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Fw 190A-5, WNr. 410004, Oblt. Walter Nowotny, CO of I./JG 54,
Orel, the Soviet Union, October 1943
Fw 190A-5/U8, WNr. 01501353, Oblt. Kurt Hevler,
Stab IV./SKG 10, Cognac, France, June 1943
A German fighter pilot of Austrian origin and
a native of Gmünd situated near the border with
Czechoslovakia, Walter “Nowi” Nowotny was
a holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves,
Swords and Diamonds, and shot down 258 enemy
aircraft over the course of 442 combat sorties.
He was killed in an Me 262 Schwalbe in combat
with American escort fighters near an airfield
at Hesepe on November 8, 1944. “Nowi’s” aircraft
got a non-standard camouflage consisting of
two shades of dark green, most likely RLM
70 and RLM 71. The yellow wingtips of the
undersides and yellow band round the fuselage
identified the aircraft flying in the Eastern Front.
The JG 54 aircraft bore yellow band on the
fuselage, underneath the fuselage crosses, and
bottom part of the rudder was painted yellow as
well.
On June 4, 1943, eighteen Fw 190s from IV./SKG
10 with bombs under their racks headed towards
the city of Eastbourne. The aircraft carrying
Gruppenadjutant markings was hit by anti-
aircraft fire and turned back home. However, the
damaged engine could not supply the necessary
power and the pilot attempted the emergency
landing. That ended in the crash nearby the
town of Normans Bay which Oblt. Hevler did not
survive. According to the period description of
the crashed aircraft yellow rudder and bottom of
the engine cowling were oversprayed in the black
irregular stripes. Kurt Hevler was born on July 21,
1917, in Prague. The family later apparently lived
in Germany, because already in August 1939 he
had the rank of Leutnant and from September
of the same year he served in the 10./JG 26.
In the spring of 1940 he fought in the ranks of the
5.(J)/Tr.Gr. 186 and on May 10 shot down a Dutch
Fokker D.XXI near De Kooi. From 1940 to 1943
he flew with 7./JG 77 and JG 27. From February
1943 he was a fighter-bomber instructor with Erg.
JGr. Süd. He was posthumously promoted to the
rank of Hauptmann on July 1, 1943. He is buried
at Cannock Chase.
48949 Fw 190A-5 (PE
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Set)
48950 Fw 190A-5 landing flaps (PE
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Set)
FE863 Fw 190A seatbelts STEEL (Brassin)
644002 Fw 190A-5 LööK (Brassin)
648152 Fw 190 wheels early (Brassin)
648373 Fw 190A Pitot tubes early (Brassin)
648381 Fw 190A exhaust stacks (Brassin)
648390 Fw 190A-5 cockpit (Brassin)
648391 Fw 190A-5 engine (Brassin)
648392 Fw 190A-5 fuselage guns (Brassin)
648408 Fw 190A-5 engine & fuselage guns (Brassin)
648436 Fw 190A-5 undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)
SIN64843 Fw 190A-5 ADVANCED (Brassin)
SIN64851 Fw 190A-5 ESSENTIAL (Brassin)
3DL48047 Fw 190A-5 SPACE (3D Decal Set)
D48029 Fw 190 A stencils (Decal Set)
D48039 Fw 190A-5 national insignia (Decal Set)
EX724 Fw 190A-5 TFace (Mask)
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