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Info Eduard - July 2010
References
- Archives of the Museum of the Battle Over the Ore Mountains, 11. 9. 1944
- US National Archives and Records Administration
- Eric Mombeek: Sturmjäger, vol.1, vol. 2 – ISBN 2-9600236-2-5
- Peter Rodeike, Focke Wulf Jagdflugzeug – ISBN 3-923457-44-8
- Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau G.m.b.H. Bremen, Fw 190A-8, 1944,
Einzelteile der Konstruktionsgruppe 1
- Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau G.m.b.H. Bremen, Fw 190A, Ersatzteilliste
- www.luftwaffe.cz
(The author is a PR employee of Eduard, and also the
curator and chief historian (volunteer) of the Museum
of the Battle Over the Ore Mountains on September 11th,
1944 at Kovarska, Czech Republic)
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Painting by Martin Novotny ‘Pauke! Pauke!’ depicting the battle of Sep-
tember 11th, 1944. Uffz. Herbert Chlond of II.(Sturm)/JG 4 in Sturmbock
Green ‘3’ (personal machine of Obstl. H-G von Kornatzki) flying through
a formation of B-17Gs of the 100th Bomb Group. The pictured B-17G
42-97834 bearing the code XR-J crashed at Kovarska. This painting
was used as the boxart for Eduard kit Fw 190A-8/R2, Cat. No. 8175.
HISTORY
Rediscovered History
One of the large air battles, in which
Sturmbocks played out their significant
role, was between II.(Sturm) and III.
Gruppe JG 4, and the 13th Combat
Wing, 8th USAAF, above the Czech-
German border on Monday, September
11th, 1944. The previously mentioned
crash sites of Sturmbocks piloted by Uffz.
Eilmes and Uffz. Zuber are the result
of this battle. The result was the death
of some eighty airmen spread over the
loss of some seventy aircraft. There has
been 25 years of research dedicated to
this battle, and from 1997 has included
the Museum of the Battle over the Ore
Mountains on September 11th, 1944
in Kovarska, Czech Republic.
More information can be gained by
visiting the museum, its webpage, or our
facebook profile:
In Scale
The Sturmbock, despite a relatively short service career
and limited use, have become one-sided phenomenon
in the air war over Germany, and the defense of the
Reich as a whole. Despite severe losses, Sturmbocks
showed themselves to be a very potent weapons against
allied bombers. With some units, markings were also
quite colorful, and this only served to make them more
appealing as modeling subjects.
Eduard Model Accessories naturally includes this
historically significant modification in their line of Focke-
Wulf Fw 190s in 1/48th scale.
To date, there have been three Eduard kits of this
modification:
- R0004 Royal Class;
released in March, 2007.
This limited edition is sold out, but may still be available
in very limited numbers with some retailers.
- 8175 as a Profipack; released in October, 2007
- 8428 as a Weekend Edition kit;
released in June, 2010
In all likelihood, this will not be the last word
Eduard will have on the Fw 190A-8/R2. There
is a plan to release some Limited Edition
kits dedicated to specific units and aces flying
Sturmbocks.
Because Eduard currently is not the only manufacturer
of kits with this aircraft in their catalog, or more
accurately, a modified Fw 190A-8 (although there have
been releases erroneously labelled ‘R8’ or ‘Rammjäger’),
Eduard has produced photoetched accessories for the
Fw 190A in 1/48th scale for the Tamiya kit, including,
for example, side armor panels, Cat. No. 48244.
BUY Weekend edition Fw 190A-8/R2 (8428)
BUY Profipack edition Fw 190A-8/R2 (8175)
WWW.MUSEUM119.CZ
Due to continuing research and reconstruction of the
events on Sept. 11th, 1944 above Europe, I would like to
ask all readers, who have knowledge of the crash sites,
bombing or any other information about the air war
events on this day, if they could kindly contact me by
email at jan@museum119.cz for possible co-operation.