Focke-Wulf Ta 152
E451406
World War II aircraft
fighter aircraft
high-altitude fighter aircraft
interceptor aircraft
low- to medium-altitude fighter aircraft
single-seat aircraft
The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a high-altitude German fighter-interceptor developed in the final years of World War II as an advanced evolution of the Fw 190.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Focke-Wulf Ta 152 canonical | 3 |
| Focke-Wulf Fw 190D high-altitude versions | 1 |
| Focke-Wulf Ta 152 high-altitude fighter | 1 |
| Focke-Wulf Ta-series aircraft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4128686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Context triple: [Kurt Tank, notableWork, Focke-Wulf Ta 152]
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A.
Dornier Do 335 Pfeil
The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil was a late-World War II German heavy fighter notable for its unique push-pull twin-engine configuration, making it one of the fastest piston-engined aircraft of its time.
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B.
Dornier Do 217
The Dornier Do 217 was a German World War II twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft developed as a more powerful and versatile successor to earlier Dornier designs.
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C.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was a highly regarded German single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, known for its powerful engine, rugged design, and effectiveness in both air superiority and ground-attack roles.
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D.
Heinkel He 219
The Heinkel He 219 was a German World War II twin-engine night fighter aircraft notable for its advanced radar equipment and effectiveness against Allied bombers.
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E.
Focke-Wulf Fw 62
The Focke-Wulf Fw 62 was a German reconnaissance floatplane prototype developed in the 1930s for the Kriegsmarine as a potential shipborne aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Target entity description: The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a high-altitude German fighter-interceptor developed in the final years of World War II as an advanced evolution of the Fw 190.
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A.
Dornier Do 335 Pfeil
The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil was a late-World War II German heavy fighter notable for its unique push-pull twin-engine configuration, making it one of the fastest piston-engined aircraft of its time.
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B.
Dornier Do 217
The Dornier Do 217 was a German World War II twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft developed as a more powerful and versatile successor to earlier Dornier designs.
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C.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was a highly regarded German single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, known for its powerful engine, rugged design, and effectiveness in both air superiority and ground-attack roles.
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D.
Heinkel He 219
The Heinkel He 219 was a German World War II twin-engine night fighter aircraft notable for its advanced radar equipment and effectiveness against Allied bombers.
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E.
Focke-Wulf Fw 62
The Focke-Wulf Fw 62 was a German reconnaissance floatplane prototype developed in the 1930s for the Kriegsmarine as a potential shipborne aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ high-altitude fighter aircraft ⓘ interceptor aircraft ⓘ low- to medium-altitude fighter aircraft ⓘ single-seat aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
20 mm MG 151 cannon
ⓘ
30 mm MK 108 cannon ⓘ |
| category |
Focke-Wulf aircraft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| cockpit | enclosed cockpit ⓘ |
| configuration |
low-wing monoplane
ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-altitude operations
ⓘ
interception of Allied bombers ⓘ |
| designer | Kurt Tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engine |
Daimler-Benz DB 603
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Junkers Jumo 213E NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| era | 1940s ⓘ |
| feature |
GM-1 nitrous oxide boost (on some aircraft)
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MW 50 water-methanol injection (on some variants) ⓘ long-span wings in Ta 152H variant ⓘ pressurized cockpit ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1944-07-12 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1945 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Focke-Wulf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 750 km/h ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kurt Tank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | fewer than 50 ⓘ |
| operator | Jagdgeschwader 301 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryVariant | Ta 152H NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | three-bladed propeller ⓘ |
| role |
fighter-interceptor
ⓘ
high-altitude fighter ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | over 14,000 m ⓘ |
| status |
limited production
ⓘ
operational late in World War II ⓘ |
| successorTo | Focke-Wulf Fw 190D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | single vertical stabilizer ⓘ |
| undercarriage | retractable landing gear ⓘ |
| usedBy | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| variant |
Ta 152C
NERFINISHED
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Ta 152E NERFINISHED ⓘ Ta 152H NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Focke-Wulf Ta 152 Description of subject: The Focke-Wulf Ta 152 was a high-altitude German fighter-interceptor developed in the final years of World War II as an advanced evolution of the Fw 190.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Focke-Wulf Ta 152 high-altitude fighter
this entity surface form:
Focke-Wulf Ta-series aircraft
subject surface form:
Ta 152
this entity surface form:
Focke-Wulf Fw 190D high-altitude versions