Focke-Wulf Ta 154

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The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 was a German twin-engine night fighter of World War II, designed primarily for high-speed interception using mostly wooden construction.

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Focke-Wulf Ta 154 canonical 2
Focke-Wulf Ta 154 night fighter 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military aircraft
night fighter aircraft
twin-engine aircraft
aircraftCategory fighter aircraft
radar-equipped night fighter
aircraftConfiguration twin-boom tail
twin-engine
aircraftFamily Focke-Wulf Ta 152
surface form: Focke-Wulf Ta-series aircraft
armament 20 mm cannon
30 mm cannon
conflict World War II
constructionMaterial plywood
wood
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
crew 2
crewPosition pilot
radar operator
designedByCompany Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG
designedFor high-speed interception of Allied bombers
night operations
designer Kurt Tank
developmentProgram German night fighter program
engineType piston engine
era 1940s
firstFlight 1943
historicalPeriod World War II European theater
inspiredBy de Havilland Mosquito
introduced 1943
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear
manufacturer Focke-Wulf
namedAfter Kurt Tank
surface form: Kurt Tank (Ta designation)
nickname Moskito
notableFeature designed to conserve strategic materials like aluminum
extensive wooden airframe
operator Nachtjagdgeschwader
surface form: Luftwaffe night fighter units
powerplant Junkers Jumo 211 liquid-cooled V-12 engine
primaryUser Luftwaffe
productionStatus limited production
radarEquipment Würzburg radar
surface form: Lichtenstein radar
reasonForLimitedUse problems with wood adhesive quality
production difficulties
role high-speed interceptor
night fighter
status prototype and limited pre-production only
retired
usedBy Germany
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane

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MG 131 machine gun usedOnAircraft Focke-Wulf Ta 154
Kurt Tank notableWork Focke-Wulf Ta 154
Kurt Tank designed Focke-Wulf Ta 154
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Ta 154 night fighter
FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2 radar typicalPlatform Focke-Wulf Ta 154
this entity surface form: Focke-Wulf Ta 154 night fighter