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Info Eduard - April 2011
BUILT
Albatros D.III Oeffag 153
153.140, Eugen Bönsch, 1918
153.140, Eugen Bönsch, Flik 51/J, Ghirano,
spring, 1918.
Bönsch, a Sudeten German from Velká Upa (Gro-
sse Aupa) from the region known as Krkonoše, rst
served as a mechanic, and then underwent pilot
training in August, 1917, after which he was as-
signed to Flik 51/J. Through the course of Septem-
ber, he achieved three kills, and by the beginning
of October, 1918, he had eleven. Through Octo-
ber, Flik 51/J downed nine aircraft and Bönsch
was responsible for ve of them. His last victim
went down on October 29th, and he ended the
war with sixteen kills.
After the war, Eugen Bönsch returned to his home-
town in what was then the newly formed Czecho-
slovakia, and ran the resort of ‘Luční Bouda’. After
the Second World War, in which he served wearing
a Luftwaffe uniform, he opted to not return home,
and he died in 1951 at Ehrwald of Tirol, where he
lived in a mountain hotel run by his brother.
This aircraft was own by Eugen Bonsch from
March to June, 1918, and he ew it for ve of
his kills.
1/48 Eduard
Cat. No. 8241
Built by Slava Vanous.
BUY Albatros D.III Oeffag 153 1/48