Though best known as a designer of airplanes, particularly the lethal Focke-Wulf Fw-190, Tank never lost sight of his pilot roots. Along with the Griffon-engine Spitfire Mk. XVI, the Hawker Tempest V and the Dornier Do-335—not to mention the P-51H Mustang, F2G Corsair and F8F Bearcat, all of which were introduced too late to actually …
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