If you mentioned BMW to most people, they think of a car. They don't think of something with an engine of 1,800 horsepower powering one of the deadliest fighters of the Second World War. The FockeWulf 190.

Kurt Tank's design of the FockeWulf 190 was hunched like a pitbull. Very strong in design. Tapered wing edges. It could roll very fast. It could take a lot of punishment. And the performance was electrifying.

In this video, IWM Duxford's Graham Rodgers explored the history of Germany's 'Butcher Bird'.

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