Focke-Wulf Ta 152C-0 v7 stammkennzeichen; CI+XM Werk Nummer 0007
A Fw 190D prototype had been rebuilt and flown with a DB 603 engine in support of the Ta 152C program, and this plane took to
the air for the first time in October 1944. During December 1944 and January 1945 aircraft joined the test program. The definitive production version was to be the Ta 152C-1, and it was hoped that the first examples could be rolling off the production lines in April of 1945. However, series production of the Ta 152C was only just beginning when Allied forces overran the assembly plants
The Ta 152C-1 was powered by a Daimler-Benz DB 603LA twelve-cylinder liquid cooled engine rated at 2100 hp (2300 hp with MW 50) for takeoff and 1750 hp at 29,530 feet (1900 hp at 27,560 feet with MW 50). MK 108 cannon with 90 rounds, two fuselage-mounted 20-mm MG 151 cannon with 250 rpg, and two wing-mounted 20-mm MG252 cannon with 175 rpg. Maximum speed was 227 mph at sea level (356 mph with MW 50), 436 mph at 37,730 feet (460 mph at 32,810 feet with MW 50). Initial climb rate was 3050 feet per minute and service ceiling was 40,350 feet. Weights were 8849 lbs empty, 10,658 lbs normal loaded, and 11,733 pounds maximum. Wingspan was 36 feet 1 inch, length was 35 feet 6 1/2 inches, height was 11 feet 1 inch, and wing area was 290.89 square feet.
(Courtesy LEMB); CI+XM Focke Wulf Ta152C-0 r11 V-7 W.Nr.110007//
Focke Wulf Ta.152V-7, Wk.Nr.11 0007,
To Ta 152C-0/R11 standard,
Unit: Stab./JG301
Langenhagen, Germany, Spring 1945.
Serial: CI+XM
Two known operational aircraft at end of 1945
The Tank Ta 152V7 was tested in January 1945 by Focke Wulf at Adelheide-Langenhagen a/f close to Delmenhorst.
It served as prototype for the planned Ta 152C medium altitude fighter. Designated as Ta 152C-0/R11 variant, a set of excellent official company photographs was shot, showing essential detail of this fighter.
There are no reports about the fate of this particular plane. Neither did it appear on loss lists nor was it captured. Maybe it ended its days being pressed into service with JG 301 or being destroyed during one of the numerous air raids in the final days of WW2. The (small) black swastika wasn't painted out but but placed on a dark camo spot. Maybe the first intention was to use a swastika with white trim.
CI+XM: Besides W.Nr.110006 and 008 (V6 and V7) it was part of the small Ta152C-0 pre-production batch. It received the DB603 E instead of the proposed DB 603 L and LA powerplant. There seem to have been problems with this engine, so only two
Ta 152C-1/R11 W.Nr.600001 and 0002 with DB 603 LA are reported to have been delivered to Stab/JG 301 at Welzow a/f. Further details are unknown.
Nothing is known about the fate of CI+XM. It ended its days in one of the numerous rubble heaps being scattered across the
remnants of the "Reich" in May '45.
CFS version by Willy McCoy; w.c.mccoy@worldnet.att.net
Available at Combat Flight Center Warbirds; www.combatfs.com
May 2000
