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  EDITORIAL

  APRIL 2021

  KITS

  HISTORY

  BRASSIN

  PHOTO-ETCHED SETS

  BIGED

  RELEASE

  BUILT

  April 2021

  Spitre Mk.I early ProPACK 1/48

  Stříbrné šípy Limited edition 1/72

  Bf 109G-6 Weekend edition 1/48

  Pfalz D.IIIa Weekend edition 1/72

  Fw 190A-5 1/48

  P-39Q Airacobra 1/48

  Barbarossa 1/48

  Bf 109G-4 1/48

  IAI NESHER 1/48

  CONTENTS

  GOTTHARD SACHSENBERG

  Čmelák v barvách "Třistadvanáctky"

  Horror Over Kalamaki

  Published by Eduard-Model Accessories, spol. s.r.o.

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  Dear Friends,

  The Covid situation can be likened to the end

  of the Second World War. We all know that the

  end is near, that the Chinese gift to the world

  will be defeated in the end, but it just won’t go

  away quite that easily. In March, we initiated

  weekly Covid testing by an independent certi-

  fied lab of our employees as per government

  mandated requirements. No self test kits or

  any other sneaky circumnavigation of the re-

  quirements here. Through March, we were

  able to isolate three positive cases that have

  subsequently been confirmed at our firm and

  again by a state laboratory. This has led to the

  temporary removal of a total of 26 employees,

  either through actual positive test results or

  through quarantining due to contact with con-

  firmed cases. Among other things, this does

  indicate the competence of the health care

  workers that carefully trace points of contact

  and those who may be potentially affected

  by them. Within our company specifically, all

  indications are that the state of things is im-

  proving. Departments such as plastic produc-

  tion is seeing a return of people to work and

  production is ramping up. However, at the end

  of last week, there was no one in the Brassin

  production department who could spend time

  pouring any resin at all. This will likely be felt

  through April, and may even have an effect

  on availability of items through May and into

  June. To the contrary, photoetching is pretty

  much complete in terms of manpower. That

  is rather surprising. I myself had Covid in

  March, and it went off, fortunately, in a mild

  manner. I am pretty happy about that….who

  wants to spend time in a hospital? I have to

  admit that the condition did whip me a bit, and

  even now I am a bit without energy. Fortuna-

  tely, my colleagues are not suffering from the

  same lack of energy, and thanks to their de-

  termination, we can present a list now of new

  items that are akin to what you are used to

  seeing from us.

  Silver Arrows and Our Evolution

  As the main centre of attention for this month,

  I would put the 1:72nd scale Silver Arrows re-

  lease at the top. The Silver Arrows Limited

  Edition kit made its first appearance back in

  2014. It was in 1:48th and the box was quite

  large, and it was the main attraction for E-day

  that year. Today’s smaller edition has a lot in

  common with that earlier release, but at the

  same time, there are many differences, too.

  One thing that will be of interest to many is

  the inclusion of the publication, and it’s se-

  cond edition, developed for this release, is

  updated to a very large degree, but just as the

  kit itself, it leaves out the MiG-21R. This is one

  of the differences. The MiG-21R was dropped

  as a subject matter from the new release.

  It was included in the 48th scale kit, along

  with the PF and PFM versions, and this was

  a source of a lot of headaches. The inclusion

  of plastic for three separate kits was almost

  suicidal, and to this day, the whole thing is re-

  membered as a nightmare, both in terms of

  packing and in retail. The three-version pac-

  kaging also didn’t find a lot of favor among

  our customers. We saw this possibility, and

  to prevent anyone from having to purchase

  complete kits to use what was already bou-

  ght, we made available the idea of the ‘Empty

  Box’, allowing the purchase of needed plastic

  sprues to complete what was in the kit, and

  in practically any combination desired. This

  seemed like a comfortable thing to provide

  our customers, but it intensified those hea-

  daches at our end. It was a creative solution

  for supporting the contents of the kit, but it

  ended up being a dead end. So, this is some-

  thing we have no desire in repeating with this

  1:72nd scale edition. It includes resin details

  in the form of seats and wheels. Those that

  think that these items are automatic inclusi-

  ons in the Limited Edition line should take

  note that in the 48th scale boxing, they were

  not included. Other differences can be seen in

  the improvement of the technology used and

  in the conceptual evolution of our kits. These

  two MiG-21s, the PF and the PFM in 1:72nd, are

  in my opinion, the best of our MiG-21s in any

  scale. This is not something that you will ne-

  cessarily read in any review, but the Eduard

  kits of the 2020’s are at a completely new le-

  vel as compared to the kits that we were able

  to offer a decade earlier. We have no other kit

  in our catalog where this comparison can be

  made so well to illustrate the point as with the

  Spitfire Mk.I to V. The Mk.I apparently has its

  battle to win the hearts of modelers success-

  fully behind it. The usual search for mistakes

  online ended in record time, and build articles

  that have appeared show that modelers have

  been enjoying this kit very much. April’s Profi-

  PACK Spitfire Mk.I carries on the mapping out

  of individual versions and sub-variants of the

  early Spitfires over the first two years of the

  type’s service career. These are not just the

  versions with the flat canopy and two-blade

  propeller, as could be expected. We consi-

  der the main identifiers of those early versi-

  ons to be those that were not equipped with

  what would become standard features. That

  includes full armor protection, Tr.9D or Tr.1133

  radio sets, gun heating systems, and so on.

  The camouflage options cover the timeframe

  from the fall of 1938 to the spring of 1940, pri-

  or to the beginning of the German offensive

  along the Western Front. There are seven op-

  tions to choose from.

  April Weekends and Stories

  Both April Weekend kits are interesting items.

  The Pfalz D.IIIa is a return to an older First

  World War kit of ours, but the marking opti-

  ons are a result of the latest research and

  uncovered information. The boxart is also the

  result of new research, and depicts an actual

  event that was an encounter between Lieu-

  tenant Eugene Siempelkamp and Camels of

  No.210 Squadron, RFC. The pilot of the Camel

  that was shot down, 2nd Lt. Saunders survi-

  ved the fight and was taken prisoner. Also a

  part of the reality that the scene depicts is the

  little Pfalz in the background. It is from Jasta

  7, and the pilot of that airplane unfortunately

  did not survive. Similarly, an actual event is

  depicted in the boxart of the Bf 109G-6 Wee-

  kend it. Should you be interested, the details

  surrounding this airplane can be found in the

  article ‘Horror Over Kalamaki’ in this newsle-

  tter. This kit is also interesting in that it uses

  three versions of a scheme that was used in

  the very first Bf 109G-6 that we released. This

  was the kit that was criticized as being over-

  sized, and the one that we pulled from our

  catalog and retooled completely. I think that

  these marking options are far too interesting

  to remain ignored. Red ‘13’ of Heinrich Bartels

  was actual the subject of boxart for us on two

  occasions, but at one point it was so experi-

  mental, that we couldn’t find the courage to

  use it again.

  There’s no Re-Edition like a Re-Edition

  Along with our new releases for the month,

  we are also releasing two reboxings of the

  sold-out ProfiPACK Z-37A Cmelak (Bumble

  Bee) in 1:72nd scale and the 1:48th P-51D. Both

  items sold out quite quickly, so rereleasing

  them is a bit of a no-brainer. At the same

  time, we restocked the 1:72nd scale MiG-21PF

  and PFM kits at the end of March. Specifica-

  lly, the MiG-21PFM is in a ProfiPACK box and

  there are also Weekend boxings of both the

  PF and PFM. Also, an OVERTREES restock

  has been realized for both. The MiG-21PF as

  a ProfiPACK kit will come in June as a re-

  release. Through April and May, we will give

  the same attention to the MiG-21MF in 1:72nd,

  which will begin with the MiG-21MF Fighter

  Bomber in May as a ProfiPACK item. I think

  I should point out the difference here between

  a re-release and a re-stock. A re-stock for

  a certain item means that we have everything

  we need in the warehouse (including boxes,

  instructions, decals) and all it needs is to be

  packed. And packed they can be the moment

  we have the plastic. An item that is up for re-

  -release means that we haven’t got the ma-

  terial to pack the kit (Such as boxes, etc.). In

  those cases, we revisit the instructions and

  decals, and update the box to our current

  standard. Then, we combine everything, print

  it all, and release it under the same catalog

  number. If there ends up being a more signi-

  ficant change to the kit, such as something to

  do with a scheme or the boxart, then we also

  change the catalog number. This will be the

  case, for example, in may, with the ProfiPACK

  Bf 109G-2. With respect to photoetching and

  masks, we have a line up for April that is typi-

  cal in various scales. In 1:32nd scale, we sets

  for the Tiger Moth from ICM, complemented

  by a Space set, and a set for the forward in-

  terior of the A-26C from Trumpeter. In 1:48th

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  scale, we have sets for the Ju 88C-6b from

  ICM, and the AV-8A in two versions, Early

  and Late, for the Kinetic kit. The older versi-

  ons are covered by sets 491164 and FE1164,

  and the newer versions by 491165 and FE1165.

  There are six new sets for the Bronco MiG-15,

  and we have a Space set there as well. There

  are also three new ZOOM sets in 1:48th scale,

  for the Ar 68F from Roden and two designed

  for Eduard Weekend kits of the Bf 109G-6 and

  the Pfalz D.IIIa. In 1:72nd scale, we are offe-

  ring a set for the MiG-25PD from ICM and

  a set of landing flaps for the ki-61 from Ta-

  miya. In the armor scale of 1:35th, we have a

  set for the Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H from Miniart,

  and for the ship people, a set of railings for

  the HMS York in 1:350th. Take a look also at

  the new BigEd s and five new decal sheets,

  four of which cover stencil data, while the

  fifth is the first of several being designed for

  the P-51D-5 Mustang. This April release is

  dedicated to the D-5 version Mustang of the

  357th FG, 8th AF of the USAAF.

  I Peel, You Peel, We All Peel…

  While on the subject of decals, the topic of

  the option of peeling off the carrier film is of-

  ten discussed. That this is an option offered

  by our decals has been no secret for some

  time now, and we are often asked to provide

  a tutorial on how to peel off that film. We have

  never actually done so, even though this adds

  an interesting dimension to our decals to

  those who want to go that route. The end re-

  sult here is excellent, and the decals take on

  a virtually painted on look, don’t jut out from

  the surface of the model, and follow all the

  contours of it very well. The reason we don’t

  push the procedure as much as you’d think

  we might is because the procedure does re-

  quire a certain level of experience and care,

  and lacking these, the possibility of damaging

  them is quite high. Given the fact that such

  failures as could happen here are generally

  and automatically attributed to the manu-

  facturer’s faults, we decided that any official

  instruction, or maybe more accurately reco-

  mmendation, of the carrier removal, will be

  avoided. Keep in mind that these decals work

  just as well utilizing traditional application

  methods and expectations. Nevertheless, in

  order to appease all of the potential carrier

  film ‘peelers’ out there, Jakub Nademlejnsky

  is in the process of preparing a short but in-

  formative instructional article on doing just

  that. Actually, the peeling of the carrier film

  from the decals is not rocket science, nor is

  it brain surgery, and the end result is truly

  mesmerizing. But, even so, this will be a ‘pro-

  ceed at your own risk’ endeavor on the user’s

  part. This article will come out in the May edi-

  tion of the newsletter.

  3D Premiere and Free Space Offer

  In the Brassin line, I would ask you to note

  the release of the F-6D reconnaissance ver-

  sion of the Mustang cameras. This release

  is based on a rather labor intensive bit of

  research. The interesting about this item is

  the combination of poured resin, photetched

  brass and printed bits. We’ve been doing

  some experimenting now for some time with

  printed parts, and we see a lot of potential

  with this way of production, and we will be

  converting partial production to this tech-

  nology. We have a lot of experience with 3D

  printing, than the entire production of the

  Brassin line is founded on it. If you are not

  aware of it, the entire concept of the Brassin

  items has been founded on 3D printing tech-

  nology from the get-go, and the masters have

  been exclusively prepared this way. The only

  handmade aspect to them is final cleaning

  and prep work that may be necessary in the

  production of moulds. But the technology has

  only been to produce the masters, and we

  have been recently experimenting with of-

  fering actual prints, without pouring. The re-

  sults of our tests are very promising. I expect

  that through the summer, that the number of

  sets that include parts printed will begin to

  grow exponentially. Besides this set, you will

  also find on offer in the Brassin line more of

  the usual weapon sets in various scales and

  two sets of wheels, one for the Tornado Mk.4

  in 1:32nd (Italeri) and for the C-130 Hercules

  in 72nd (Zvezda). There are three new LööK

  sets to be found, one for the just mentioned

  Tornado GR.4 in 32nd and the remaining two

  are for the MiG-21R and PFM in 48th. Two

  LookPlus sets are for the Bf 110G-4 and the

  Il-2, both in 1:48th (Eduard and Zvezda re-

  spectively). Going forward, there are four

  new Space sets for the ICM 1:32nd scale Tiger

  Moth and three in 48th: MiG-15 (Bronco), F-

  -14A (Tamiya) and the Bf 109G-6 (Eduard). The

  Space sets, as with all new products, is be-

  ing developed further since its introduction in

  January. The sets developed for this month’s

  release are now pretty much as the original

  vision foresaw. It’s not that we are not able

  to release a new product that is consistent

  with its original conceptual idea, but rather

  more about the required level of testing as

  the product evolves by a limited number of

  people. The post release reaction of the pu-

  blic at large then brings much more to think

  about. These are then used to evolve the pro-

  duct further. I tend to disregard the typical

  Czech disdain for anything new in the initial

  phases of release. If we were gonna submit

  to that, we would pack everything up and

  start manufacturing tractor signal switches.

  I recommend a good look at these new sets.

  At the very least, they do warrant a good, so-

  lid look. In order to make that easier for you,

  we are running another offer as of today. This

  time, it will be connected to purchases of the

  Weekend Edition kit of the bf 109G-6 (catalog

  number 84173).

  The Earliest of the Spitfires

  And finally, I have a few words regarding

  another segment of today’s newsletter. It’s

  about the article from Richard Plos, Horror

  Over Kalamaki, and has already been men-

  tioned. The article is for me a natural exten-

  sion of the illustration depicting it. It’s mostly

  about people who have had the misfortune of

  learning of the realities and horrors of war

  first hand. It’s about the fact that inside of

  the downed airplane, that is about to become

  nothing more than a statistic on some paper,

  are real, actual human beings. Jan Bobek

  added an autobiographical article about the

  First World War fighter pilot Gotthard Sach-

  senberg and his family. So as to not have all

  of the articles about long past subjects, the-

  re is also an article by Michal Krechowski

  and Radim Vojta about a red Cmelak coded

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  AKP, in the colours of No.312 Squadron.

  Each article has its own individual style, and

  I have no fear about any of them causing

  anyone any boredom.

  Also, I would like to point out the model of

  the Supermarine Type 300. It’s a conversion

  of our Spitfire Mk.I by John Colasante. God

  only knows what the differences between

  the Type 300 and the Spitfire Mk.I really were,

  but he will surely know how much work

  such a conversion demands. I have an idea,

  too, and I congratulate John on his success

  in the Eduard Model Builders Group contest

  on Facebook. Shane Doak and the other site

  administrators organized this contest very

  professionally, and hats off to them as well.

  Of course, we refrained from having any sort

  of influence on the judging of the contest, but

  at the request of the administrators, we pro-

  vided hardware for the prizes. The contest

  ran from the end of 2020 to mid March, 2021

  and along with John’s Spitfire prototype, the-

  re were two Bf 109s that also placed. One was

  from Poland by Mariusz Hasiuk, and one no

  less interesting from Bulgaria, built by Mitko

  Mitkov.

  And that is it for today. As always, I hope you

  enjoy this month’s newsletter, and good luck

  into the (hopefully) final days of the pande-

  mic.

  Happy Modelling!

  Vladimir Sulc

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  HISTORY

  Seaman Gotthard

  Gotthard Sachsenberg Jr. was born on December 6th, 1891 in Rosslau

  on the outskirts of Dessau into the family of a shipyard co-owner and

  secret Imperial Privy Commercial Councillor Dr.-Ing. h. c. Gotthard

  Sachsenberg Sr. His son attended high school in Dessau and Schne-

  pfenthal. The school in Dessau was also attended in the same year by

  Oswald Boelcke and their one year younger peer Theodor Osterkamp.

  These future aviation legends likely need no introduction.

  Gotthard Sachsenberg Jr. graduated high school in Eisenach, and

  went to college studies in national economics. However, he soon op-

  ted for a career change and even before the First World War began,

  he joined the navy in April, 1913. Basic training was followed by na-

  val training on the protected cruiser S.M.S. Hertha. The naval training

  was undertaken with the rank of Fähnrich, and the beginning of the

  war saw him with that rank on board the pre-dreadnought battleship

  S.M.S. Pommern. This ship was sunk on June 1st, 1916 in a battle of

  Jutland, and none of her crew survived. But by then, Gotthard Jr. had

  been away from the battleship for quite some time.

  In September, 1914, after a concentrated effort put forth on his su-

  periors, he was allowed to volunteer for the air component of the

  navy, the Freiwillige Marine Fliegerkorps. The commanding officer of

  this branch of the service was Oblt. z. S. von Skrbensky, and achie-

  ved active duty status from December, 1914, flying from the airfield at

  Oostende in Belgium. Sachsenberg became an air observer and crew

  commander. At the beginning of 1915, he was reassigned to II. Marine

  Landflieger Abteilung, which became combat ready in February of the

  same year. In August, 1915, Sachsenberg was awarded the Iron Cross

  1st Class for his service, but was sent to recover at Gent due to the

  results of the demands of combat that were imposed on him.

  His unit was redesignated as II. Marine Feldflieger Abteilung in Octo-

  ber. In January, 1916, Sachsenberg was promoted to Leutnant z. See,

  and became an observer instructor at an aviation school. A month

  later, though, he could be found training on single seat fighters at

  Kampf Einsitzer Staffel Mannheim. He would be the first naval aviator

  to finish fighter pilot training. In April, 1916, he returned to his original

  unit as a ‘Fokkerpilot’, as the unit had accepted single seat Fokker E

  fighters, and, as was the custom at the time, it was known as Kampf

  Einsitzer Kommando (KEK), but it was not a separate unit.

  In November, 1916, the first new specialized naval fighter unit was

  activated under the name Marine Feldflieger Jagdeinheit. The unit’s

  commanding officer was Sachsenberg, and so the unit was named

  Sonderkommando Sachsenberg, and for its lower numerical status

  in terms of equipment, was also designated as Jagd-Halbstaffel (with

  ‘Halb’ meaning ‘half’). However, formally, it still was subordinated to

  the command of II MFFA, who’s CO was Oblt. z. S. Hans Alfred von

  Santen.

  February, 1917 finally saw the activation of a full fledged fighter unit

  at Neumünster called Marine Feldflieger Jagdstaffel I (MFJ I), and its

  command was bestowed upon Sachsenberg. The unit’s pilots hailed

  from Sonderkommando, which he had led until that time, and also

  partly from II MFFA. Among those under his command was also

  a friend in the form of Theo Osterkamp, and they soon found themsel-

  ves in competition with another with regards to the number of aerial

  victories, especially after Osterkamp was named commanding officer

  GOTTHARD GOTTHARD

  SACHSENBERGSACHSENBERG

  Autor: Richard Plos

  I have written about the Sachsenberg family pilots several

  times, but this time around I decided to spread the theme

  of Gotthard Sachsenberg Jr. around his extended family. In

  this way, the reasons as to why he became such a succe

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  ssful naval aviator and on what basis he built his career

  as an industrialist and politician could be best explained.

  Photo of Gotthard Sachsenberg made in late summer 1918 after the awarding of Pour le Mérite.

  Note the Navy observer badge.

  Jan Bobek

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  HISTORY

  of MFJ II. In all, five naval Jasta units were formed.

  Sachsenberg got his first two kills on May 1st, 1917. The first was

  a Farman over Dixmuiden. It may have been an aircraft belonging

  to the Belgian 3me Escadrille. That aircraft was crewed by Sergent

  Jean Pauli and observer Lieutenant Jean de Bersaques, rookies who

  were attacked by six fighters. Two of them were kept busy by the

  only aircraft that was escorting the Farman. It was flown by Adjutant

  Jacques Goethals of 1ere Escadrille, but the crew of the Farman did

  not survive the attack of the others. This version of events would be

  consistent with the loss of the Farman, which was credited to Jasta

  28’s Lt. Schafer.

  The second victory came on the same day when Sachsenberg claimed

  a ‘Sopwith 2’ at Oudekapelle. Another destroyed Sopwith was claimed

  by Flgmt. Bertram Heinrich as his first (of eventually twelve), also of

  MFJ I. No shot down aircraft correspond to the claims. However, their

  opponent was likely future Belgian ace 1.Sgt. Willy Coppens. At the

  time, he flew Sopwith ½ Strutters with 4me Escadrille. During a flight

  over the Front, he was attacked by four enemy fighters. He escaped

  the attackers after some five minutes of maneuvering. However, they

  fired with extremely good aim. One round hit Coppens’ helmet and he

  ended up with some 32 hits to his aircraft, 28 of which were counted

  in the cockpit area!

  In August, 1917, and after his sixth victory, Sachsenberg was awarded

  the Knight’s Cross of the House of Hohenzollern with Swords. Before

  the year was out, he added another two kills to his total, and his fri-

  end Osterkamp had six at the time. MFJ I flew the Albatros D.III, later

  the D.V and D.Va, as well as the Pfalz D.III and D.IIIa. From the summer

  of 1918, the unit flew the Fokker D.VII and also the Fokker E.V. briefly.

  Sachsenberg championed the formation of a naval fighter wing that

  would have under its control several Jagdstaffel, in much the same

  fashion as was the case with their army colleagues. In June 1918, he

  managed to form Marine Jagdgruppe, which was made up of three

  naval Jastas. Sachsenberg simultaneously commanded one of them,

  his existing MFJ I. He cared for not just his men and their equipment,

  but also placed a lot of emphasis on the development and effective-

  ness of unit identifying markings that served under his command. The

  bottom line identifying feature of naval fighter units was the colour

  yellow, combined with black details as a general rule. In June, 1918, he

  also shared in the testing of prototypes at Adlershof, and he ensured

  the purchase of all-metal Junkers aircraft for his unit.

  After basic training, Gotthard Sachsenberg underwent naval training on board the protected cruiser S.M.S. "Hertha." The vessel has served as a colonial cruiser in Asia and Africa

  since 1899. This image shows the cruiser in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. From 1908 "Hertha" served as a training ship for cadets. The future commander of the Kriegsmarine, Karl

  Dönitz, also underwent training on board.

  At the beginning of the war Gotthard Sachsenberg served aboard the battleship S.M.S.

  "Pommern". This vessel was sunk on June 1, 1916 in the Battle of Jutland and none

  of the crew survived.

  Photo: Kurt von Schleinitz via Wikimedia CommonsPhoto: Bundesarchiv via Wikimedia Commons

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  Pour le Merite and the Marine Jagdgeschwader

  As the five-hundreth officer of the Imperial Armed Forces and the

  second naval aviator, he was awarded the Pour le Mérite on August

  5th, 1918. He was so honored after his eighteenth kill. The celebration

  was planned for the evening of August 12th.

  During the course of that day, German naval fighters claimed a total

  of eleven kills without a loss. Sachsenberg took part with his 20th and

  21st kills. This occurred in the afternoon hours over Ostende during

  an attack by Sachsenberg and his wingman on DH 9 bombers from

  No.218 Squadron RAF being escorted by American flown Camels of

  the 17th Aero Squadron, USAS. The goal of the enemy aircraft was to

  bomb targets in Bruges. The pair of German naval flyers achieved no-

  table success. Sachsenberg first downed Camel D9507, flown by 1st

  Lt. Ralph D. Gracie, who crashed into the sea off Ostende at 1145 and

  was listed as missing in action. Another three Camels were hit, but

  their pilots were able to get back to their base, but all were in need of

  hospitalization. The Germans claimed no further Camels.

  Sachsenberg then attacked a British DH 9, D1691. An American was

  the pilot of that aircraft as well. It was US Navy Ensign George C. Mo-

  seley, a former member of the Lafayette Flying Corps and a pilot with

  the French Esc. N. 150. The gunner’s position was occupied by Lt. M. M.

  Lowry. Sachsenberg hit their aircraft hard, but the crew did manage

  to get back to safety unscathed.

  During the attack on the DH 9, Sachsenberg attracted the attention

  of a Camel flown by Sgt. W.H. Shearman. He described his foe as

  a Fokker biplane camouflaged with broad irregular blotches of black

  and cream white. That tends to sum up accurately the colouring of

  Sachsenberg’s Fokker D.VII, which was in fact painted with black and

  yellow squares. After the encounter that began at an altitude of some

  15,000 feet, Shearman reported:

  "While on O.P. (offensive patrol) cooperating with D.H.9 Bombing

  Squadron two Fokker Biplanes dove on rear D.H.9. We turned to meet

  them. As Fokker turned to fire on one of our formation, he passed

  below me and in opposite direction. I fired burst as he passed and

  swung around on his tail opening fire a second time at about fifty

  yards, my tracers going directly into enemy aircraft (E.A.). Fired 130

  rounds from this position at point blank range. E.A. went into strai

  -

  ght nose dive slowly revolving about its longitudional axis until he

  disappeared into ground haze. I was at that time at about 10000 feet."

  Shearman’s kill was listed as confirmed. Two days later, however, he

  was shot down by Flgmt. H. Hackbusch of Sachensberg’s MFJ I. He

  was seriously hurt in the incident, was captured, and died shortly af-

  terwards in an infirmary. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

  There was a massive naval aviator gathering for a celebration of

  Sachsenberg’s Pour le Mérite on the night of August 12th. The night

  was helped along into reality by the aerial victories the unit achieved

  over the course of the day. However, the morning after, which inclu-

  ded some monumental hangovers, brought an unpleasant awake-

  ning. The base was the target of a retaliatory raid by Camels of the

  17th Aero Squadron, followed by the completion of the destruction

  by crews of DH 9s from No. 211 Squadron, RAF. One hangar was da-

  maged, as were several quarters. Twelve Fokker D.VIIs were written

  off and five were damaged. Three fighter pilots and a mechanic did

  not survive the attack. Only Sachsenberg was able to exact some re-

  venge on the 13th of August by way of two further kills, but he was

  credited with neither.

  In September, 1918, the Marine Jagdgeschwader was finally formed,

  that had under its control five naval Jasta units. The command of the

  Gotthard Sachsenberg (standing on the right) with members of a Marine Feldflieger Abteilung in front of a LVG C.II.

  Photo: Neal W. O'Connor via Greg VanWyngarden

  Photo: Neal W. O'Connor via Greg VanWyngarden

  A 1916 photo features Gotthard Sachsenberg during the engine test of his Fokker E.III

  "LF 196". The letters "LF" during this period were used by the German navy to identify

  landplanes (Landflugzeug).

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  The famous celebration of Sachsenberg's Pour le Mérite at Pélichy castle on August 12, 1918. The picture was taken later in the evening, but none of the participants are lying down

  yet. Several photos were taken. Role of a photographer in such an event was probably not easy. Sitting far left is Lt. z. S. Betram Heinrich. In the middle of the second row with

  Pour le Mérite on his neck is the commander of the Marine Jagdgruppe Gotthard Sachsenberg. The third standing officer on the right is Lt. s. S. Phillip Becht. At the top left hangs

  on the painting very tired Theo Osterkamp. "Uncle" Theo became the most successful naval fighter, in the interwar period he was a well-known sports pilot and during World War

  II he was commander of JG 51 among other assignments. Heinrich achieved twelve victories and fell on August 31, 1918 in combat with No. 210 Sq Camels. Becht achieved four

  victories and in World War II was a technical officer of JG 51.

  Photo: SDASM

  Photo of taking-off naval fighters from MFJ I at the Aertrycke base in early 1918. In the

  foreground is Albatros D.Va with black and white checkered band piloted by Lt. z. S.

  Gotthard Sachsenberg. To his right is Flgmstr. Hans Goerth whose Albatros has

  a light band on the fuselage and the letters LU. Both pilots served together in 1919

  in the Baltics.

  Gotthard Sachsenberg in front of his Fokker D.VII with distinctive yellow-black marking.

  Eight partly worn black stripes on the upper side of top wing are considered to be kind

  of reinforcement tape, as the linen cover of upper wing centre section had a tendency

  to part company with the airframe during the fierce combat manoeuvres. Note the

  Oigee gunsight.

  Photo: Eddy Lambrecht

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  unit was naturally handed over to Gotthard Sachsenberg, who was

  simultaneously promoted to Oberleutnant zur See. Before the end of

  the war, he would accumulate a further seven aerial victories, giving

  him a total of thirty-one. Theo Osterkamp ended the war with the

  ‘Blue Max’ around his neck as well, and a score that was one higher

  than his commanding officer.

  One of the most dramatic encounters experienced by Sachsenberg

  came when MFJ I and II met Camels of No. 204 Squadron in the after-

  noon of October 23rd, 1918 over Termonde. The German pilots claimed

  seven victories, two of which were by Sachsenberg. In reality, five

  Camels were downed and all of their pilots were killed. Among them

  were two aces, twenty-six-year-old Capt. T. W. Nash, DFC, of Sussex

  and twenty-three-year-old Canadian Lieutenant O. J. Orr from Van-

  couver in British Columbia. Nash had eight kills and Orr five.

  Ten Camels equipped with bombs under the command of Capt. Nash

  took off at 0830h on a High Offensive Patrol mission. One was for-

  ced back due to engine trouble and crashed. There was heavy cloud

  and ground fog over the battle zone. Nash’s formation dropped their

  bombs on a rail yard at Melle. Later, at 1005h and at an altitude of

  8,000 feet, they were intercepted from above by ten Fokkers and two

  Albatroses, all of which had black and yellow colours. This was typi-

  cal of aircraft belonging to Marine Jasta.

  Lt. John D. Lightbody had three Fokkers at his six o’clock position. He

  went into a spin, but couldn’t shake them and the chase continued

  down to heights of between 50 and 100 feet. The young Scot made

  a sharp turn to the left, causing two of his pursuers to collide, filling

  the sky with a lot of debris. One of the attackers didn’t survive the

  collision. It was Lt. z. S. Hermann Bargmann from MFJ I. Two other

  Camel pilots each claimed a downed Fokker after having fired off se-

  veral hundred rounds at point blank range. Lightbody would be killed

  in combat on November 4th, immediately after his nineteenth birth-

  day and fifth kill.

  The End of the War, but not the Battle

  Gotthard Sachsenberg Jr. who still maintained boyish looks, had be-

  hind him an incredible career. At the age of twenty-seven, he was the

  Commanding Officer of a naval fighter wing, was one of the two top

  naval fighter pilots and enjoyed the support of his men and respect of

  his superiors. Besides the aforementioned awards that were besto-

  wed on him, he also received:

  - House Order of Albrecht the Bear, Knight First Class with Sword

  - Friedrich Cross of Anhalt, Fist and Second Classes

  - Friedrich-August Cross of Oldenburg, First and Second Classes

  - Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg

  After the end of the First World War, there were many local armed

  conflicts and civil unrest. Some were the result strictly of territori-

  al claims. Others were connected with the Bolshevik revolution that

  originated in Russia. One of these conflicts led to the secession of the

  Baltic States from Russia. Germany sent the IV. Reservekorps to the

  area in January, 1919, a part of which was an air component comman-

  ded by Gotthard Sachsenberg Jr.

  It carried the designation Flieger Abteilung Ost, but was simultane-

  ously known as Kampfgeschwader Sachensberg. It had a total of 700

  men, was composed of several aviation components, and the bulk of

  its flyers were Marine Jagdgeschwader and Jasta 7 veterans. It was

  equipped with several Fokker D.VIIs and Rumpler C.IVs, but most of

  the equipment was the modern Junkers D.I and C.I with metal skin-

  ning.

  Among its members were Theo Osterkamp, Hans Goerth (7 kills),

  Gerhard Hubich (8 kills), Karl Scharon (8 kills) and Alexander Zenses

  (19 kills). Notably, the list also included the legendary commander of

  Jasta 7, Josef Jacobs (48 kills). Also among the members of the unit

  was the then virtually unknown Walther Wadehn, who would achieve

  the rank of Generalmajor with the Luftwaffe in the Second World War.

  Flieger Abteilung Ost served in the areas of Mitau (today Jelgava) and

  Riga until mid-November, 1919. After that, the unit returned to Germa-

  ny and Sachsenberg retired from the military.

  In 1919, he married Gisela von Sigsfeld, and they had three children.

  Gotthard entered industrial and political life, and likely did not anti-

  cipate at the time that even this would be a life and death struggle.

  Group photo of members of the Marine Jagdgruppe. In the foreground in a white uniform stands Gotthard Sachsenberg, to his right is Theo Osterkamp.

  Photo: Neal W. O'Connor via Greg VanWyngarden

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  The most modern aircraft that naval fighter pilots got into service was the Fokker E.V. It was used by both Marine Feld Jasta units and Seefrontstaffel. However, due to problems

  with the quality of production of the wing, planes had to be withdrawn from combat. The machine with the military number 138/18 was photographed a lot, Sachsenberg posed with

  his comrades-in-arms in one of the pictures in front of her.

  Junkers J.10 (CL.I) with military number 1802/18 was taken over by Idflieg in October 1918. Sachsenberg's unit in 1919 in the Baltics was equipped also with this type. The machine

  1802/18 was assigned in the year 1919 to Freiwilligen Flieger Abteilung 417, which belonged to Kampfgeschwader Sachsenberg.

  Photo: SDASMPhoto: SDASM

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  Sachsenberg’s Founders

  At this point, our story needs to return to the Sachsenberg family busi-

  ness. This family has been registered as far back as 1620 in Wörlitz in the

  Duchy of Anhalt in blacksmithing for the production of horseshoes and

  weapons. Johann Gottlieb Sachsenberg (1784-1844) took over the busi-

  ness in 1809 from his father and got into, among other things, the manu-

  facture of mechanical devices and several church carillons.

  After the death of Johann, his three sons founded Machinenfabrik Ge-

  brüder Sachsenberg in 1844. Gottfried (1818-1888) was entrusted with

  coming up with manufacturing ideas. Friedrich (1819-1895), who became

  a Privy Commercial Councillor, was in charge of production. Wilhelm

  (1822-1875) was in charge of retail functions.

  The firm started out in the repair of mechanical equipment in Rosslau

  area. Soon, it was coming up with new technologies in the brick industry,

  and produced its own pumps and gas equipment. The first steam powered

  machine capable of 4hp was produced in 1849.

  From 1866, the company began to repair ships and soon began to produce

  their own. Their first was a transport steamship, the ‘Hermann’, launched

  in 1869. Soon, the company had over seven hundred employees.

  The Second Generation

  In 1885, the sons of Gottfried and Friedrich became partners in the

  company. Gottfried’s son Gotthard Sr. (1849-1914) got his doctorate

  in engineering and as was noted earlier, also became a Privy Co-

  mmercial Councillor. Friedrich’s son Georg (1850-1936) also received

  a degree in engineering and also became a Commercial Councillor. In

  1887, Wilhelm’s son Paul (1860-1935) also became a partner, and he

  was a merchant and, unsurprisingly, a Commercial Councillor!

  The company became the biggest river shipyard in Europe in 1890. It

  exported its products throughout the world and gained a list of pa-

  tents in various fields. Chain steamers was their specialty. By the

  beginning of the 1890s, the firm had employed a third of the population

  of Rosslau. The Sachsebergs opened up branches in other parts of

  Germany, too. Among various types of transport and energy tech-

  nologies, they also manufactured distillation units. In 1901, they were

  the first German firm to export this technology to Japan. In 1908, the

  firm became a joint-stock company, but the family retained majority

  ownership.

  Gotthard Jr. in Civil Life

  After his return to civilian life in

  1920, Gotthard Jr. formed the avi-

  ation company of Ostdeutschen

  Landwerkstätten GmbH (OLA) with

  his wartime friends in the Eastern

  Prussian area of Seerappen. At the

  same time, he held the post of di-

  rector of the company Lloyd Ostflug

  GmbH in Königsberg. This company

  was disbanded in 1921, but Gotthard

  Jr. went into collaboration with Hugo

  Junkers in the same year. He soon

  became the head of its air transport

  component and after the nationaliza-

  Oblt. z. S. Gotthard Sachsenberg (second from right) in front of Fokker E.V. Second from left is Halberstadt's chief designer Karl Theis. The Fokker is probably Sachsenberg's per-

  sonal machine with a yellow-black checkered fuselage. Notice the eyes painted on the engine cover. Camel pilot from No. 210 Sq. was attacked by four naval monoplanes on April

  12, 1918. Two days later, the 17th Aero Squadron encountered this type. It is possible that Fokker was flown by Sachsenberg in this fight. During the encounter with seven German

  planes was shot down 2.Lt. William H. Shearman. Same pilot had Sachsenberg in his gunsight two days earlier.

  Junkers W 33b "Bremen" (c/n 2504, D-1167) in the spring of 1927 during preparations

  for the transatlantic flight. One of the pilots who was preparing for the flight was

  Gotthard Sachsenberg. Today you can see her at the Bremen Airport.

  Image of forty years old

  Gotthard Sachsenberg as

  a member of parliament

  from the Reichstag's annual

  publication.

  Photo: Neal W. O'Connor via Greg VanWyngardenPhoto: Bundesarchiv via Wikimedia Commons

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  Share of Gebrüder Sachsenberg company from 1934. During that year, Gotthrard

  managed to avert the bankruptcy of the family business.

  Photo: Wikimedia Commons

  tion of the firm, he headed the commercial division of Junkers Flugzeu-

  gwerke in Dessau. He was also a member of the Supervisory Board of

  Oberschlesische Luftverkehr AG.

  After Charles Lindberg accomplished the first solo flight across the Atlan-

  tic, the Germans began to focus on similar flights between Europe and the

  United States. Junkers in Dessau was working on two W.33 aircraft. They

  carried the names of ‘Bremen’ and ‘Europn’. As part of the initial crew for

  this flight, preparations were being made by Gotthard Sachsenberg Jr.,

  Hermann Köhl (former bomber aviator, Pour le Mérite), Ehrenfried Gün-

  ther Freiherr von Hünefeld and Fritz Loose. The flight was planned from

  Dessau to the United States but had to be cancelled due to poor weather.

  The second attempt was more successful, and ‘Bremen’ took off on

  April 12th, 1928 from Baldonnel in Ireland. After thirty-six hours, it landed

  at Greenly Island in Newfoundland. The crew was made up of Köhl, von

  Hünefeld and Irish navigator Major James Fitzmaurice. For this feat, the

  team was awarded the US DFC by President Coolidge.

  During the twenties, Gotthard Sachsenberg entered politics and joined

  Economic Party of the German Middle Classes (Wirtschaftspartei des

  deutschen Mittelstandes). In the 1928 and 1932, he was elected as a mem-

  ber of the Reichstag for regions Breslau (today Wroclaw) and Liegnitz

  (today Legnica).

  He began to publish works that dealt with air transport and the industry,

  and put forth notions that were anti-war in character. He initiated investi-

  gations into certain state purchases. After the rise of the Nazi party, he

  was interned in a concentration camp at Lichtenburg in July, 1934. The

  Nazis had even attempted to abduct and murder him earlier than that,

  but during the associated car ride he was able to convince his captors to

  free him. His military career and possession of the Pour le Mérite carried

  some weight.

  The Family Business, Brother and Nephews

  Finally, under promise that he refrain from public activities, the Nazis

  allowed him to continue to conduct business. During the world financial

  crisis, his family business had almost ended in liquidation. Gotthard Jr.

  purchased all the company shares in 1934, and named his brother Hans

  (1889 – 1937) to the Board of Directors. Up to now, there was no mention

  of this man, but we will now see why this was a logical move.

  Hans received his pilot wings in January, 1916 and with the rank of Leut-

  nant, he served with the Inspektion der Fliegertruppen as supervising

  inspector with the firm Junkers. That sheds a bit of light on Gotthard’s

  interest in acquiring Junkers airplanes for his unit in 1918, and also on his

  use of them over the Baltics in 1919.

  After the First World War, Hans came to Junkers’ Board of Directors and

  The courtyard of the Renaissance castle Lichtenburg, which the Nazis turned into a concentration camp in 1933. Sachsenberg was imprisoned there in 1934. From 1937 to 1939

  castle served as a women's concentration camp, after which the female prisoners were transferred to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. During World War II, the castle was

  used by various SS units, which held in cells more than sixty prisoners for forced labor.

  Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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  as the technical director of Junkers-Fokker-Werke. In 1922, he was na-

  med by Junkers to the leadership of Astra Aero, and in 1923, he served

  as an advisor to the Hungarian air firm Aero-Express. From 1924, Hans

  Sachsenberg served as a member of the supervisory board at Junkers-

  -Luftverkehr AG, and from 1926 to 1931 he worked in Turkey as director at

  Junkers-Flugzeugwerke Tomtasch.

  With Hans and Gotthard at the helm, after 1934, the family owned business

  began to pay more attention to vessels of smaller displacement including

  hydrofoils, amphibious vessels and vehicles. The main production facility

  was still at Dessau, but branch facilities were established at Hamburg,

  Kiel and in the Netherlands.

  The beginning of the Second World War meant a change over to wartime

  production. Gotthard Sachsenberg received the rank of Kapitänleutnant

  and was at the disposal of the Navy, should he be required. The Nazis allo-

  cated his company not only forced labor workers but unfortunately also

  prisoners from concentration camps. Gotthard also worked in Nikolaev in

  the Ukraine as a technical advisor for the repair of damaged vessels. The

  end of the war saw him with the rank of Korvettenkapitän.

  After the war, he moved to West Germany and, among other things, he

  was one of the initiators in the formation of the German Green Cross

  (Deutsches Grünes Kreuz e.V) and the pharmaceutical firm of BAG Health

  Care GmbH. Gotthard Sachsenberg died on August 23rd, 1961 at the family

  chateau in Lich. The manufacturing facility at Dessau found itself in East

  Germany and was gradually named VEB Roßlauer Schiffswerft, and from

  1970 VEB Elbewerften Boizenburg/Roßlau, Werk Roßlau. After 1990, the

  name changed to Roßlauer Schiffswerft GmbH.

  Both of Gotthard’s nephews became fighter pilots. The better known of

  the two is ‘Heino’, who was awarded the Knight’s Cross and was an ace

  with JG 52, and at the end of the war, he commanded a group of ‘Doras’

  at Galland’s Jagdverband 44. His older brother Gotthard gained two kills

  as a night fighter with II./NJG 3, but on March 8th, 1944, during an daylight

  attack on a four-engined bombers, he was shot down by 2/Lt. Tussey of

  the 336th FS, 4th FG. The author identified this encounter from Tussey’s

  gun camera footage in 2010.

  1)

  Other members of the extended Sachsenberg family served in German

  aviation, including after the war. One of them was Wilhelm Sachsenberg

  (1904-1996), a significant figure in sport flying and co-author of the book

  ‘Unser Ozeanflug’. In the interwar years, he introduced a young lady by

  the name of Beate Köstlin to sport flying. Today, this late aviation legend

  is known by the name Beate Uhse-Rotermund. During the Second World

  War, she served in the Luftwaffe as a ferry pilot and after the war, she

  founded the well known adult industry corporation.

  After the Second World War, Wilhelm became a member of the leadership

  at Deutscher Luftfahrt-Beratungsdienst (DLB, a representative as such

  firms as Cessna), was an honorary president of AOPA Germany, and the

  German Aeroclub. As with several other members of the family, he was

  one of the representatives of the Gotthard Sach

  senberg Foundation.

  This article concerns itself mainly with the members of the Sachsen-

  berg family that were involved in aviation, rather than emphasizing

  on Gotthard Jr. alone. Many members of the family gained success

  in the ship industry, and some of them were a thorn in the side of the

  National Socialist regime.

  Note:

  1) An article about both brothers can be found in the November 11th, 2010 Newsletter:

  https://www.eduard.com/out/media/InfoEduard/archive/2010/info-eduard-2010-11CZ.pdf

  Zdroje:

  BOBEK J., ŠÍLA M.: Tři Sachsenbergové, HPM 10 a 11/1996

  BOBEK J.: "Heino" Sachsenberg, Eduard INFO 11/2010

  FRANKS N.: Who Downed the Aces in WWI?

  FRANKS N., BAILEY F., GUEST R.: Above the Lines

  FRANKS N., BAILEY F., DUIVEN R.: Jasta War Chronology

  FRANKS N., BAILEY F., DUIVEN R.: Jasta Pilots

  GUTTMAN J.: Naval Aces of World War 1, Part 2

  HENSHAW T.: The Sky Their Battlefield II

  HILDEBRAND I.: "Sachsenberg", Neue Deutsche Biographie 22

  LAMBRECHT E.: Koers Nordzee, Duitse Marinevliegtuigbasissen aan de Belgische Oostkust 1914 - 1918

  PIETERS W.: The Belgian Air Service in the First World War

  RYHEUL J: KEKs and Fokkerstaffels, The Early German Fighter Units in 1915-1916

  RYHEUL J: German Naval Air Service, forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl

  TESAŘ, P. A.: Oblt. z. S. Gotthard Sachsenberg, REVI č. 28

  ZUERL W.: Pour le Mérite-Flieger

  Bundesarchiv: Seefliegerabteilungen und Marine-Landflugabteilungen der Kaiserlichen Marine

  1914-1919

  Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service; Squadron Histories; 16th, 17th, and 19th-21st

  Aero Squadrons

  www.deutsche-biographie.de

  Invaluable assistance in the preparation of this article was provi-

  ded by Trevor Henshaw, Eddy Lambrecht, Stephen T. Lawson, Jörn

  Leckscheid, Bruno Schmäling and Gregory VanWyngarden. My grati-

  tude goes to all of you.

  One of the ships made by the Sachsenberg brothers that you can ride today is the paddle wheel steamer Goethe built in 1913.

  Preserved original entrance to the Sachsenberg shipyards in Rosslau.

  Photo: Wikimedia Commons

  Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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  Fokker D.VII Early, mil. No unknown, Oblt z. S. Gotthard Sachsenberg, CO of MFJ 1, Coolkerke, Belgium, September 1918

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  The beginnings of this unlikely scheme for this airplane dates back

  to the summer of 2014, when a band of people who call themsel-

  ves ‘Classic Trainers’ decided to put on a get-together of friends,

  owners and history bus under the label of ‘Czech Warbird Fly-In,

  Plzen-Line, 2014’. Our friendship with the owner of Spitre TE184,

  Stephen Stead, was already well founded, and so Steve did not

  hesitate to put in his two cents worth on the markings proposal

  that was made into reality that summer.

  Steve’s Spitre entered the summer, 2014 season in the nicest

  colour scheme that it ever displayed. It wore the codes DU-N

  and personal markings honoring our most successful Spitre pilot,

  Otto Smik, incredibly well. In this guise, it participated in the en-

  tire spring ying display schedule, which culminated in a yover

  of Prague Castle that was a part of the unveiling of a memorial

  dedicated to Czechoslovak airmen. After this ceremony, the Spit-

  re went on to visit our northern neighbors in Poland, and there,

  coded ZF-U of No.308 Squadron and own by Jacek Maink, it took

  part in celebrations honoring Polish veterans.

  After the celebrations and while still in Poland, the Spit reverted

  back to DU-N, and then made its way back to Pilsen the night

  before the Fly-In. In the morning, I unwrapped the freshly arri-

  ved decals that were to adorn the cowling sides of the Spitre,

  and to my major dismay, the printers sent two left side renditi-

  ons of the crane that was the unit insignia of No.312 Squadron.

  So, what now? The modeller spirit dwells deep within us….we

  can’t put this on the plane. Certainly not. Our plan to save the day

  by contacting our good friend and photographer, Kuba Vanek, who

  was just about to make his way to our meet, was the correct one.

  We forwarded him the required data and in about an hour and

  a half, we had a new batch of the stickers at Line. This time,

  correctly oriented.

  The stickers were then applied to the Spitre according to the

  only accessible period photograph, but what do we do with the

  rest of them? The evening hangar party and ‘the morning after’

  gave rise to good ol’ human ingenuity. The rst zap was received

  by the hangar’s fourwheeler. Another was given to Eric’s Texan,

  and Horac’s glider trailer was next. What else can be zapped? In

  front of us was a Cmelak (translated to Bumble Bee in English)

  with a sticker of a hockey player on its right side. ‘Hey…if it can

  carry a hockey stick, it can carry a bird.’ And we happily placed

  the unit marking of No.312 Squadron on the plane’s left side. We

  had a few more kill markings in our possession,

  as well as some for a V-1 intercept, and so the

  ‘BumbleSpit’ was born.

  Years ago, I built a 1:72nd scale Spit and at

  the time of this event, I was getting prepared

  to apply Smik’s decals on an Eduard 48th sca-

  le Mk.IX. But applying these stickers on the real

  thing, and not losing the site of the irony of the

  situation, that was really an experience to re-

  member that I would wish upon every modeller.

  Smik’s markings on Steve’s DU-N Spitre conti-

  nued to spread pleasure for another year and

  a half, when it was replaced by another no-less

  iconic marking, VY. But that is another story for

  another time. Right, Radim? And, by the way,

  Radim, how was your ight with the BumbleSpit?

  Michal Krechowski

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  Z-37A Čmelák,

  s/n 12-18,

  Plzeň, Summer 2014

  on a three point landing like this. I was not used to being able to

  see over the nose so well that I ended up overcompensating and

  setting down on the tailwheel rst. Damn! Sorry ‘bout that!

  There was no crosswind, so I couldn’t grade the aircraft on lan-

  ding under such conditions, with its tendency to veer o the di-

  rection of landing. Three circuits were enough, and hop on back

  home. I thought maybe that I would try it at a lower altitude, but

  my intuition told me to not push my luck. But I tried it at 150m….

  and nothing went awry.

  After forty minutes and ve take-os, I returned the red and

  yellow Bumble Bee OK-AKP with thanks. Nice airplane. I liked

  it. Something completely dierent from what I am used to. And

  perhaps my buddies who own the two seat version will give me

  another opportunity to take it for a spin, too. And why not? It’s

  coded OK-BFC, and I am a member of the BFC!

  Radim Vojta

  It would be dicult to nd someone who is less qualied to

  comment on ying the Cmelak than myself. I got to it comple-

  tely by accident. I had own almost nothing on the type, and I

  learned nothing from the experience I did have. In spite of this,

  or maybe because of it, I will build up the gall to write so-

  mething about it. The experience from it is, for me, strong and

  positive.

  The Bumble Bee was, as I had long suspected, not in the cards

  for me. Way back when, I was supposed to take a ride in one,

  specically in a two seat version that my friends had on loan at

  the time. But, luck wasn’t on my side then, bad weather put

  a strain on the budget, and the opportunity just never seemed

  to come up again.

  Not for several years, anyway. And this time, it wasn’t a two-

  -seater. It was a solo bird. It wasn’t much to look at…nothing

  fancy, just a workhorse. With spray booms. And it wasn’t yellow,

  but red. And with Otto Smik’s kill markings on it, below the coc-

  kpit, and the No.312 Squadron unit badge. Was it even a Bumble

  Bee, or was it a ‘BumbleSpit’?

  I don’t recall all that much from the preparations for the ight.

  The start up of the engine went about the same as when a gene-

  ral would show up at the base to take a MiG out for a spin. Run

  it up, and I’ll take her out. So, with some assistance, the engine

  was brought to life, and I took o for a few rounds between Line

  and Erpuzice.

  A Bumble Bee ying up high was a suspicious site. Especially one

  equipped with the spray booms. But my experience told me that

  in order to get a true feel for the plane, some height would be

  a good thing. And with a bit of luck, I wouldn’t attract too much

  attention at the 500m I was ying. The plane shuttered in the

  air when trying to keep it from falling. The circuits were about

  three minutes in length each. It wasn’t like I was trying, but

  a little voice was telling me to not y so wide. This wasn’t

  a Constellation. So, why not?

  As my old instructor told me, an empty Z-37 is a completely

  dierent aircraft from one that is loaded up. It ies well. And

  it really did. The view out the cockpit for a tail dragger was

  excellent. I was not used to having the nose as low as it was

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  on a three point landing like this. I was not used to being able to

  see over the nose so well that I ended up overcompensating and

  setting down on the tailwheel rst. Damn! Sorry ‘bout that!

  There was no crosswind, so I couldn’t grade the aircraft on lan-

  ding under such conditions, with its tendency to veer o the di-

  rection of landing. Three circuits were enough, and hop on back

  home. I thought maybe that I would try it at a lower altitude, but

  my intuition told me to not push my luck. But I tried it at 150m….

  and nothing went awry.

  After forty minutes and ve take-os, I returned the red and

  yellow Bumble Bee OK-AKP with thanks. Nice airplane. I liked

  it. Something completely dierent from what I am used to. And

  perhaps my buddies who own the two seat version will give me

  another opportunity to take it for a spin, too. And why not? It’s

  coded OK-BFC, and I am a member of the BFC!

  Radim Vojta

  It would be dicult to nd someone who is less qualied to

  comment on ying the Cmelak than myself. I got to it comple-

  tely by accident. I had own almost nothing on the type, and I

  learned nothing from the experience I did have. In spite of this,

  or maybe because of it, I will build up the gall to write so-

  mething about it. The experience from it is, for me, strong and

  positive.

  The Bumble Bee was, as I had long suspected, not in the cards

  for me. Way back when, I was supposed to take a ride in one,

  specically in a two seat version that my friends had on loan at

  the time. But, luck wasn’t on my side then, bad weather put

  a strain on the budget, and the opportunity just never seemed

  to come up again.

  Not for several years, anyway. And this time, it wasn’t a two-

  -seater. It was a solo bird. It wasn’t much to look at…nothing

  fancy, just a workhorse. With spray booms. And it wasn’t yellow,

  but red. And with Otto Smik’s kill markings on it, below the coc-

  kpit, and the No.312 Squadron unit badge. Was it even a Bumble

  Bee, or was it a ‘BumbleSpit’?

  I don’t recall all that much from the preparations for the ight.

  The start up of the engine went about the same as when a gene-

  ral would show up at the base to take a MiG out for a spin. Run

  it up, and I’ll take her out. So, with some assistance, the engine

  was brought to life, and I took o for a few rounds between Line

  and Erpuzice.

  A Bumble Bee ying up high was a suspicious site. Especially one

  equipped with the spray booms. But my experience told me that

  in order to get a true feel for the plane, some height would be

  a good thing. And with a bit of luck, I wouldn’t attract too much

  attention at the 500m I was ying. The plane shuttered in the

  air when trying to keep it from falling. The circuits were about

  three minutes in length each. It wasn’t like I was trying, but

  a little voice was telling me to not y so wide. This wasn’t

  a Constellation. So, why not?

  As my old instructor told me, an empty Z-37 is a completely

  dierent aircraft from one that is loaded up. It ies well. And

  it really did. The view out the cockpit for a tail dragger was

  excellent. I was not used to having the nose as low as it was

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  HISTORY

  Fighter wing JG 27 had been active in practically

  every battle zone that the Luftwaffe was involved

  in during the Second World War. Its duties began

  to be carried out on the Western Front, followed

  by a move to the Balkans, to later support the

  invasion of the Soviet Union in June, 1941. But

  three months prior, I./JG 27, commanded by “Edu”

  Neumann, relocated to Africa to be followed by

  II./JG 27 five months later, commanded by Wol-

  fgang Lippert. The unit was made complete in

  Africa in December after the arrival of III./JG 27,

  and would remain there with short stints of its

  groups in other areas until November, 1942, when

  it transferred its remaining assets to JG 77 and

  was evacuated.

  After their rest period and rearmament, the

  group’s components operated in France, over Si-

  cily, and within the Defense of the Reich system.

  In May, 1943, IV./JG 27 was newly formed at Ka-

  lamaki airfield in Greece, which then transferred

  over to Romania to defend the oilfields of Ploes-

  ti. It was united with II./JG 27 and Stab./JG 27 at

  Kalamaki after returning from that unsuccessful

  mission. The unit was tasked with the intercepti-

  on of Allied raids that were designed to support

  landings on several Greek islands, and to defend

  their own bombers. The Allied landings in France

  in June, 1944, brought about a need to relocate

  both groups of JG 27 from Kalamaki to “hotter”

  fronts.

  L’enfant Terrible arrives

  Obfw. Heinrich Bartels became a member of JG

  27 in August, 1943. He came to 11./JG 27 after be-

  ing expelled by JG 5 Eismeer. He had committed

  several “indiscretions” there, but on the other

  hand, he was an ace with 49 kills. He rounded his

  score to fifty in his new environment on October 1,

  1943, when he was credited with the shot down of

  a Boston northwest of the island of Kos.

  After that, Bartels began to add to his tally quick-

  ly, with his Bf 109G-6. Over the month of October,

  he added fourteen kills, and over November, he

  would paint another ten kill marks on his rudder.

  But…

  Bartels claimed four American P-38s on No-

  vember 15 in the span of a mere three minutes

  (1310 – 1312h), and these kills brought his score

  to seventy. A small celebration followed and the

  photographs of a smiling Bartels, in front of the

  rudder of his airplane displaying seven rows of

  ten kills each, is well known. The problem comes

  in the fact that the Americans didn’t report any

  Lightning losses that day. All of them returned

  from their respective missions. Bartels wasn’t

  the only one that day who was busy painting kill

  marks on his aircraft. JG 27 fighter pilots claimed

  a total of fourteen P-38s! Besides Bartels, this

  included, for example, Hptm. Joachim Kirschner

  (Stab.IV/JG 27) who also claimed four, and Fw.

  Ernst Hackl (12./JG 27), with a claim of three.

  Two days later, Bartels was credited with another

  P-38 along with two B-25s that were a part of an

  attack on Kalamaki. In reality, though, the 340th

  BG, who conducted the raid, only lost one aircraft.

  Although Bartels did attack the stricken aircraft,

  it was brought down by flak.

  Bartels was an interesting character even so. He

  was a native Austrian born in Linc and wasn’t

  exactly a subscriber of discipline. He also be-

  longed to a group of flyers that, to put it polite-

  ly, felt no affinity for the Nazi regime. His road

  took him through JG 26, where he claimed two

  kills in combat against British fighters, to JG 5.

  He had good success against the Soviets whi-

  le operating over the Northern Front, and he

  would spend more than a year and a half there.

  He would hit 46 kills before the patience regar-

  ding his behavior ran out and he was shipped

  off to JG 27. He stayed with this unit until his

  death, first with 11./JG 27 and then with 15./JG 27.

  Heinrich Bartels was a fighter pilot with a low sense of dis-

  cipline. He also did not hide his disdain for the Nazi regime.

  Up to the raid on the airfield of Kalamaki south of Athens on November 17, 1943, the 486th Bomb Squadron had not

  lost a single airplane over a target. Fate turned its back on the crew of 2/Lt. John D. O’Leary. His Mitchell ended up

  in a flat spin and inverted after several flak hits. And to top it off, the unlucky B-25 was also taking hits from JG 27

  fighters.

  photo: ČTK

  Horror Over Kalamaki Richard Plos

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  HISTORY

  Turn Right, Right! Not Left!

  The whole story of the crew of the B-25D Mitchell

  serial 42-64540 of the 486th Bomb Squadron is

  like something out of a horror movie. Four of the

  six men on board endured moments of terror

  that must have seemed like an eternity and that

  could only lead to their eventual demise. But, it

  needs to be said…

  The planes took off on November 17, 1943 from

  San Pancratzio airbase in southern Italy (not far

  from Lecce) at 1010h local time. In all, 36 340th

  BG aircraft took part, and another 36 were con-

  tributed by the 321st BG. The pilots set their cour-

  se at about 13,000 ft (4,000 m), and 2/Lt. John D.

  O’Leary flew in the ninth position, the last of one

  of the formations, in the third threesome on the

  left. The men on board of the aircraft coded 6N

  were flying just their third mission as a group.

  The pilot, 2/Lt. O’Leary and co-pilot 2/Lt. John E.

  Smith were among the rookies with the unit, and

  the remaining four were assembled from other

  crews. These were comprised of bombardier/

  navigator 2/Lt. Daniel R. Duszkiewicz, radio ope-

  rator/gunner S/Sgt. John P. Sweeney, top gunner

  Sgt. Roderick M. MacDougall and tail gunner

  S/Sgt. Frank F. Williams.

  “While arranging his maps and outlining the cour-

  se, Lt. Duszkiewicz asked me to call him at the

  I.P., to be sure he was awake. He said he didn´t

  feel too good and that the previous day while fly

  -

  ing at 14,500 ft, to 15,000 ft, enroute to target, he

  had felt sleepy and was afraid he´d fall asleep on

  this mission,”

  reported later co-pilot John Smith.

  The bombardier ended up being alert that day and

  was actually the first to spot incoming enemy fi-

  ghters. What they all saw then was a monumen-

  tal display of flak, that above the target concent-

  rated on the left side of the formation.

  The first threesome of Mitchells of the formation

  conducted their raid against the middle of the ai-

  rfield, the second dropped their bombs on the left

  area, and the third, on the right.

  “

  At approximately 12,500 ft we opened the bombay

  doors and bomb release time was slightly ather

  1300,”

  wrote John O’Leary in his report. The in-

  dividual groups of three bombers were to make

  a turn to the right after dropping their bombs

  and head for home.

  „Almost immediately upon

  closing the bombay doors after bombs away we

  took a light hit by 88mm flak in the vicinity of the

  bombay. Our airspeed was approximately 240

  m.p.h. and the heaviest concentration of flack

  was still to our left.“

  At that moment, the leader

  of the group performed an unexpected maneu-

  ver by banking left instead of right, directly into

  the concentrated flak. Individual aircraft snaked

  their way through the exploding grenades before

  the lead pilot realized his mistake and went into

  a right turn

  “Having been on the inside of the pre-

  vious turn to the left, my airspeed was reduced to

  approximately to 170 m.p.h., due to the steepness

  of the turn. After the ship started the swing to the

  right, the Flight Leader and the right wing man,

  having an excessive speed over that which I was

  indicating, began to pull away from me. It was at

  this time that the Bombardier told us that a Me

  109 (the Bf 109 is often mistakenly called this way

  in the USAAF combat reports; author´s note) was

  attacking low and from 11 o´clock, and at the same

  time the tail gunner reported that another ME

  was attacking from 6 o´clock. I saw the tracers

  from both of these ships set up a cross fire which

  poured through the right wing. It was at this time

  that the 88th´s on the ground began to get our

  range. Doing everything possible, as far as eva

  -

  sive action was concerned, to avoid both the fi-

  ghters and the flack we tried to maintain our po-

  sition in formation. The Navigator and top turret

  man who were calling the flack bursts, told me

  that flack was bracketing to us from both sides.“

  The lagging B-25 subsequently received further

  hits to the fuselage and both engines. After one

  fateful hit, which even ripped the engine from it´s

  mount, the aircraft began to roll about its longi-

  tudinal axis until it was on its back, and then en-

  tered into a flat spin. At that moment, the gates of

  hell opened up for the crew…

  Deteriorating Chances

  “As we lay there in an inverted position in a flat

  spin, a ME 109 made another pass at us, and

  I saw 20 mm tracers pouring into the nose of the

  Bombardier´s compartment. Both the co-pilot

  and myself did everything in our power to try and

  right the ship. Then realizing our condition was

  hopeless, I ordered him out and hit the emergen

  -

  cy alarm system toggle switch,“

  recalled in his

  report O’Leary. According to Smith, the aircraft

  went through two and a half rotations in its flat

  spin, and the forces that they generated and the

  fact that the aircraft was inverted made exiting

  the plane virtually impossible. That went for the

  pilots as well as the rest of the crew. According

  to O’Leary, John Smith tried to push his seat back

  so that he could access the escape route through

  the navigator’s station, but the centrifugal forces

  were pushing him forward, making it impossible.

  When O’Leary saw that his co-pilot was having

  problems, he ejected the escape hatch in the ca-

  nopy, which is normally reserved for the pilots

  to escape from the aircraft on the ground (for

  example after a crash landing), but was now one

  of the few options left for leaving the aircraft whi-

  le still in the air. The Captain ordered Smith out,

  which he succeeded in doing after a short battle

  with the seatbelts.

  “I saw him fall clear of the ship,

  but did not see his chute open.“

  The co-pilot, however, saw the situation a little

  differently:

  “I pushed the seat back, and star-

  ted to step down into the Nav. Comp. and saw

  Lt. Duszkiewicz lying in the tunnel-way trying

  to pull himself through when the plane plunge

  downward violently and threw me up against the

  top of pilot´s compartment. I believe I released

  the top escape hatch with my head as I hit. I fell

  behind the pilot´s seat. The next I knew, every

  -

  thing was quiet and I felt cool air so I pulled the

  ripcord.”

  Captain of B-25D coded 6N, 2/Lt. John D, O’Leary

  B-25 of the 340th BG on its way to a target, which in this case was Monte Cassino.

  Co-pilot John Smith was wounded during the action and

  fell into captivity. He returned home after the war.

  photo: the Author’s Collection

  photo: fold3.comphoto: 57th Bomb Wing Association

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  HISTORY

  At the Last Moment

  After, once he was alone in the cockpit, O’Leary

  tried to contact the other crew members throu-

  gh the intercom, but with no success. No one

  answered… He was also fighting the controls of

  the plane, and he was trying desperately to ri-

  ght the airplane and to get it out of the flat spin

  in an effort to give the remaining crew at least

  a fighting chance to get out. But the controls of

  the airplane had been damaged, and the chances

  of regaining control while enemy fighters were

  still circling it, were increasingly unlikely. O’Leary

  then followed protocols to destroy the radar and

  IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) equipment and

  exited the aircraft in the same manner as the co-

  -pilot moments before. This was quite literally at

  the last moment because the B-25 was now only

  about 1,000 ft (300 m) above the ground. O’Lea-

  ry approximated this value from the fact that his

  chute opened just before he hit the ground. He

  also hit the ground just after the aircraft hit about

  30 m away from him.

  „Looking up I saw another

  chute at what I estimated was between 4 to 5

  thousand feet, floating down to the south of the

  position in which I had landed. I assumed that this

  was my co-pilot, because he was the only other

  man who I knew of that had bailed out of the ship.

  My first thought after landing was to go over to

  the ship, but I had hardly taken three steps when

  the gas tank exploded. It was then I realized there

  was nothing more I could do to aid any of the men

  that might be left in the ship.“

  The remainder of the crew was prevented from

  being able to get out of the aircraft by the plane’s

  inverted position and the centrifugal forces they

  were experiencing. Some may have been inju-

  red, or even killed by shrapnel or by fire from the

  attacking Bf 109s. Thanks to Smith’s report, we

  know that Duszkiewicz survived the hits by the

  German fighters into the nose of the aircraft. The

  other three men in the rear of the plane might

  have been hit by flak shrapnel. Those that re-

  mained alive and conscious would have endured

  the last seconds of their lives with the realizati-

  on that there was no way out of their trap. And

  it wasn’t over in a few seconds, with respect to

  the height at which it all began and the relatively

  low vertical speed of the descent in the flat spin.

  It may well have taken some two very long mi-

  nutes…

  Four Claims for One Kill

  Along with Bartels, the unlucky B-25 was also

  attacked by Ltn. Wolgang Hohls (same as Bartels,

  from 11./JG 27), Hptm. Joachim Kirschner (Stab

  IV./JG 27) and Ltn. Hans-Gunnar Culeman (Stab

  III,/JG 27). The times reported are slightly incon-

  sistent. Hohls attacked at 1249h, Bartels’ first was

  at 1250h, and his second two minutes later, Cule-

  man also at 1250h. O’Leary’s report says that the

  first attack came after the dropping of his bombs

  which he reported as just after 1300h, but there is

  a possibility that he was a bit off in that. His po-

  sition, and the quick onset of the German attacks,

  were relatively consistent with what he later put

  in his report. After their return from the mission,

  Bartels claimed two B-25s and Hohls and Kir-

  scher on each. All were confirmed.

  Heinrich Bartels continued in his career with JG

  27 in the MTO but did not claim any further kills.

  At the end of 1944, IV./JG 27 was moved to a base

  at Gratz. There, as a pilot within the Defense of

  the Reich system, he would get another twenty-

  -six kills. Around that time, he caused quite a stir

  when he had the swastika removed from his Bf

  109G-10. Bartels simply did not like the Nazis…

  He died on December 23, 1944 in combat with

  American fighters, when he was shot down by

  a P-47 over Bad Godesberg, southeast of Bonn.

  On the day of his death, Bartels got his 99th con-

  firmed kill, a P-51.

  Four Graves in Koropi

  John O’Leary had some luck finally as he was

  able to evade capture, and with the help of the

  locals, he was able to get back to his own side.

  John Smith was injured, and when he landed on

  the ground, he was taken POW by the Germans,

  which was how he spent the rest of the war after

  being taken to a military hospital. O’Leary was

  back pretty soon, because already by January 13,

  1944, less than two months after being shot down,

  he made his report at La Junta, Colorado. Smith

  had to wait a little longer. After his return home,

  he settled in Chicago, where he filled out his re-

  port in March, 1946 and expressed his views of

  the events. There are some variations between

  his report and O’Leary’s, but given the three year

  time difference between them and the stresses

  involved that the two men had to go through,

  one can’t really be too surprised. More informa-

  tion about neither Smith’s captivity nor O’Leary-

  ’s escape from Greece is known, and nothing is

  known about their later lives. After the war, nei-

  ther one of them took part in any event connected

  to the 57th Bomb Wing Association, so even there

  are no more information on them available.

  The four men that died in the B-25 were buried

  by German troops with full military honours at a

  cemetery in the town of Koropi, just about three

  miles south of Athens. This article, as well as the

  art on the box of the kit with the catalog number

  84173 is a dedication in their honour, if in a small

  way, and to their heroic sacrifice, and the hell that

  not only they, but thousands of others, flew into

  with no guarantee of ever returning.

  Shots of the bombing of the airfield at Kalamaki by aircraft of the 340th BG.

  One of the B-25s of 340th BG. It was no exception the

  ships returned with such a damage.

  photo: 57th Bomb Wing Association

  photo: fold3.com

  References:

  Ernst Obermaier: Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe / Jagdflieger

  Jochen Prien, Peter Rodeike, Gerhard Stemmer: Messerschmitt Bf 109

  im Einsatz bei der III. und IV. /Jagdgeschwader 27

  340th BG Combat Reports

  57th Bomb Wing Association (www.57thbombwing.com)

  www.dansetzer.us

  My sincere thanks to Mr. Daniel Setzer, 57th

  Bomb Wing Association historian, for help in

  the research for this article.

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  1/48 Cat. No. 82152

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  KITS 04/2021

  No. 19 Squadron, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, early 1939

  K9843, No. 54 Squadron, Hornchurch, Essex, United Kingdom, early 1940

  K9938, No. 72 Squadron, Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, April 1939

  This aircra is equipped with a double-bladed propeller, a at canopy and an older type of pitot tube. The No. 19 squadron was founded

  in early 1915 and during second half of the Great War it ew with Spad airplanes and Sopwith Dolphins. One of unit aces from this period

  was the future Air Chief Marshal Sir James Donald Innes Hardman, GBE, KCB, DFC (1899-1982), who, aer the World War II, became Chief

  of the Air Sta (CAS) of the RAAF. In 1938 No. 19 Squadron became the rst RAF unit to y Spiires. During 1939 the fuselage code of the

  unit changed to "QV". In 1944 unit exchanged Spiires for Mustangs. The last type, the unit ew was the BAe Hawk. In November 2011 aer

  almost a hundred years of connuous service, the Squadron was disbanded. Among the aces who ew Spiires with No. 19 Squadron were

  Douglas Bader (23 victories), F.W. Higginson (15 victories) or Gordon Sinclair (10 victories). Czechoslovak pilot Franšek Doležal was also a

  member of this squadron during the second half of the Bale of Britain. During September 1940 he achieved two conrmed victories and

  two probables.

  The aircra is equipped with a three-bladed propeller, a at canopy and an older type of pitot tube. In January 1939 it was taken over by No.

  41 Squadron at RAF Caerick. On February 4th, 1939, this Spiire was slightly damaged by Sgt. Reginald Thomas Llewellyn during landing.

  The same pilot caused a more serious accident with the same aircra on November 30th, 1939. Llewellyn won 13.5 air victories during 1940,

  but on August 15th, 1940 he was shot down by a Messerschmi Bf 110 and suered serious injuries. Aer repair, the Spiire K9843 was as-

  signed to No. 54 Squadron in February 1940. The emblem of this squadron was painted on the tail of the aircra. At the end of the Dynamo

  operaon, No. 54 Squadron became one of three units with Spiires, in whose ranks a pilot became an ace. It was the legendary P/O Alan

  Christopher Deere from New Zealand, who had six victories at the end of May 1940.

  The aircra is equipped with a three-bladed propeller, a at canopy and an older type of pitot tube. In April 1939, it was taken over by No.

  72 Squadron and was given the designaon "SD-H", later changing to "ZP-W". The emblem of this squadron is displayed on the tail. The

  aircra was lost in combat on September 2nd, 1940. The unit intercepted formaon of Dorniers, escorted by Messerschmi Bf 110s over the

  Isle of Thanet. During the ght No. 72 Sqn. shot down four Bf 110s of ZG 2 and ZG 26, but also K9938 piloted by Sgt. Norman Robert Norfolk

  was shot down. The pilot bailed out and parachuted at Herne Bay. Norfolk served with the unit at least since October 1939 and during the

  Bale of Britain scored four victories, for which he received the DFC. He later served as an instructor at the No. 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying

  Training School at RAF Westwood and stayed serving with ight schools even aer the war.

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  K9962, S/Ldr. Andrew Farquhar, CO of No. 602 Squadron, RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom, May 1939

  No. 609 Squadron, Drem, East Lothian, United Kingdom, March 1940

  No. 602 Squadron, Drem, East Lothian, United Kingdom, April 1940

  The aircra is equipped with a three-bladed propeller, a blown canopy, a stripe on the fuel tank and a newer type of pitot tube. No. 602

  (City of Glasgow) Squadron took over this plane in May 1939. It was own by S/Ldr. Andrew Farquhar on February 22nd, 1940 when he shot

  down a Heinkel He 111 from 1.(F)/Aul. Gr. Ob. d. L. in cooperaon with another pilot. He 111 landed at Lumsdaine, East Coldingham and

  the crew of Lt. Grote tried to set it on re. Farquhar tried to land next to the Germans to prevent them from destroying the plane but ipped

  his Spiire on landing. The German crew rescued him from the wreckage and then they all together carried injured gunner away from the

  burning Heinkel. Upon arrival of the Home Guard, everyone, including Farquhar, was arrested. During the war, he reached the rank of Wing

  Commander, achieved 6 victories and was awarded the DFC. Spiire K9962 was shot down on September 4th, 1940 by a Bf 109 and its pilot

  Sgt J.W. Ramshaw died.

  The aircra is equipped with a three-bladed propeller, a blown canopy, a stripe on the fuel tank and addional armor on the windshield. On

  the le side under the canopy is a drawing of a comic book character named Pip. It came from Brish strip cartoon Pip, Squeak and Wilfred,

  which was published between 1919 and 1956. Their names were oen used in the Brish Armed Forces, even in ocial designaons. No.

  609 (West Riding) Squadron was established as part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in 1936 and its rst aircra type was Hawker Hart. The

  unit received Spiires in August 1939 and served in the defense of northern England. Squadron moved south to take part in Operaon Dyna-

  mo and lost one third of the pilots in combat during three days of the operaon. It became the rst RAF unit to achieve 100 air victories. In

  the Bale of Britain, its most successful pilots were Fl/Lt. Frank Howell (8 victories) and Fl/Lt. John Dundas (9 victories).

  The aircra is equipped with a three-bladed propeller, a blown canopy, and the windshield with addional armor. Under the canopy is the

  inscripon BOGUS, the meaning of which is not yet known. No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron was established as part of the Royal Auxiliary

  Air Force in 1925 and its rst aircra were the Airco DH.9. The unit received Spiires in May 1939 and served in the defense of Scotland

  unl August 1940. Among successful pilots during 1940 were S/Ldr. Alexander "Sandy" Johnston (7 victories), Sgt. Basil Whall (7 victories),

  P/O Osgood Hanbury (10 victories) or Sgt. Cyril Babbage (7 victories). On October 16th, 1939, the unit took part in the shoong down of the

  rst German aircra over Brish territory during the air raid of I./KG 30 on Scapa Flow. On October 28th, the squadron shot down the rst

  German aircra over the Brish soil, He 111 over Firth of Forth. F/O "Archie" McKellar (18 victories) took part in both combats.

  KITS 04/2021

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  481026 Spitre Mk.I landing aps (PE-Set)

  FE1112 Spitre Mk.I seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

  644063 Spitre Mk.I early LööK (Brassin)

  644066 Spitre Mk.I early LööKplus (Brassin)

  648578 Spitre Mk.I cockpit (Brassin)

  648579 Spitre Mk.I wheels (Brassin)

  648580 Spitre Mk.I exhaust stacks (Brassin)

  648581 Spitre Mk.I gun bays (Brassin)

  648582 Spitre Mk.I engine (Brassin)

  648589 Spitre Mk.I undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

  3DL48005 Spitre Mk.I early SPACE (3D Decal)

  D48053 Spitre Mk.I national insignia (Decal)

  D48064 Spitre Mk.I stencils (Decal)

  EX709 Spitre Mk.I TFace (Mask)

  Recommended for Spitfire Mk.I early

  OVERTREES

  Spitfire Mk.I early

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  Cat. No. 82152-LEPT1

  Cat. No. 644005

  Cat. No. 648582Cat. No. 648589

  Cat. No. 648578

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  Cat. No. 84173

  Eduard plastic parts

  4 marking options

  Bf 109G-6 1/48

  For each 84173 kit ordered

  in our webshop from the 1st

  to the 30th of April, we will

  add a free Space set

  Cat. No. 3DL48014

  FREE SPACE

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  WNr. 27169, Fw. Heinrich Bartels, 11./JG 27, Kalamaki Aireld, Greece, November 1943

  Oblt. Alfred Grislawski, CO of 1./JGr. 50, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Air Base, Germany, September 1943

  Heinrich Bartels´s military career was launched on the Western Front. In August 1941, as a member of Erg./JG 26, Bartels downed two Spii-

  res over the Channel. Aerwards he served with JG 5 in Northern Europe and managed to shoot down 47 Soviet aircra. As a member of JG

  27, he downed 50 more enemy ones. Bartels met his ulmate fate on December 23rd, 1944. He clashed with American Thunderbolts, and

  despite managing to bag one of them, he failed to return to his home eld. His fate remained unknown ll January 1968, when remains of

  his Bf 109G were discovered. The unusued parachute found in the cockpit is exhibited in the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin.

  Photographs of Bartels´s G-6 were taken on November 15th, 1943, (or a few days thereaer) when Bartels achieved his 70th victory (alt-

  hough the four allegedly shot down P-38s were not missed by the USAAF). Seventy kill marks (Abschussbalken) are painted on the rudder

  along with the Knight´s Cross. Bartels was awarded this medal a year before, on November 13th, 1942. Note the saw-toothed demarcaon

  between the camouage colors on the wings, typical for part of Erla producon planes in 1943.

  Jagdgruppe 50 was created on August 15th, 1943 from Jagdgruppe Süd der ObdL that was formed as a high altude ghter unit on July

  21st, 1943 to combat recce Mosquitos. JGr.50 was led by Hermann Graf who gave birth to the unit´s crest painted under the canopy. The

  Red Hunter symbolized the German Luwae soccer team known under the nickname “die Roten Jäger”. Graf was a member of this team,

  along with then German naonal team members. The unit existed for only a few months, and in October 1943 was incorporated into I./JG

  301. Alfred Grislawski was the CO of 1./JGr.50 and the formaon leader, as can be seen from the white tail. He served with JG 1 and JG 53

  aerwards, and his total score accounted for 133 victories. Grislawski was awarded the Knight´s Cross on July 1st, 1943 and with Oak Leaves

  on April 11th, 1944.

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  Maj. Ludwig Franzisket, CO of I./JG 27, Fels am Wagram, Austria, early 1944

  Lugwig Franzisket achieved his rst vicory in May 1940 over the Netherlands as a member of 1./JG 1. He took part in the bale of France

  and fought in North Africa with JG 27. He was awarded the Rierkreuz (Knight´s Cross) on July 23rd, 1941 for 22 victories. In the summer of

  1943, he became the CO of I./JG 27. His unit was tasked with the opposing of Allied raids over Germany. Among other victories, Franzisket

  added two B-17s downed over Schweinfurt to his score on October 14th, 1943. By the end of the war, Franzisket managed to shoot down 43

  enemy airplanes including four B-17s. The wide green tail band idenes aircra own by JG 27 as part of the Defence of the Reich. The JG

  27 badge, painted on both sides of the cowling, refers to the geschwader´s combat deployment in Africa. The double chevron was painted

  on airplanes own by Gruppe leaders and the white rudder is a marking of formaon leaders.

  Maj. Kurt Ubben, CO of III./JG 77, Foggia, Italy, May 1943

  The aircra was manufactured by Messerschmi GmbH and had the typical camouage applied by this plant. The crest with a wolf's head

  and the inscripon Wander-Zirkus Ubben (Ubben's Wandering Circus) is the emblem of III./JG 77. This nickname was given to the unit during

  the retreat in North Africa. "Kuddel" Ubben joined the Navy in 1931 and served in several naval air units, including the 5.(Jagd)/186 T designa-

  ted for the aircra carrier Graf Zeppelin. He achieved his rst victory, the Fokker D.XXI, in May 1940. The unit was redesignated 8./JG 77 and in

  July 1940 Ubben became its commander. He went through campaigns in Norway, the Balkans and Crete. During the campaign in Russia at the

  beginning of September 1941 he was appointed commander of III./JG 77 and was awarded with the Knight's Cross. In March 1942 he recei-

  ved an Oak Leaves. Ubben achieved a total of 110 victories, of which 90 on the Eastern Front. In March 1944 he was appointed Kommodore

  JG 2 and died on April 27th while ghng American ghters.

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  48885 Bf 109G-6 (PE-Set)

  FE910 Bf 109G seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

  644003 Bf 109G-6 LööK (Brassin)

  644060 Bf 109G-6 LööKplus (Brassin)

  648239 Bf 109G-6 radio compartment (Brassin)

  648240 Bf 109G-6 cockpit (Brassin)

  648246 Bf 109 cannon pods (Brassin)

  648247 Bf 109G exhaust stacks (Brassin)

  648250 Bf 109G-6 engine & fuselage guns (Brassin)

  648255 Bf 109G-6 propeller (Brassin)

  648261 Bf 109G-6 wheels (Brassin)

  648265 Bf 109G external fuel tanks (Brassin)

  648309 Bf 109G undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

  648310 Bf 109G control surfaces (Brassin)

  SIN64824 Bf 109G-6 ADVANCED (Brassin)

  D48025 Bf 109G stencils (Decal)

  D48027 Bf 109G Balkenkreuze (Decal)

  D48028 Bf 109G svastikas (Decal)

  3DL48014 Bf 109G-6 SPACE (3D Decal)

  EX509 Bf 109G camo scheme - Mtt (Mask)

  EX510 Bf 109G camo scheme - Erla (Mask)

  EX511 Bf 109G camo scheme - WNF (Mask)

  EX512 Bf 109G spinner spirals (Mask)

  EX524 Bf 109G-6 Erla canopy (Mask)

  EX525 Bf 109G-6 classic canopy (Mask)

  EX581 Bf 109G Erla canopy TFace (Mask)

  EX582 Bf 109G classic canopy TFace (Mask)

  Recommended for Bf 109G-6

  Cat. No. 648246

  Cat. No. 648250

  Cat. No. 3DL48014

  Cat. No. 644003

  Cat. No. 648309

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  Cat. No. 8414

  Eduard plastic parts

  4 marking options

  Pfalz D.IIIa 1/48

  Product page

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  Lt. Eugen Siempelkamp, Jasta 29, Gondecourt, France, July 1918

  Hptm. Rudolf Berthold, CO of JG II, Guise, France, March 1918

  Eugen Siempelkamp started his ghter pilot career on March 22nd, 1918, when he moved from the Jagdstaelschule II to Jasta 4. There he

  ew Fokker Dr.I. Just nine days later he scored his rst victory, downing a Camel of No. 65 Sqn. It was his only victory with the unit, as he

  was transferred to the Jasta 29 on April 10th. There he added two more victories in July, the rst one ying this Pfalz D.IIIa, the other one

  probably with the Fokker D.VII. He moved again shortly aerwards, as he had been appointed the Staelführer of Jasta 64. He scored two

  more victories there but was seriously wounded on September 14th. This prevented him to return to the acon. His Pfalz D.IIIa had the usual

  green and yellow colours of Jasta 29 with black stripes painted on boom of the fuselage over the factory silver “Schutzfarbe”. The wings

  were covered with ve-colour “lozenge” Flugzeugsto. Siempelkamp´s personal marking was the stylised paper dragon as Eugen got several

  paper dragons from his father´s Chinese business partners as a gi when he was a child.

  Rudolf Berthold was one of the leading aces of the Lutstreitkräe with 28 victories and leader of Jasta 18, when he was severely wounded

  on October 10th, 1917. He nearly lost his right hand and spent more than six months on convalescence. Shortly aer return he was appoin-

  ted as the JG II leader. Berthold led the JG II only on ground, unable to y due to his paralysed arm, but the personnel was keeping one Pfalz

  D.IIIa for him, just in case the impulsive and extremely determined leader would decide to jump the cockpit and y it to combat. It is possible

  he gave it a try, conducng some training ights with it, but the heavy controls of Pfalz were unsuitable for one-handed pilot. Berthold

  returned to aerial combat only aer the D.VIIs with their light and precise controls arrived and scored 16 more victories. This Pfalz D.IIIa had

  famous Berthold´s marking of the white „Sword of Vengeance“. The upper side of both wings was all blue.

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  8244/17, Gefr. Erich Mix, Jasta 54, Ennemain, France, June 1917

  Former infantryman Erich Mix started ying with Lustreitkräe on May 1917, but only with non-combat units. On April 12th, 1918, he was

  transferred to the Schlastastael 21 and a month later his dreams went true on May 15th, as he became an ghter pilot with Jagdstael 54.

  He claimed his rst victory on June 11th, shoong down Salmson 2A2. Just two days later he destroyed this Pfalz on landing. Erich Mix scored

  three conrmed victories and one probable (baloon) during WWI. Mix joined Luwae in 1935, became technical ocer of I./JG 53 in 1939

  and scored three victories at the outbreak of WWII at the age of 41. In March 1940 he became rst commander of III./JG 2 and nished the

  war as Oberst (Colonel) with 5 victories (8 together with WWI). The marking of his Pfalz D.IIIa is a reconstrucon based on the descripon in

  the ight log, revealed in the Jasta Colors book (Aeronaut Books, 2020). The fuselage had red-brown nose, rear and one horizontal plus one

  vercal band. The wings were covered with ve-colour Flugzeugsto (Lozenge).

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  Jasta 5, Boistrancourt, France, spring 1918

  This colourful Pfalz is a bit of mystery, as not too much is known about it. It was photographed in the hangar of the Jasta 5 in March 1918,

  when Manfred von Richthofen visited the unit at the Boistrancourt aireld. It is not known which pilot the aircra belonged to. There is also

  a photo of the row of the Albatros D.Vs of the Jasta 5, where the aircra sporng very similar prancing horse is clearly visible, standing next

  to the Richard Flashar´s one. This may be own by the same pilot, as the Pfalz and it had to be somebody serving with the unit from the July

  1917 to March 1918. Royal Prussian Jagdstael 5 was set up on January 21st, 1916, as one of the rst ghter units of the Lustreitkräe.

  Many famous aces served with Jasta 5 including Werner Voss, Hermann Göring, Josef Mai, Bruno Loerzer and others. With 253 aerial victo-

  ries the unit was the third-highest scoring Jasta of them all. Apart of the red fuselage with green, red outlined tail and green nose, the wings

  were in factory silvery “schutzfarbe”. Upper wing had also two red stripes from both sides.

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  KITS 04/2021

  Cat. No. 2134

  DUAL COMBO

  Eduard plastic parts

  Photo-etched set

  Paiting mask

  15 marking options

  Brassin: resin seats

  and wheels

  extra: a book

  Product page

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  MiG-21PF, 1215, 2nd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment,

  Ceske Budejovice air base, 2nd half of 1968 – 1st half of 1969

  MiG-21PF, 1214, 2nd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment,

  Ceske Budejovice air base, 2nd half of 1969 – 1st half of 1970

  MiG-21PF, 1214, 2nd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment,

  Vsechov near Tabor, June / July 1971

  MiG-21PF, 0302, 2nd Squadron, 9th Fighter Air Regiment,

  Bechyne air base, 1986

  MiG-21PF, 0302, 2nd Squadron, 9th Fighter Air Regiment, Bechyne air base, 1988

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  MiG-21PF, 1212, 2nd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment, Bechyne air base, 1988

  MiG-21PF, 1304, 2nd Squadron, 8th Fighter Air Regiment, Brno air base, spring 1989

  MiG-21PFM, 5408, 3rd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment,

  Ceske Budejovice air base, 2nd half of 1968 – 1st half of 1969

  MiG-21PFM, 4608, 3rd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment,

  Ceske Budejovice air base, 2nd half of 1969 – 1st half of 1970

  MiG-21PFM, 7207, 3rd Squadron, 11th Fighter Air Regiment, Zatec air base, 1987 – 1991

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  MiG-21PFM, 4404, 3rd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment,

  Ceske Budejovice air base, 2nd half of 1969 – 1st half of 1970

  MiG-21PFM, 4404, 3rd Squadron, 1st Fighter Air Regiment,

  Ceske Budejovice air base, Vsechov near Tabor, June / July 1971

  MiG-21PFM, 4410, 3rd Squadron, 11th Fighter Air Regiment,

  Zatec air base, spring 1990

  MiG-21PFM, 4410, 3rd Squadron, 11th Fighter Air Regiment,

  Zatec air base, spring 1990

  MiG-21PFM, 4411, 2nd Squadron, 11th Fighter Air Regiment, Zatec air base, 1987 – 1991

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  72695 MiG-21PFM (PE-Set)

  72699 MiG-21PF (PE-Set)

  672185 R-3S missiles for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672191 RS-2US missiles for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672218 MiG-21 F.O.D. (Brassin)

  672231 MiG-21PFM wheels (Brassin)

  672232 MiG-21PF/PFM exhaust nozzle (Brassin)

  672233 MiG-21PFM ejection seat (Brassin)

  672234 MiG-21PFM cockpit (Brassin)

  672235 MiG-21PF cockpit (Brassin)

  672236 MiG-21PF wheels (Brassin)

  3DL72003 MiG-21PF SPACE (3D Decal)

  3DL72004 MiG-21PFM SPACE (3D Decal)

  Recommended for Stříbrné šípy

  KITS 04/2021

  Cat. No. 672234

  Cat. No. 672232

  Cat. No. 672235

  Cat. No. 3DL72003

  Cat. No. 3DL72004

  Cat. No. 672218

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  04/2021

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for MiG-21PFM

  in 1/48 scale. Easy to assemble, replaces

  plasc parts.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 4 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painng mask: no

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for Tornado GR.4

  in 1/32 scale. Easy to assemble, replaces

  plasc parts.

  Recommended kit: Italeri

  Set contains:

  - resin: 12 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painng mask: no

  644090

  MiG-21PFM LööK

  1/48 Eduard

  634024

  Tornado GR.4 LööK

  1/32 Italeri

  Product page

  Product page

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  Brassin set - German WW2 SC 50 bombs

  in 1/32 scale. Set consists of 8 bombs.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 48 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painng mask: no

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for MiG-21R in 1/48

  scale. Easy to assemble, replaces plasc

  parts. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 7 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painng mask: no

  632170

  SC 50 German WWII bombs

  1/32

  644091

  MiG-21R LööK

  1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Product page

  Product page

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  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Brassin set - the BOZ-EC missile

  countermeassure pod in 1/32 scale.

  Compable with Tornado.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 2 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painng mask: no

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels

  for Tornado GR.4 in 1/32 scale. The set

  consists of the main wheels and nose

  wheels. Easy to assemble, replaces plasc

  parts. Recommended kit: Italeri

  Set contains:

  - resin: 4 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painng mask: yes

  632173

  BOZ-107 pod

  1/32

  632171

  Tornado GR.4 wheels

  1/32 Italeri

  Product page

  Product page

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  Brassin set - the TV-guided glide bombs

  AGM-62 Walleye I ER/ERDL in 1/48 scale.

  The set consists of 2 bombs. Compable

  with A-4, A-6, F-4.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 8 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painng mask: no

  Brassin set - the camera installaon

  for F-6D Mustang in 1/48 scale. The set

  consists of three dierent cameras.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 24 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painng mask: no

  648615

  AGM-62 Walleye I ER/ERDL

  1/48

  648599

  F-6D cameras

  1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Product page

  Product page

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  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Brassin set - Russian / Soviet missile

  R-27ER in 1/72 scale. Set consists of 4

  missiles. Compable with MiG-29, Su-27.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 32 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painng mask: no

  Brassin set - an-ship missile AGM-84D

  Harpoon in 1/48 scale. The set consists of

  2 missiles. Compable with AV-8B, F-16,

  F/A-18, P-3, P-8, B-52, F-111 etc.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 22 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painng mask: no

  672258

  R-27ER / AA-10 Alamo-C

  1/72

  648619

  AGM-84D Harpoon

  1/48

  Product page

  Product page

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  Brassin set - Brish Brimstone air-to-

  -ground aack missiles with AGML III rack

  1/72 scale. Set consists of 2 racks with 6

  missiles.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 18 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painng mask: no

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels for

  C-130 in 1/72 scale. The set consists of

  the main wheels and nose wheels. Easy to

  assemble, replaces plasc parts. Reco-

  mmended kit: Zvezda

  Set contains:

  - resin: 6 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painng mask: yes

  672260

  Brimstone w/ AGLM III rack

  1/72

  672263

  C-130 wheels

  1/72 Zvezda

  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Product page

  Product page

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  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Collecon of 4 sets for Bf 110G-4 in 1/48 scale by Eduard.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painng mask,

  - exhaust stacks

  - undercarriage wheels

  644092

  Bf 110G-4 LööKplus

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

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  Collecon of 4 sets for Il-2 in 1/48 scale by Zvezda.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painng mask

  - exhaust stacks

  - undercarriage wheels

  644093

  Il-2 LööKplus

  1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Product page

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  BRASSIN 04/2021

  Collecon of 3 sets for Spiire Mk.I in 1/48 scale by Eduard.

  - engine

  - gun bays

  - photo-etched landing aps

  All sets included in this BIG SIN are available separately,

  but with every BIG SIN set you save up to 30%.

  SIN64870

  Spitre Mk.I ADVANCED

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

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  SPACE 04/2021

  #3DL32002

  #3DL48013

  for 1/32 ICM kit

  for 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000 kit

  DH. 82A Tiger Moth SPACE

  MiG-15 SPACE

  Product page

  Product page

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  #3DL48014

  #3DL48015

  for 1/48 Eduard kit

  for 1/48 Tamiya kit

  Bf 109G-6 SPACE

  F-14A SPACE

  Product page

  Product page

  SPACE 04/2021

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  APRIL 2021

  Pz. Kpfw. IV Ausf. H 1/35 MINIART (36461)

  Pz. Kpfw. IV Ausf. H

  1/35 MINIART

  PHOTO-ETCHED

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  Cat. No. D48074

  Hawker Typhoon stencils

  1/48 Eduard

  DECAL SET 04/2021

  Product page

  Cat. No. D32009

  Tornado GR.4 stencils

  1/32 Eduard

  Product page

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  DECAL SET 04/2021

  Cat. No. D48075

  Su-27UB stencils

  1/48 Academy/Kiy Hawk/GWH

  Product page

  Cat. No. D48076

  P-40N stencils

  1/48 Hasegawa

  Product page

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  Cat. No. D48077

  P-51D-5 “357th FG“

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  44-13517, Capt. Robert Becker, 362nd FS, 357th FG, 8th AF,

  Leiston, Great Britain, July 1944

  44-13691, Maj. Arval J. Roberson, 362nd FS, 357th FG, 8th AF,

  Leiston, Great Britain, August 1944

  44-13897, Capt. Charles Peters, 363rd FS, 357th FG, 8th AF,

  Leiston, Great Britain, July 1944

  44-13586, Capt. Richard Peterson, 364th FS, 357th FG, 8th AF,

  Leiston, Great Britain, autumn 1944

  44-13714, Capt. Herschel T. Pascoe, 363rd FS, 357th FG,

  8th AF, Leiston, Great Britain, August 1944

  DECAL SET 04/2021

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  32462 Tornado GR.4 exterior 1/32

  32981 Tornado GR.4 interior 1/32

  32982 Tornado GR.4 undercarriage 1/32

  33275 Tornado GR.4 seatbelts STEEL 1/32

  JX270 Tornado GR.4 TFace 1/32

  481042 Il-2landingaps1/48

  491145 Il-2 1/48

  FE1146 Il-2 seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX749 Il-2 1/48

  BIG33129 Tornado GR.4 1/32 Italeri

  BIG49280 Il-2 1/48 Zvezda

  All sets included in this BIG ED are available separately,

  but with every BIG ED set you save up to 30%.

  Product page

  Product page

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  481041 Ju 188 exterior 1/48

  491143 Ju 188 interior 1/48

  FE1144 Ju 188 seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX745 Ju 188 1/48

  49103 Remove Before Flight STEEL

  491147 F-104DJ 1/48

  FE1148 F-104DJ seatbelts early STEEL 1/48

  EX747 F-104DJ 1/48

  BIG49281 Ju 188 1/48 Revell

  BIG49282 F-104DJ 1/48 Kinetic

  All sets included in this BIG ED are available separately,

  but with every BIG ED set you save up to 30%.

  Product page

  Product page

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  MASKS 04/2021

  EDUARD MASK IT FITS!

  JX273 DH. 82A Tiger Moth 1/32 ICM

  EX762 MiG-15 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  EX763 MiG-15 TFace 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  EX764 Ar 68F 1/48 Roden

  EX765 AV-8A 1/48 Kinec

  EX766 AV-8A TFace 1/48 Kinec

  EX767 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter 1/48 ICM

  EX768 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter TFace 1/48 ICM

  EX769 Pfalz D.IIIa Weekend 1/48 Eduard

  CX597 MiG-25PD 1/72 ICM

  EX765

  EX762

  EX766

  CX592

  EX767 EX768

  EX768

  CX597EX764

  EX766

  EX763

  EX763

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  KITS

  82152 SpitreMk.Iearly     1/48 ProPACK

  2134 Stříbrnéšípy     1/72 Limitededition

  84173 Bf 109G-6 1/48 Weekend edition

  8414 Pfalz D.IIIa 1/48 Weekend edition

  PE-SETS

  53266 HMS York railings 1/350 Trumpeter

  32985 A-26C nose interior 1/32 Hobby Boss

  32986 DH. 82A Tiger Moth 1/32 ICM

  36461 Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf.H 1/35 MINIART

  481044 MiG-15landingaps     1/48 Bronco/Hobby2000

  481045 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter exterior 1/48 ICM

  491161 MiG-15 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  491164 AV-8A early 1/48 Kinetic

  491165 AV-8A late 1/48 Kinetic

  491168 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter interior 1/48 ICM

  72714 Ki-61-Idlandingaps     1/72 Tamiya

  73738 MiG-25PD 1/72 ICM

  ZOOMS

  33278 DH. 82A Tiger Moth 1/32 ICM

  33279 DH. 82A Tiger Moth seatbelts STEEL 1/32 ICM

  FE1161 MiG-15 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  FE1162 MiG-15 seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  FE1163 Ar 68F 1/48 Roden

  FE1164 AV-8A early 1/48 Kinetic

  FE1165 AV-8A late 1/48 Kinetic

  FE1166 AV-8A seatbelts early STEEL 1/48 Kinetic

  FE1167 AV-8A seatbelts late STEEL 1/48 Kinetic

  FE1168 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter 1/48 ICM

  FE1169 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter seatbelts STEEL 1/48 ICM

  FE1170 Bf 109G-6 Weekend 1/48 Eduard

  FE1171 Pfalz D.IIIa Weekend 1/48 Eduard

  SS738 MiG-25PD 1/72 ICM

  MASKS

  JX273 DH. 82A Tiger Moth 1/32 ICM

  EX762 MiG-15 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  EX763 MiG-15 TFace 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  EX764 Ar 68F 1/48 Roden

  EX765 AV-8A 1/48 Kinetic

  EX766 AV-8A TFace 1/48 Kinetic

  EX767 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter 1/48 ICM

  EX768 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter TFace 1/48 ICM

  EX769 Pfalz D.IIIa Weekend 1/48 Eduard

  CX597 MiG-25PD 1/72 ICM

  BIGED SETS

  BIG33129 Tornado GR.4 1/32 Italeri

  BIG49280 Il-2 1/48 Zvezda

  BIG49281 Ju 188 1/48 Revell

  BIG49282 F-104DJ 1/48 Kinetic

  BRASSIN

  632170 SC 50 German WWII bombs 1/32

  632171 Tornado GR.4 wheels 1/32 Italeri

  632173 BOZ-107 pod 1/32

  634024 Tornado GR.4 LööK 1/32 Italeri

  644090 MiG-21PFM LööK 1/48 Eduard

  644091 MiG-21R LööK 1/48 Eduard

  648599 F-6D cameras 1/48 Eduard

  648615 AGM-62 Walleye I ER/ERDL 1/48

  648619 AGM-84D Harpoon 1/48

  672258 R-27ER / AA-10 Alamo-C 1/72

  672260 Brimstone w/ AGLM III rack 1/72

  672263 C-130 wheels 1/72 Zvezda

  LookPLUS

  644092 Bf 110G-4 LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  644093 Il-2 LööKplus 1/48 Zvezda

  BIGSIN

  SIN64870 SpitreMk.IADVANCED    1/48 Eduard

  DECAL SETS

  D32009 Tornado GR.4 stencils 1/32 Italeri/Revell

  D48074 Hawker Typhoon stencils 1/48 Hasegawa

  D48075 Su-27UB stencils 1/48 Academy/Kitty Hawk/GWH

  D48076 P-40N stencils 1/48 Hasegawa

  D48077 P-51D-5 “357th FG“ 1/48 Eduard

  SPACE

  3DL32002 DH. 82A Tiger Moth SPACE 1/32 ICM

  3DL48013 MiG-15 SPACE 1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  3DL48014 Bf 109G-6 SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  3DL48015 F-14A SPACE 1/48 Tamiya

  APRIL 2021

  Releases

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  BUILT

  It Went Together Well. Quickly and Easily…

  Fw 190A-5Fw 190A-5 1/48 Eduard by Robert Szwarc

  The traditional beginning of any modelling project tends to be the cockpit.

  With the type in question, it’s nothing complicated, neither in terms of colou-

  ring nor construction, which is relatively simple. The finer details are supp-

  lied as etched metal, and the construction is complete within a few sessions.

  I followed the instructions, and installed the cockpit into one of the fuselage

  halves, glued in place bulkhead A6 (which supports the fuselage shape; very

  cool), added the exhaust stubs (these are lightly hollowed out which serves

  its function well) and I buttoned up the fuselage. The bulkhead with the engi-

  ne details was added to the assembled fuselage. The fuselage halves go to-

  gether very well, to the point where there is no putty needed. I did run some

  CA glue along the bottom joint, but that was more for insurance rather than

  for filling the seam. The bulkhead with the engine details was assembled,

  but not modified in any way. It becomes more or less invisible once installed.

  Oblt. Maximilian Stotz, CO of 5./JG 54,

  Siverskaya, Soviet Union, May 1943

  Product page

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  BUILT

  The Landing Flaps

  The wings required a little more attention. In my case, this was because

  I added extended landing flaps to my model. I removed the flap sections in

  the wings precisely according to panel lines and I sanded down the inside

  surfaces of the upper wings to allow the flap structure installation. It helps

  here to use the flaps as a template, traced onto the inside surface of the

  wing, giving an idea of the area limits that need thinning. The area was simply

  ground down and fine sanded. The wheel well has a relatively large number

  of parts, but it all goes together quickly and with no issues. One minor piece

  of advice: don’t install the entire piece that is C7. Cut off the back of it that

  goes up against the rear wall of the well. The guns then can be installed after

  painting and you won’t have to worry about breaking them during assembly

  and painting. Don’t forget to open up the gun openings for the outer cannon.

  The instructions are a little ‘quiet’ on this. There are molded in troughs for

  these items, but they tend to disappear on gluing the wing halves together

  and the gun locations are difficult to locate after that. I added spent ammu-

  nition casing chutes on the inside of the wings to prevent there being just

  a hole into the space inside of the wing. The subsequent gluing together of

  the wing halves went together without any problems. Then, it came time to

  attach the wing assembly to the fuselage. This also went off without a hitch,

  but I ran CA glue along the leading edge of the wings. The subsequent fit of

  the cowling and the fuselage gun co

  vers was like the proverbial glove.

  Problem-Free Details

  Once the instrument panel shroud is attached, the gunsight can be ad-

  ded as well. That puts the main assembly behind us. The windscreen

  can be added, requiring just the removal of the part from the clear

  sprue, and the application of the mask. The frames can be treated

  with a surface, if desired. The masks fit as they should, streamlining

  the entire process. The addition of the rudder, ailerons and the cowl

  ring really don’t need to be mentioned here…very straightforward.

  Glue and align…

  The other fine details such as the propeller blades and landing gear

  bits are the same. Just separate them from the sprue, clean up any

  mold separation lines, and run fine sandpaper over them. This is

  all pretty routine, and no parts offer any opposition to being put in

  their correct place. The only thing is to just be as clean as possible

  with the glue.

  I don’t think I need to go into the application of the paint in this ar-

  ticle. We all have our preferences and procedures. I enlisted the help

  of Hypersol during the placement of the decals, and nothing else. The

  application is very standard….water, separate from the backing paper,

  position, squeeze out the air bubbles and go over them with the Hyper-

  sol. I didn’t peel off the carrier film from the decals, as it came across

  to me as unnecessary. So, in closing….

  …it went together well…

  Aircra is probably WNr. 5888 manufactured by Arado in Warnemünde at beginning of 1943. Camouage consists of

  brown and green colors on upper surfaces, RLM 76 on undersides with spinner in RLM 70. Stotz was born in Austria

  in 1912 and in 1933 entered Austrian Army. From 1938 he belonged to Austrian aerobac team. In Luwae, Stotz

  was assigned to 1./JG 76 (later 4./JG 54 "Grünherz") and scored rst victory in November 1939. He scored 12 victories

  during French campaign but suered injury during Bale of Britain. Aer Balkan campaign he fought on Eastern Front

  and in June 1942 received Knight´s Cross aer 53 victories. Oak Leaves followed soon aer he scored his 100th victory

  in October. From April 1943 he led 5./JG 54 but was missing "Black 7" aer brief head-on encounter with enemy

  ghters on August 19th, 1943. His original "Black 5" was probably own by his wingman Uz. Herbert Koller (50 v.)

  who made belly landing. "Black 5" (WNr. 5888) was nally lost on October 7th, 1943 with Lt. Karl-Heinz Lüchau (12 v.)

  wounded. Final score of Stotz was 182 victories. He was promoted to Hauptmann posthumously.

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  BUILT

  The Eduard Mk1 Spitre made a perfect ba-

  sis for the Supermarine Type 300. The main

  changes to the airframe was to sand away

  all of the details from the wings and to

  smooth and reshape the nose cowling.

  Then, re-scribing the wing details to

  match the prototype‘s panel decking

  was the next task that took a lot of

  time. Other traditionally scratch

  built details include the rudder coun-

  terweight and the windscreen, made

  by sanding the Eduard windscreen

  to a round shape and then plunging

  a clear plastic over it similar to vac

  forming but without vacuum.

  The rest of the modied parts were done

  in CAD using Fusion 360. I measured the

  kit landmarks with a caliper and transfe-

  rred those measurements into CAD ensu-

  ring that the parts would be a perfect t.

  The unique radiator was the most challen-

  ging part to create.

  The nish represents a somewhat contro-

  versial choice. My main reference for the

  project was the seminal book „A Spitre

  Story“ by Alfred Price. He described the

  airframe as „unpainted“ for the demo at

  Eastleigh, so I went with unpainted alu-

  minum panels using shades of Alclad Alu-

  minum and Steel to match the reference

  photos.

  Eduard‘s 1/48 Spitre is such a pleasure

  to work with, and it really brought K5054

  to life. I eagerly look forward to Eduard‘s

  next kit.

  John Colasante

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  BUILT

  John shared his 3D les via this link:

  https://cults3d.com/en/users/Matters_of_Scale

  John´s Facebook page Matters of Scale:

  https://www.facebook.com/mattersofscale/

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  BUILT

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  BUILT

  Built by Mariusz Hasiuk

  2nd place in online competition at Facebook Eduard Model Builders Group

  Mariusz Hasiuk has built his model based on our 1/48 scale kit Bf 109G-10

  Erla (cat. no. 82164). In addition he used our Bf 109G-10 Engine set (cat. no.

  648441) and our 1/48 set of Bf 109 G External Fuel Tanks (cat. no. 648265).

  As a last but not least the seat was fitted with 1/48 HGW Models Luftwaffe

  (Late) Seatbelts (cat. no. 148015).

  For painting were used MR.PAINT colors and HD Sattin varnish by Vantage

  Model Solutionsn (VMS). Weathering was done with Ammo Mig Weathering

  Pencils, AK Interactive Enamels/Washes and 502 Abteilung Oil Paints.

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  Built by Mitko Mitkov

  3rd place in online competition at Facebook Eduard Model Builders Group

  BUILT

  Years ago, when the first Eduard 1/48 scale kit Bf 109G-6 with catalog number 8268 came out, I immediately bought it. I was still a novice modeler and

  made many mistakes at work, especially when painting. This was my first use of an airbrush and the result was not at all impressive. Over the years, I've

  made a lot of your G-2 and G-6 models, leaving me with a lot of unused details. At one point, I wondered if I could remake an already made G-6 using these

  details, as well as the huge variety of resin and PE parts you produce. From the Profipack Bf 109G-2 I have some wings left, suitable for G-6. This, as well

  as the use of BIG SIN set Bf 109G-6 ADVANCED (cat. no. SIN64824) solved the problem with the accuracy of the dimensions of this model. In general, from

  the original set I used only the fuselage and the horizontal stabilizer. Although the additional accessories are sized for the new G-6 models, which have the

  correct geometric proportions, they miraculously fit the old kit as well. It was a lot of cutting and sawing, and the most annoying thing was removing the old

  paint. In the process, I decided to recreate a different model - a late G-6 with a high wooden stabilizer and semi-retractable wheel stands, raised on jacks.

  In fact, I recreated the machine of Lieutenant Boris Damev from the 6th Fighter Regiment, Air Force of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, in the summer of 1944. The

  coloring is RLM 74/75/76, with light gray spots on the fuselage, as the paints are by Mr. Hobby. The camouflage is painted with a free hand, and the iden-

  tification signs are painted with patterns. Working on the model was a great challenge, and it gave me great pleasure. The end result even surprised me.

  Mitko Mitkov

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  P-39Q Airacobra

  1/48

  BUILT

  Accessories used

  #48872 P-39/400 landing flaps (PE

  -

  Set)

  #FE1158 P-39Q Weekend (PE

  -

  Set)

  #648203 P-39 wheels late (Brassin)

  #3DL48012 P-39Q SPACE (3D Decal)

  #P-39/ P-400 TFace (Mask)

  built by Luboš Zach

  Cat. No. 8470

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  BUILT

  P-39Q-1, 42-19467, 46th FS, 15th FG, 7th AF, Kanton atoll, Phoenix archipelago, August 1943

  46th FS (originally 46th PS) was formed on Hawaiian Islands on December 1st, 1940, as a part of 15th Pursuit Group equipped, at that me, with Curss P-36 Hawk

  ghters. It opened its combat score right on the rst day of the War in Pacic, December 7th, 1941, defending the Pearl Harbor naval base against the Japanese aack.

  In 1942 the squadron was re-equipped with Airacobras and in the spring of 1943 deployed to Kanton atoll in the Phoenix archipelago. Due to the condions on the

  island, almost completely lacking the vegetaon, new Airacobras were repainted in the combinaon of the sand color on the upper and side surfaces while the lower

  surfaces of the ghters were sprayed in light blue colors. Camouage change was an idea of Lt. Benjamin C. Warren, a pilot and unit’s technical ocer, who also super-

  vised its applicaon. In December 1943 46th FS le Kanton and aer the over-water ight to atoll Makin carried on with the operaons unl mid December 1944.

  At that me its Airacobras carried the Olive Drab coat on the upper surfaces again.

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  BUILTBUILT

  built by Oliver Peissl

  Cat. No.11127

  The decal option used for

  the build is not included in this kit.

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  BUILT

  Bf 109G-4Bf 109G-4

  built by Francesco Pomi

  Cat. No. 84149

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  BUILT

  Bf 109G-4/R6/trop, Lt. Franz Schiehs, CO of 8./ JG 53, Tindja, Tunisia, April 1943

  Austrian Franz Schiehs saw combat over Britain with JG 53, followed by action against the Soviet Union, where he shot down fourteen enemy aircraft over

  a two month period. At the beginning of August 1941, JG 53 returned to Germany, re-equipped and transferred rst to Sicily and later to Africa. The num-

  ber of claims made by Schiehs grew and he gained his 36th kill on January 29th, 1943, being given command of 8./ JG 53 on February 16th of the same

  year. Holding the rank of Oberleutnant and for the destruction of 55 enemy aircraft, he was awarded the Knight's Cross on June 21st, 1943. On September

  2nd, 1943, he led an intercept of American bombers over Mount Vesuvius, an event from which he did not return. It is assumed that he fell victim to an

  escorting P-38. The camouage scheme applied to Schiehs's aircraft consisted of RLM78/79 and was complemented by the relevant theatre of operations

  recognition items that were the white spinner, white fuselage band and the white lower wing tips. The engine cowl had the JG 53 unit insignia placed on it.

  The yellow rudder recorded the number of kills up to the end of March 1943. The original (likely Sta󰀨) markings on the fuselage sides were sprayed over

  with fresh RLM 79 and replaced with a black '1'. Aircraft of the unit had elds of the upper surfaces of the wings sprayed in RLM 80 Olivgrün.

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  BUILT

  IAI NESHER

  1/48 Kinetic

  built by Angelo Lodetti

  Accessories used

  #FE742 Mirage III E interior (PE

  -

  Set)

  #648467 Shafrir 2 (Brassin)

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  BUILT

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  BIG33130 A-26C Invader PART I 1/32 Hobby Boss

  BIG33131 A-26C Invader PART II 1/32 Hobby Boss

  BIG49283 Ju 88C-6 1/48 ICM

  BIG49284 F-16I SUFA 1/48 Kinec

  BIG49285 Su-30SM 1/48 Kiy Hawk

  BIG49286 Su-27UB 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  632168 Brimstone w/ AGLM III rack 1/32

  632172 GBU-49 1/32

  632174 ALARM missiles 1/32

  644094 MiG-15 LööK 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  644095 MiG-15bis LööK 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  644098 P-39Q LööK 1/48 Eduard

  644100 Mustang Mk.IV LööK 1/48 Eduard

  648616 AGM-62 Walleye II 1/48

  648621 Spiire Mk.II cockpit 1/48 Eduard

  648622 MiG-15 wheels 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  648626 MiG-15 gun barrels 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  648629 MiG-15bis gun barrels 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  672252 R-V pod for MiG-21 1/72

  672259 R-27ET / AA-10 Alamo-D 1/72

  672261 BRU-57A rack 1/72

  SIN64871 Spiire Mk.IIa ADVANCED 1/48 Eduard

  644101 MiG-21PF LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  644102 MiG-21PFM LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  BIG ED (May)

  BRASSIN (May)

  BRASSIN (May)

  LöökPlus (May)

  BIG49284

  BIG33130

  BIG49286

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  MAY 2021

  BRASSIN

  644094 MiG-15 LööK 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

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  644095 MiG-15bis LööK 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  BIG33130 A-26C Invader PART I 1/32 Hobby Boss

  BIG33131 A-26C Invader PART II 1/32 Hobby Boss

  BIG49283 Ju 88C-6 1/48 ICM

  BIG49284 F-16I SUFA 1/48 Kinec

  BIG49285 Su-30SM 1/48 Kiy Hawk

  BIG49286 Su-27UB 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  644098 P-39Q LööK 1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN

  MAY 2021

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

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  644100 Mustang Mk.IV LööK 1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  632168 Brimstone w/ AGLM III rack 1/32

  MAY 2021

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  632172 GBU-49 1/32

  632174 ALARM missiles 1/32

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  MAY 2021

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  648616 AGM-62 Walleye II 1/48

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  648621 Spitre Mk.II cockpit 1/48 Eduard

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  648626 MiG-15 gun barrels 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  BRASSIN

  648622 MiG-15 wheels 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  MAY 2021

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  648629 MiG-15bis gun barrels 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  672252 R-V pod for MiG-21 1/72

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  672261 BRU-57A rack 1/72

  BRASSIN

  672259 R-27ET / AA-10 Alamo-D 1/72

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  MAY 2021

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  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  644101 MiG-21PF LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  Collection of 4 sets for MiG-21PF in 1/48 scale by Eduard.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painting mask

  - airbrakes

  - undercarriage wheels

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  BRASSIN

  644102 MiG-21PFM LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  Collection of 4 sets for MiG-21PFM in 1/48 scale by Eduard.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painting mask

  - airbrakes

  - undercarriage wheels

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  MAY 2021

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  SIN64871 Spitre Mk.IIa ADVANCED 1/48 Eduard

  Collectionof3setsforSpitreMk.IIain1/48scalebyEduard

  - engine

  - gun bays

  -photo-etchedlandingaps

  All sets included in this BIG SIN are available separately,

  but with every BIG SIN set you save up to 30%.

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  MAY 2021

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  PE-SETS

  32465 P-40M exterior 1/32 Trumpeter

  32466 P-40M landing aps 1/32 Trumpeter

  32467 P-40M gun bays 1/32 Trumpeter

  32987 PT-13 Kaydet 1/32 Roden

  32988 P-40M interior 1/32 Trumpeter

  36462 Typhoon K 1/35 Zvezda

  481046 MiG-15bis landing aps 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  481047 Fw 190F-8 1/48 Eduard

  481048 Fw 190F-8 landing aps 1/48 Eduard

  491172 Harrier GR.1 1/48 Kinec

  491173 Harrier GR.3 1/48 Kinec

  491175 PZL P.11c 1/48 Arma Hobby

  491176 MV-22 1/48 Hobby Boss

  491178 MiG-15bis 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  73739 Bf 109E-3 1/72 Special Hobby

  73740 Ar 234B 1/72 Hobby 2000/Dragon

  ZOOMS

  33280 PT-13 Kaydet 1/32 Roden

  33281 PT-13 Kaydet seatbelts STEEL 1/32 Roden

  33282 P-40M 1/32 Trumpeter

  33283 P-40M seatbelts STEEL 1/32 Trumpeter

  FE1172 Harrier GR.1 1/48 Kinec

  FE1173 Harrier GR.3 1/48 Kinec

  FE1174 Harrier GR.1/3 seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Kinec

  FE1175 PZL P.11c seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Arma Hobby

  FE1176 MV-22 1/48 Hobby Boss

  FE1177 MV-22 seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Hobby Boss

  FE1178 MiG-15bis 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  FE1179 MiG-15bis seatbelts STEEL 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  SS740 Ar 234B 1/72 Hobby 2000/Dragon

  SS741 Albatros D.V Weekend 1/72 Eduard

  MASKS

  JX274 PT-13 Kaydet 1/32 Roden

  JX275 P-40M 1/32 Trumpeter

  JX276 P-40M TFace 1/32 Trumpeter

  EX770 Harrier GR.1/3 1/48 Kinec

  EX771 Harrier GR.1/3 TFace 1/48 Kinec

  EX772 PZL P.11c 1/48 Arma Hobby

  EX773 MV-22 1/48 Hobby Boss

  EX774 MV-22 TFace 1/48 Hobby Boss

  EX775 MiG-15bis 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  EX776 MiG-15bis TFace 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  CX598 F8F-1 1/72 Hobby Boss

  DECAL SETS

  D48078 Tornado GR.4 stencils 1/48 Revell

  D48079 MiG-15 Czech & Russian stencils 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  D48080 P-51D-5 "15th AF" 1/48 Eduard

  D48081 MiG-23MF/ML stencils 1/48 Trumpeter

  SPACE

  3DL48016 MiG-15bis SPACE 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  3DL48017 Fw 190F-8 SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  3DL48018 Mustang Mk.IV SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  PE-Sets, Masks and Decal sets

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  KITS

  Mustang Mk.IV

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  MAY 2021

  Cat. No. 82104

  1/48

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  KITS

  Fw 190F-8

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  Cat. No. 82139

  1/48

  MAY 2021

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  KITS

  Bf 109G-2

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  Cat. No. 82165

  1/48

  Bf 109G-2/trop, WNr. 10533, Uffz. Horst Schlick, 1./JG 77,

  Bir-el-Abd, Egypt, November 1942

  Bf 109G-2/R6, Lt. Walter Krupinski, 6./JG 52, Maykop,

  Soviet Union, October 1942

  Bf 109G-2/R-6/trop, WNr. 13916, Fw. Hans Döbrich,

  6./JG 5, Alakurtti, Finland, February 1943

  Bf 109G-2/R6, WNr. 13633, Hptm. Wolf-Dieter Huy,

  7./JG 77, Tanyet Harun, Egypt, October1942

  Bf 109G-2/R6 WNr. 13949, Maj. Hans Hahn, II./JG 54,

  Rjelbitzy, Soviet Union, January 1943

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  Bf 109G-2/R6, WNr. 13633, Hptm. Wolf-Dieter Huy,

  7./JG 77, Tanyet Harun, Egypt, October1942

  Bf 109G-2/R6 WNr. 13949, Maj. Hans Hahn, II./JG 54,

  Rjelbitzy, Soviet Union, January 1943

  KITS

  MiG-21MF Fighter Bomber

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  Cat. No 70142

  Re-release

  1/ 72

  No. 5121, Pham Tuan, 921st Fighter Regiment, Noi Bai AB,

  Democratic Republic of Vietnam, December 1972

  No. 127, 812th Training Air Regiment, Kharkov Higher

  MilitaryAviationSchoolofPilots,KupyanskAireld,

  Soviet Union, August 1991

  No. 8447, No. 46 Squadron, Egypt, 1973

  No.9712,9thFighterRegiment,Bechyně,

  Czechoslovakia, 1989 - 1993

  No.9111,3.EskadrąLotnictwaTaktycznego,Poznań-Krzesiny,Poland,2002

  MAY 2021

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  KITS

  Albatros D.V

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  1/ 72

  Cat. No. 7406

  MAY 2021

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  OF BOXART AND MEN

  One way to look at it is that “covers sell pa

  -

  pers”. It doesn’t necessarily apply univer-

  sally (who amongst you has ever bought

  a TV by virtue of its cover?), but there are

  cases where the saying does have some

  relevance to reality. And the more the pro

  -

  duct in question is replaceable, the more

  important the cover becomes. Cookies

  and other tasty goods come to mind. In

  those cases, we are only talking about

  a mixture of sugar, flour, palm oil, and

  a list of difficult to pronounce ingredients

  that often is too long. The entire thing then

  becomes fractionally more palatable with

  the addition of something of a higher, more

  acceptable quality. The only two roads to

  “success” for producers of these “delicaci

  -

  es” apparently lead through the inclusion

  of greater quantities of cheap sugar and

  through even more attractive packaging.

  Are you thinking of parallels with mode

  -

  lling? Well, they’re not hard to find…

  With plastic kits, an attractive package is

  certainly an important thing to consider.

  It can lead to impulse purchases among

  those that will, say, urge a parent to get

  them that model, but also among mode

  -

  ling diehards, that otherwise are guided by

  what’s inside the box. Of course, the ideal

  situation a nice kit inside a nice box. In my

  opinion, the worst thing on the market is

  a bad kit in a nice box….

  What constitutes a nice box can be argu

  -

  ed, of course. The layout alone is one thing,

  but the most important element of it is

  the boxart. In this regard, it occurs to me

  that at one point, there was a boxart-less

  component to the approach regarding this,

  because some smart guy responsible for

  general pleasure (it may have emerged in

  Germany, I think, but may have appeared

  all over today’s EU), forced through the

  notion that a drawing on the cover was

  a deterrent for the end user, and the only

  acceptable form of representation was a

  photo of the completed model. I am sure

  you recall these “photo of assembled and

  painted model” boxes. The saving grace

  came when it was argued that the same

  methodology would have to be applied to

  all consumer goods (which, in some cases,

  aroused a certain level of distress), and so

  legislators did not implement this “sound”

  approach to mandating boxart.

  Among modellers, there are certainly

  fans of the classic, hand drawn depictions

  from the masters of the brush, angles and

  pastels, as well as the more progressive

  types that find an affinity for often photo

  -

  graphic quality digital art. It’s against the

  grain… you know the type. But, as a manu

  -

  facturer, you have to pick. Eduard has long

  been a fan of the hand crafted item, and

  strove to hire the best. I recall the work

  of Petr Stepanek and Martin Novotny. Nei

  -

  ther, sadly, is with us any longer. But their

  work has remained with us that stands

  up well even today. Currently, we rely on

  the best of the best in the field, who are

  Piotr Forkasiewicz or Adam Tooby. These

  use that aforementioned progressive me

  -

  thod of generating art, meaning digitally,

  same as our own resident artist, Kate

  -

  rina Borecka. Some consider this a step

  forward, some a step backwards. And so,

  I repeat: There is no accounting for taste...

  Currently, we are trying out a fourth artist,

  Antonis Karidis from Greece, because the

  volume of required Eduard boxart is ris

  -

  ing. The different possibilities of creating

  these covers have led us to depict any gi

  -

  ven aircraft to a higher level. We are try-

  ing to emphasize actual events and remain

  historically true. I am not saying that this

  is something entirely new and we are not

  taking the credit for the concept, but what

  is new is that to any chosen boxart, we are

  trying to attach a story. As we have de

  -

  veloped and ran with this theme, why not

  share the information with you?

  In the last issue of the newsletter, you

  were able to read an article penned by Jan

  Bobek that was based on the associated

  boxart for the Fw 190A-5. Hard copy ma

  -

  gazines are often examined from the back,

  but in the case of an electronic magazi

  -

  ne, that’s not practical, and so I am quite

  certain that if you have read this far, then

  I think you likely have been aware of the

  article associated with the new boxing

  of the Bf 109G-6. It is titled “Horror Over

  Kalamaki”, and it explains a lot about the

  unfortunate B-25 and, also about the Ger

  -

  man fighters around. In the next issue, you

  will find out about events surrounding

  another new release for this month, the

  Pfalz D.IIIa. This is another interesting

  story to recount. Just the labor required to

  conclude what the shot-down Camel likely

  looked like was some job, same as it was

  to figure out and conclude the marking of

  the unlucky B-25. It’s not always possible

  to put together all of the information be

  -

  fore deadlines arrive. If you look closely

  at the Horror Over Kalamaki painting, you

  will note three differences from the bo

  -

  xart. The reason is clear. For the longest

  time, we couldn’t figure out the fuselage

  code of the downed aircraft. I personally

  went through dozens and dozens of 340th

  BG photographs from various sources, to

  find 42-64540, but nothing turned up. She

  was an anonymous ship, and so didn’t at

  -

  tract the attention of photographers. So,

  we attached a code that was not elimina

  -

  ted as a possibility from the photographic

  evidence at our disposal, and hoped for

  a bullseye. We missed. Unfortunately too

  late, we received information from Mr. Da

  -

  niel Setzer, the son of a 340th BG member

  (to whom we are nevertheless vastly in

  -

  debted). The box for the kit as well as the

  poster had by then been printed. Even so,

  we had the artist change the artwork, so

  that we could at least present the correc

  -

  ted item in this form. I sincerely hope that

  the boxart won’t be slammed on various

  forums under the headings like “boxart

  fails”. I think this should not be lumped in

  the same class of boxarts that were not

  afforded much interest and energy by the

  manufacturer of the kit or the artist. And I

  would finish off by stating that we, at Edu

  -

  ard, do not try to add that added, cheap su-

  gar I mention at the beginning, but rather

  the quality ingredients while not forge

  -

  tting that “covers sell”. The stories that the

  boxarts depict are considered by us to be

  integral to this. We all hope that this will

  be appreciated by you.

  Richard Plos

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