The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger — "shrike" in English, though Allied pilots preferred "butcher bird" — was one of the most capable German fighters of the Second World War. Designed by Kurt Tank and first flown in 1939, the radial-engined Fw 190A came as an unpleasant surprise to RAF pilots when it appeared over France in 1941, outperforming the Spitfire Mk.V in almost every respect except turning radius. Over 20,000 were built across numerous variants, serving as a day fighter, fighter-bomber and ground attack aircraft on every major front. This aircraft is one of twenty new-production airframes built by Flug+Werk GmbH of Bavaria using original Focke-Wulf plans and surviving manufacturing dies, with fabrication carried out by Aerostar in Bacău, Romania. Construction number 990010 — the eleventh of the batch — was completed in 2000 and acquired by Rudy Frasca of Urbana, Illinois. California AeroFab in Chino rendered it airworthy, fitting it with a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial in place of the original BMW 801. Planes of Fame acquired the aircraft in 2018. It wears the markings of Oskar Bosch, a Luftwaffe ace credited with 18 aerial victories including six B-17s and two B-24s.