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APRIL KITS
Albatros D.III Oeffag 253 Weekend Edition
1/48 Cat.No. 84152
253.36, Oblt. Othmar Wolfan, Flik 56/J, August 1918
The personal aircraft of Othmar Wolfan displays
another non-standard representation of the national
insignia on Austro-Hungarian aircraft in the summer
of 1918. While the upper surface crosses remained
original, the crosses on the rudder were in different
proportions than the aircraft before. The crosses under
the wings were non-standard in their size and location.
They were actually the same size and location as the
original iron crosses.
Othmar Wolfan gained his rst and only kill ying
this aircraft when, on August 1st, 1918, he downed
a Sopwith Camel from 66 Sqd. RAF. On the 14th
of September, 1918, he was severely injured
in a crash, and sat out the rest of the war in a hospi-
tal bed. Othmar Wolfan was one of a few German
pilots who, after the dissolution of the Austro-Hunga-
rian Empire, served in the Czechoslovak Air Force.
He entered service in July, 1919 as an Air Force Ofcer.
He served, for the most part, with No. 9 Air Company
and ew SPADs. He left the Czechoslovak army on Ja-
nuary 31, 1921.
BUY Albatros D.III Oeffag 253 1/48