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Bf 109G-2/R1, W. Nr. 10805, flown by Lt. Wilhelm Crinius, 3./ JG 53, Bizerta, Tunisia, January 1943

A native to Hohenhausen, Wilhelm Crinius, joined Luftwaffe in January 1940. After his fighter pilot training in February 1942, he joined

3. Staffel JG 53 and fought in Malta, in the Eastern Front and in the North Africa. On September 23rd, 1942 he was awarded Knight’s

Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves for shooting down 100 enemy aircraft. Till January 8th, 1943, he added 14 more shot downs. On

January 13th, though, his fortune has changed. His aircraft was hit during the battle with Spitfires near El Kala. Crinius suffered thigh injury

and due to the engine fire he was forced to perform a water landing. The next day fishermen saved him. After he recovered, he went to

the POW camp. When World War Two came to an end, he worked as a CEO of German subsidiary of Phillips, later as a chairman of the

board of Ernst Düllmann GmbH. In 1989 he ran as a candidate of Deutsche Volksunion party for European Parliament. He died on April

26th, 1997 in Stuhr, Lower Saxony.

Crinius‘ “Gustav“, camouflaged in RLM 78/79 paint, had

patches and patterns painted in RLM 80. Underneath the

fuselage number there is visible repaint of the previous

marking, most likely by RLM 78. The rudder bears the

painting of the Knight’s Cross accompanied by signs of the

shot downs.

Accessories used:

48913 Bf 109G-2 upgrade set

648247 Bf 109G exhaust stacks

648255 Bf 109G-6 propeller

648295 Bf 109G-2 wheels

648309 Bf 109G undercarriage legs BRONZE

648310 Bf 109G control surfaces

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