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MARCH KITS
Albatros D.III Oeffag 153 Weekend Edition
1/48 Cat.No. 14001
153.27, Georg Kenzian, Flik 55/J,
Pergine, Winter 1917
This aircraft was accepted by the air force
in September, 1917, and attached to Flik 55/J,
where it became the personal plane of Georg
Kenzian von Kenzianshausen. On this aircraft,
he gained his fourth and fth victories on the
18th and 27th of November, 1917. This pla-
ne was damaged on landing and stricken off
charge in January, 1918.
Kenzian began his ying career as an observer
with Flik 24. His rst victory was gained with
his pilot, Rudolf Forst on June 16th, 1916,
the victim being a Farman, and four days later
came the next victory, with the pilot being Jo-
sef Kiss. However, at the end of July, the crew
of Alois Jezek and Georg Kenzian were shot
down by a group of Italian ghters. After reco-
vering, service at
a ight school, and pilot training, Kenzian was
transfered to Flik 55/J as a deputy commander
in August, 1917. Here, he scored further kills,
and by March, 1918, he would raise his tally
to nine. At the end of the war, he served as CO
of Flik 68/J and 42/J.
BUY Albatros D.III Oeffag 153 1/48 Weekend