\">&lsaquo;<\/button><button class=\"carbtn\" onclick=\"this.parentElement.parentElement.querySelector('.track').scrollBy({left:712,behavior:'smooth'})\">&rsaquo;<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"track\">\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">The Owl<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Why &ldquo;Uhu&rdquo;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">The Fw 189 was named Uhu &mdash; &ldquo;Eagle Owl&rdquo; &mdash; an apt name for a wide-eyed night and day watcher.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>The name Uhu, German for the eagle owl, suited the aircraft perfectly: a big-eyed observer with superb all-round vision, equally at home watching the battlefield by day and hunting by night. Few nicknames have fitted an aircraft&rsquo;s character and appearance so well.<\/p>\n<p>It is a name that has stuck firmly to the type ever since, so much so that many people know the aircraft only as &ldquo;the Uhu&rdquo; without ever using its Fw 189 designation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">The Glass House<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Built to see<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">Its glazed nacelle gave the crew a view no conventional aircraft could match.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>The Uhu&rsquo;s central pod was glazed almost end to end, giving its three crew near all-round vision. For reconnaissance, artillery spotting and observation, that panoramic sight was the whole point of the aircraft, and everything else in the layout served it.<\/p>\n<p>Observers loved it. Where crews of conventional aircraft peered out through small windows, the Uhu&rsquo;s men sat inside what was effectively a flying greenhouse, able to see and record the battlefield spread out below and around them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">Kurt Tank&rsquo;s Eye<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A famous designer&rsquo;s unusual child<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">The Uhu came from Kurt Tank&rsquo;s Focke-Wulf, better known for the Fw 190 fighter.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>Kurt Tank&rsquo;s name is usually associated with the superb Fw 190 fighter, but his design house also produced the utterly different Uhu, with E. Kosel as project engineer. It shows the breadth of Focke-Wulf&rsquo;s work &mdash; from a world-class fighter to a specialised twin-boom observation platform.<\/p>\n<p>The two aircraft could hardly be more different, yet both were exactly right for their jobs. The Uhu proved that Tank&rsquo;s team could think as clearly about a slow reconnaissance machine as about a fast fighter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">Low and Slow<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Modest power, on purpose<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">Two small Argus engines made the Uhu slow &mdash; and that was fine.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>With two ~465 hp Argus engines, the Fw 189 could barely reach 350 km\/h. For a combat aircraft that would be crippling; for a reconnaissance platform it was acceptable, because the job called for stability, endurance and good low-altitude behaviour, not speed.<\/p>\n<p>The modest engines were reliable and simple, well suited to rough Eastern Front strips. The Uhu was built to loiter and observe, and its powerplant was chosen to do exactly that &mdash; even if it left the aircraft desperately slow when fighters appeared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">The Tough One<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Almost unkillable<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">The Uhu&rsquo;s ability to absorb damage became the stuff of legend.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>What the Fw 189 lacked in speed and guns it made up for in sheer resilience. Its twin-boom structure and rugged build let it come home with damage that would have destroyed a conventional aircraft &mdash; a boom shot away, an engine gone, the nacelle riddled with holes.<\/p>\n<p>Soviet pilots found it maddeningly hard to shoot down, and the Uhu&rsquo;s toughness is the quality most often remembered about it &mdash; a slow, awkward reconnaissance machine that simply would not die.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">Rammed and Home<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Surviving the collision<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">There are recorded cases of the Uhu being rammed by fighters and still flying home.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>The most extraordinary stories of the Uhu&rsquo;s toughness involve ramming. Soviet fighter pilots who could not shoot the aircraft down sometimes resorted to colliding with it, and in several recorded cases the Fw 189 lost part of its structure in the impact yet still carried its crew back to safety.<\/p>\n<p>Few aircraft of any era have such stories attached to them. They cemented the Uhu&rsquo;s reputation as one of the most survivable machines of the war, at least in the hands of a cool crew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">Flying Eye<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Ostfront&rsquo;s watcher<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">On the Eastern Front the Uhu became &ldquo;das fliegende Auge&rdquo; &mdash; the Flying Eye.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>From 1941 the Fw 189 was the Luftwaffe&rsquo;s standard short-range reconnaissance aircraft in the East, so constantly overhead that it earned the nickname the Flying Eye. Wherever the German army fought in the Soviet Union, Uhu crews were watching and reporting.<\/p>\n<p>It was the daily, vital work of tactical reconnaissance &mdash; and for much of the war the Uhu did it better than anything else the Luftwaffe had, thanks to its vision, handling and toughness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">Artillery&rsquo;s Friend<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Directing the guns<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">Circling over the battlefield, the Uhu spotted and corrected artillery fire.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>One of the Uhu&rsquo;s core tasks was artillery observation: loitering over the battlefield to locate targets and correct the fall of shot for the guns below. Its endurance and superb downward view made it ideal for this patient, dangerous work.<\/p>\n<p>For the German artillery, an Uhu overhead meant accurate, responsive fire. It is exactly the kind of unglamorous cooperation between air and ground that wins battles without ever making headlines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">Night Hunters<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Into the partisan war<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">The Uhu was pressed into night ground-attack and anti-partisan operations.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>As a savage partisan war developed behind the German lines, the Fw 189&rsquo;s endurance and low-level handling found it new work: night ground-attack and anti-partisan operations, carrying light bombs and guns against insurgents under cover of darkness.<\/p>\n<p>It was brutal work in a brutal theatre, far from the aircraft&rsquo;s reconnaissance purpose, but the Uhu&rsquo;s particular qualities suited it &mdash; another example of how the type kept finding new roles as the Eastern Front war changed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">The Trainer<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Teaching the owl<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">The Fw 189B dual-control trainer converted crews onto the unusual type.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>To keep the reconnaissance squadrons supplied with capable crews, Focke-Wulf built the Fw 189B, a dual-control trainer version with a more conventional, less glazed cabin. It served the essential background role of converting pilots and crews onto the type.<\/p>\n<p>It is a reminder that even a specialised aircraft needs its own schoolroom version &mdash; and that behind every operational Uhu over the front stood a training pipeline that put it there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">The Kampfzelle<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The armoured owl that lost<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">The Fw 189C swapped the glass pod for an armoured battle cell &mdash; and lost to the Hs 129.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>The Fw 189C replaced the glazed reconnaissance nacelle with a tiny, heavily armoured &ldquo;Kampfzelle&rdquo; and heavier guns, turning the tough twin-boom airframe into a dedicated ground-attack aircraft to compete with the Henschel Hs 129.<\/p>\n<p>The Hs 129 won the contest, and the Fw 189C never went beyond prototypes. It remains an intriguing might-have-been &mdash; the survivable Uhu airframe reimagined as an armoured tank-buster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">Foreign Hands<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Built and flown across the Axis<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">Made in Prague and Bordeaux, flown by Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>The Uhu was very much a coalition aircraft. It was built not only in Germany but by the Aero works in occupied Prague and SNCASO in occupied France, and it was flown by the air forces of Germany&rsquo;s Eastern allies &mdash; Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria &mdash; for reconnaissance.<\/p>\n<p>That spread reflects the reality of the Axis war effort in the East: German designs, produced with the captured industry of occupied Europe, flown by a coalition of allied air forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"scard\">\n<summary><span class=\"stag\">The Survivor<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>One owl came back<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sprev\">A single Fw 189, pulled from a Russian forest, survives &mdash; restored in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"sbody\">\n<p>Of some 860 built, exactly one Fw 189 survives. Shot down in 1943, it lay in a remote Russian forest for nearly fifty years before being recovered in the early 1990s and painstakingly restored in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>It is the only Uhu left in the world &mdash; a fitting last survivor for an aircraft whose whole legend was its ability to come home from the East against the odds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Photo Gallery<\/p>\n<h2>The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu in photographs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">Wartime photographs of the Uhu from the German federal and Finnish wartime archives and other collections, each credited to its source and licence. Click any photo to enlarge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\" id=\"fw189-gallery\">\n<figure class=\"gfig tall\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-sa-kuva.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-3 Uhu. Photo: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva), public domain.\"><img data-opt-id=174014302  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1536\/h:1078\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-sa-kuva.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201536%201078%22%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221078%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221078%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-3 Uhu. Photo: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva), public domain.\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-3 Uhu. Photo: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva), public domain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gfig\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-eastern-front.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 on the Eastern Front (Russia). Photo: Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-331-3034-13A \/ Liedke \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 de).\"><img data-opt-id=1503285474  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-eastern-front.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189 on the Eastern Front. Photo: Bundesarchiv \/ Liedke (CC BY-SA 3.0 de).\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 on the Eastern Front (Russia). Photo: Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-331-3034-13A \/ Liedke \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 de).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gfig\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189a-uhu.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A Uhu, showing its twin-boom, glazed layout. Photo: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva), public domain.\"><img data-opt-id=2121901323  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1536\/h:1079\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189a-uhu.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201536%201079%22%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221079%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221079%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189A showing the twin-boom glazed layout. Photo: SA-kuva, public domain.\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A Uhu, showing its twin-boom, glazed layout. Photo: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva), public domain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gfig wide\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189a-2-sncaso.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 built at SNCASO in occupied France. Photo: RAF official photographer \/ IWM, public domain via Wikimedia Commons.\"><img data-opt-id=418013230  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189a-2-sncaso.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 built at SNCASO in occupied France. Photo: RAF official photographer \/ IWM, public domain.\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 built at SNCASO in occupied France. Photo: RAF official photographer \/ IWM, public domain via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gfig\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189a-3-uhu.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-3 Uhu. Photo: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva), public domain.\"><img data-opt-id=128317115  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:1536\/h:1074\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189a-3-uhu.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201536%201074%22%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221074%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%221536%22%20height%3D%221074%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-3 Uhu. Photo: SA-kuva, public domain.\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-3 Uhu. Photo: Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva), public domain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gfig\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-bundesarchiv.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu. Photo: Bundesarchiv Bild 169-0132 \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 de).\"><img data-opt-id=2003502181  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-bundesarchiv.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu. Photo: Bundesarchiv (CC BY-SA 3.0 de).\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu. Photo: Bundesarchiv Bild 169-0132 \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 de).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gfig\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-recon.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu reconnaissance aircraft. Photo: public domain via Wikimedia Commons.\"><img data-opt-id=704624783  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-recon.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu reconnaissance aircraft. Photo: public domain.\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu reconnaissance aircraft. Photo: public domain via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gfig\" data-full=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-1942.jpg\" data-cap=\"A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu, 1942. Photo: public domain via Wikimedia Commons.\"><img data-opt-id=161980651  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focke-wulf-fw-189-uhu-1942.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu, 1942. Photo: public domain.\"><figcaption>A Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu, 1942. Photo: public domain via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fw189-lb\" id=\"fw189-lightbox\"><button class=\"fw189-lb-close\">&times;<\/button><button class=\"fw189-lb-prev\">&lsaquo;<\/button><button class=\"fw189-lb-next\">&rsaquo;<\/button><img alt=\"Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu enlarged photo\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"fw189-lb-cap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">On Film<\/p>\n<h2>The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 on video: a documentary history<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">A detailed documentary on the Uhu &mdash; its unusual design, its reconnaissance role on the Eastern Front, its legendary toughness and its decline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vid\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQuenRRGLN0\" title=\"Focke Wulf 189 'Uhu' | Success In The Face Of Defeat (Rex's Hangar)\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"vcap\">&ldquo;Focke Wulf 189 &lsquo;Uhu&rsquo; | Success In The Face Of Defeat&rdquo; by Rex&rsquo;s Hangar (approx. 117,000 views at time of writing; running time ~57 minutes). A thorough, well-sourced documentary history of the type.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/d3\/7.8.5\/d3.min.js\"><\/script> <script src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/topojson\/3.0.2\/topojson.min.js\"><\/script> <script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/d3-geo-projection@4\/dist\/d3-geo-projection.min.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<section class=\"sec alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Operations Overview<\/p>\n<h2>Where the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 flew: an operator map<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">Designed and built in Germany (and in occupied Prague and Bordeaux), flown above all on the Eastern Front by the Luftwaffe and its Axis allies. Toggle the categories; hover or tap a country for detail. Figures are approximate and hedged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"maphold\">\n<div id=\"fw189-map-widget\">\n<div id=\"fw189-map-container\" style=\"width:100%;position:relative\"><svg id=\"fw189-map-svg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;display:block\"><\/svg><\/p>\n<div id=\"fw189-tooltip\" style=\"position:fixed;background:#1a1a2e;color:#fff;padding:10px 16px;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:.3px;pointer-events:auto;opacity:0;transition:opacity .15s;z-index:100000;max-width:360px;line-height:1.5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fw189-controls\" style=\"display:flex;gap:8px;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:flex-start;margin-top:12px\"><button class=\"fw189-toggle active\" data-cat=\"origin\" data-full=\"Design &amp; Manufacture (Germany)\" data-short=\"Origin\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;padding:8px 12px;border:2px solid #5C91FF;border-radius:0;background:#fff;cursor:pointer;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a2e;white-space:nowrap\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:14px;height:14px;flex-shrink:0;background:#5C91FF\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"fw189-label\">Design &amp; Manufacture<\/span><span class=\"fw189-check\" style=\"font-size:10px;opacity:1\">&#10003;<\/span><\/button><button class=\"fw189-toggle active\" data-cat=\"raf\" data-full=\"Major Axis Operator\" data-short=\"Major\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;padding:8px 12px;border:2px solid #6B8E23;border-radius:0;background:#fff;cursor:pointer;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a2e;white-space:nowrap\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:14px;height:14px;flex-shrink:0;background:linear-gradient(135deg,#4A6741 25%,#6B8E23 25%,#6B8E23 50%,#556B2F 50%,#556B2F 75%,#8B9D77 75%);background-size:8px 8px\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"fw189-label\">Major Axis Operator<\/span><span class=\"fw189-check\" style=\"font-size:10px;opacity:1\">&#10003;<\/span><\/button><button class=\"fw189-toggle active\" data-cat=\"exp\" data-full=\"Other Axis Operator\" data-short=\"Other\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;padding:8px 12px;border:2px solid #555;border-radius:0;background:#fff;cursor:pointer;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a2e;white-space:nowrap\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:14px;height:14px;flex-shrink:0;background:#555\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"fw189-label\">Other Axis Operator<\/span><span class=\"fw189-check\" style=\"font-size:10px;opacity:1\">&#10003;<\/span><\/button><button class=\"fw189-toggle active\" data-cat=\"surv\" data-full=\"Surviving Restored Airframe\" data-short=\"Survivor\" style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;padding:8px 12px;border:2px solid #C0C0C0;border-radius:0;background:#fff;cursor:pointer;font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a2e;white-space:nowrap\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:14px;height:14px;flex-shrink:0;background:#C0C0C0\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"fw189-label\">Surviving Airframe<\/span><span class=\"fw189-check\" style=\"font-size:10px;opacity:1\">&#10003;<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"fw189-count\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:14px;color:#666;margin-top:12px;line-height:1.7;width:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"vcap\" style=\"margin-top:14px\">Categories: <b style=\"color:#5C91FF\">Design &amp; Manufacture<\/b> (Germany; also built in occupied Prague and Bordeaux) &middot; <b>Major Axis Operator<\/b> (Hungary, Romania) &middot; <b>Other Axis Operator<\/b> (Slovakia, Bulgaria) &middot; <b>Surviving Restored Airframe<\/b> (United Kingdom). Operator list is approximate and hedged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Service Record<\/p>\n<h2>The Fw 189&rsquo;s record: the indispensable eye of the Ostfront<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">The Uhu&rsquo;s contribution was measured not in kills but in the endless, vital reconnaissance work it did &mdash; and in how often it survived to do it again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rec\">\n<div class=\"rcard\"><b>1941<\/b><span>Became the Luftwaffe&rsquo;s standard Eastern-Front short-range recon aircraft<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"rcard\"><b>3<\/b><span>Crew in a near all-round glazed nacelle<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"rcard\"><b>~860<\/b><span>Built &mdash; in Germany, Prague and Bordeaux<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"rcard\"><b>1<\/b><span>Surviving airframe in the world today<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec alt\" id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Questions &amp; Answers<\/p>\n<h2>Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu: your questions answered<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qa\">\n<details open>\n<summary>Can I fly in a Focke-Wulf Fw 189?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>No &mdash; only one Fw 189 survives anywhere in the world, a single airframe recovered from a Russian forest and restored in the United Kingdom, and it is a rare, historic machine rather than a ride you can book. There is no bookable Fw 189 experience of any kind, and MiGFlug does not offer one. If what you actually want is the real thing &mdash; strapping into a genuine military aircraft and flying it &mdash; you very much <strong>can<\/strong> do that today in other types. MiGFlug arranges flights in real fighter jets and warbirds around the world. Start here: <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/flights-prices\/\">migflug.com\/flights-prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Why did the Fw 189 have such an unusual twin-boom, glazed shape?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>Because its entire design was built around one thing: the crew&rsquo;s ability to see. As a reconnaissance and artillery-observation aircraft, its most important quality was all-round vision, so Focke-Wulf gave it a fully glazed central crew nacelle and moved everything that would obstruct the view &mdash; the engines and the tail &mdash; out to twin booms on either side. The strange &ldquo;flying greenhouse&rdquo; look was simply the price of an almost unobstructed field of view.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Why was the Fw 189 so hard to shoot down?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>Its twin-boom structure and rugged construction gave it exceptional damage tolerance. Losing much of a tail boom, an engine or having the nacelle riddled did not necessarily bring it down, and there are recorded cases of Uhus surviving being rammed by Soviet fighters and still flying their crews home. For a slow, lightly armed aircraft that loitered over the front line, that toughness was its single most valuable quality &mdash; and it is the thing the type is most remembered for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What did the Fw 189 actually do?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>It was the Luftwaffe&rsquo;s standard short-range tactical reconnaissance and army-cooperation aircraft, above all on the Eastern Front, where it was nicknamed the &ldquo;Flying Eye&rdquo;. It flew photographic and visual reconnaissance, artillery spotting, liaison and casualty evacuation, and later night ground-attack and anti-partisan missions. Its job was to serve the ground forces directly with information and support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How many Fw 189s were built, and do any survive?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>Around 860 were built (figures vary), by Focke-Wulf in Germany and by the Aero works in Prague and SNCASO in Bordeaux in occupied Europe. Just one survives today &mdash; an aircraft shot down in 1943, recovered from a Russian forest in the 1990s and restored in the United Kingdom. It is the only Fw 189 in existence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What engines did the Fw 189 use, and how fast was it?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>It was powered by two Argus As 410 inverted-V12 air-cooled engines of only around 465 horsepower each, giving a top speed of just about 350 km\/h. That was slow, but deliberately so: a reconnaissance aircraft needed reliability, endurance and stability at low and medium altitude far more than speed, and the modest, dependable Argus engines suited that role well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What were the Fw 189&rsquo;s variants, including the B trainer and C Kampfzelle?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>The main version was the Fw 189A reconnaissance aircraft. The Fw 189B was a dual-control trainer with a more conventional cabin, used to convert crews onto the type. The Fw 189C &ldquo;Kampfzelle&rdquo; was an experimental heavily armoured single-seat ground-attack variant developed to compete with the Henschel Hs 129; it lost the competition and never entered production, remaining a prototype.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Was the Fw 189 a good aircraft?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"qabody\">\n<p>For its role, yes &mdash; it was excellent. It gave superb visibility, handled beautifully, and was extraordinarily tough, making it one of the best tactical reconnaissance aircraft of the war. Its weaknesses &mdash; low speed and light armament &mdash; only mattered once the Luftwaffe lost air superiority, after which the slow Uhu grew vulnerable without escort. Judged as the specialised observation platform it was designed to be, it was a genuine success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Can I fly in a Focke-Wulf Fw 189?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"No - only one Fw 189 survives anywhere in the world, a single airframe recovered from a Russian forest and restored in the United Kingdom, and it is a rare historic machine rather than a bookable ride. There is no bookable Fw 189 experience, and MiGFlug does not offer one. 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Its low speed and light armament only mattered once the Luftwaffe lost air superiority, after which the slow Uhu grew vulnerable without escort.\"}}]}<\/script> <\/p>\n<section class=\"sec cta\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\" style=\"color:#5C91FF\">Fly For Real<\/p>\n<h2>You can&rsquo;t fly the Fw 189 &mdash; but these, you can<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">Only one Uhu survives, and it is a museum-grade rarity, not a ride. The urge behind it &mdash; to strap into a real military aircraft and actually fly &mdash; is very much still bookable. 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MiGFlug does not operate Focke-Wulf Fw 189 flights &mdash; only one survives anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Related Aircraft<\/p>\n<h2>If the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 interests you, explore these<\/h2>\n<div class=\"relgrid\"><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/henschel-hs-129\/\"><span class=\"rk\">WWII &middot; Ground-Attack<\/span><span class=\"rt\">Henschel Hs 129<\/span><span class=\"rd\">The armoured Eastern-Front tank-buster that beat the Fw 189C &ldquo;Kampfzelle&rdquo; for the close-support role.<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/bf-110\/\"><span class=\"rk\">WWII &middot; Heavy Fighter<\/span><span class=\"rt\">Messerschmitt Bf 110<\/span><span class=\"rd\">Germany&rsquo;s twin-engine heavy fighter, also widely used for reconnaissance and night fighting across the war.<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/fw-200-condor\/\"><span class=\"rk\">WWII &middot; Maritime Patrol<\/span><span class=\"rt\">Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor<\/span><span class=\"rd\">Another Focke-Wulf design &mdash; the long-range ocean patrol bomber that scourged Atlantic convoys.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"sec alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"kick\">Sources &amp; Further Reading<\/p>\n<h2>Where this Focke-Wulf Fw 189 history comes from<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sources\">\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives)<\/b>Official wartime photographs and records of Fw 189 reconnaissance operations on the Eastern Front.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Royal Air Force Museum<\/b>Reference material on German wartime reconnaissance aircraft and captured-equipment evaluation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>National Air &amp; Space Museum (Smithsonian)<\/b>Background on Focke-Wulf, Kurt Tank and German reconnaissance aircraft development.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Deutsches Technikmuseum \/ German aviation museums<\/b>Holdings and material on Focke-Wulf designs and Luftwaffe army-cooperation aircraft.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Focke-Wulf and Kurt Tank type histories<\/b>Standard published references on the Fw 189, its design origins, variants and production.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Eastern Front air-war studies<\/b>Published accounts of Luftwaffe reconnaissance and army-cooperation operations in the East.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (SA-kuva)<\/b>Public-domain wartime photographs of the Fw 189 used in this article&rsquo;s gallery.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Fw 189 restoration project accounts<\/b>Documentation of the recovery from Russia and the United Kingdom restoration of the sole surviving airframe.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>German army-cooperation and reconnaissance histories<\/b>Studies of the tactical reconnaissance role the Uhu was built to fill.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Wikimedia Commons<\/b>Source of the public-domain and Creative Commons Fw 189 photographs used in the gallery, each credited to its author and licence.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>MiGFlug Afterburner magazine<\/b>MiGFlug&rsquo;s own aviation-history features on WWII and Luftwaffe aircraft.<\/div>\n<div class=\"src\"><b>Contemporary crew and combat accounts<\/b>First-hand descriptions of flying the Uhu and of its remarkable survivability in combat.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"foot\">Note on figures: dimensions, performance and production numbers for the Fw 189 vary between sources and are hedged here as approximate. Cost fields are listed as not reliably recorded because trustworthy wartime German cost data is not available. Just one original Fw 189 is known to survive, recovered from Russia and restored in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"fw189-map-data\" 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