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  EDITORIAL

  MAY 2021

  KITS

  HISTORY

  BRASSIN

  PHOTO-ETCHED SETS

  BIGED

  RELEASE

  BUILT

  ON APPROACH

  May 2021

  June 2021

  Mustang Mk.IV ProPACK 1/48

  Fw 190F-8 ProPACK 1/48

  Bf 109G-2 ProPACK 1/48

  MiG-21MF Fighter Bomber ProPACK 1/72

  Albatros D.V Weekend edition 1/72

  P-39Q Airacobra 1/48

  Spitre Mk.I 1/48

  Adlertag 1/48

  F6F-3 1/48

  Fokker Fokker! 1/72

  CONTENTS

  Letouny Focke-Wulf 190 F-8 u Luftotte 4, 1944-1945

  The last Chase

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  Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen,

  The winter wave of covid is subsiding

  a bit with the coming of spring, but we

  are still testing our workers on a re

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  gular basis, even though it’s been over

  a month since we have had a positive case,

  and we have no one ill at the moment.

  At least, not due to covid. The restock of

  our catalog is progressing slowly, but it is

  continuing. We are up to the Tempest kits,

  which could see stocked shelves through

  May, and in June, there should be a reissue

  of the Tempest Mk.V Series I kit. The MiG

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  -21s in 1:48th are beginning their production

  run, and May should also see the initiation

  of the Spitfire Mk.IXs, along with their as

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  sociated versions, the Mk.VIII and Mk.XVI.

  In June, we may be able to focus some

  attention on the Hellcats, and on the Fw 190D

  through the summer months. By then, we’ll

  be into some of the 1:72nd scale items as

  well. Production of new molds is going well,

  too, and the Camel moulds are essentia

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  lly complete. The Trener moulds have their

  electrodes, and parts are being milled into

  the blocks now. We are putting together the

  manuscript for the video advert for the Tre

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  ner kits, which I am getting a kick out of, and

  I trust you will enjoy the end result. But the

  filming itself requires a fairly large number

  of Treners, and by that, I mean the genui

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  ne articles, not models. We make the latter

  ourselves, no worries. We are confident that

  we will be able to present the Trener kit at

  this year’s E-day as a new release, and the

  question isn’t whether or not this will be po

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  ssible. The bigger question is whether or not

  this dumb pandemic can be beaten, and if it

  will bring about the return of the modeling

  events that we are familiar with as being

  normal. I personally believe that the answer

  is yes, and that we will be able to meet at

  Lysa nad Labem, and that it will be the first

  E-day to be put on in accordance with the

  vision based on the new format inclusive

  of the Czech Model Masters contest. I also

  believe that we will be at Las Vegas for the

  IPMS Nationals in the United States and at

  Telford in November.

  KITS

  May is unique in that we have no new Limited

  Edition kit for release in this month. We were

  to have put out the 1:72nd scale Adlerangriff

  kit with different Special Hobby Bf 109Es. But,

  as is clear, it is not part of May’s release pro

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  gram. The problem is rooted in the underes-

  timation by Special Hobby of the demand for

  the kit, and the first two press cycles of the

  kit did not yield enough plastic to cover or

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  ders. So we left our order for these kits to SH

  for their needs, and we pushed the release

  date of ours to July. But that July order is

  OURS! We won’t be leaving that one to them.

  Conversely, we moved the release of the

  1:48th scale Fw 190F-8 from July to May, and

  it’s the ProfiPACK version. The Focke Wulf

  is bound to make a lot of people happy, but

  I get that it does nothing for the 1:72nd types

  among you. The Fw 190F-8 stems from the

  Fw 190A-8, but has a new wing and two spru-

  es of weapons for attacking ground targets.

  The sprues with the weapons are the same as

  those that appeared in the first generation of

  the Fw 190F-8 that we released some years

  back. There are seven markings options in

  the kit, and they intentionally cover the ma

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  jority of the spectrum of Luftwaffe units that

  flew the type. The theme of the ground attack

  Fw 190F-8s is further taken up in this

  newsletter via an article by Andrew Arthy.

  In the past several months, there was quite

  a bit of interest in the Panzerschreck wea

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  pons, which were carried by the Fw 190F-

  8. The question has also been raised as to

  whether we would release these as Brassin

  items, and the answer to that question is

  ‘yes’. But I must point out that this somewhat

  iconic piece of equipment suffers from a lack

  of good reference material. So, we ask the

  harsher critics out there to be a little bit for

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  giving. We are doing what we can.

  Another May ProfiPACK is the Mustang Mk.IV,

  the British version of the P-51D, as well as

  the P-51K, which was known in the RAF as

  the Mustang Mk.IVa. In the ProfiPACK kit, the

  Mk.IVa outnumbers the Mk.IV in a ratio of 2:1,

  with there being a total of four K’s. I alwa

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  ys tended to view the British versions of the

  Mustang as somewhat boring, but, of cour

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  se, in researching the marking options, I, as

  many before me, have done an about face.

  You will probably come to the same conclusi

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  on yourselves. The options are quite outstan-

  ding, as are the individual stories connected

  with them. The boxart again depicts an actu

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  al event. In this case, it concerns Operation

  Omelette, an operation that focused on the li

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  beration of the Channel Islands, the only part

  of the United Kingdom to be occupied by Nazi

  Germany. You can read more on this opera

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  tion in the accompanying article by Richard

  Plos in this newsletter. To go along with the

  Mustang Mk.IV, we will also be releasing

  a BFC item, dedicated to one of the most de-

  picted of the British Mustangs, flown by F/Lt.

  A.S. Doley, named ‘Dooleybird’.

  And that’s not all for the ProfiPACK re

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  leases this month. The other is the Bf 109G-

  2. Actually, this one is a sort of a ‘re-issue’

  and is largely the same as the Bf 109G-2

  ProfiPACK kit carrying the Catalog Num

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  ber 82116. It has a new boxart, because the

  original one was…how to put it?....nothing to

  write home about. It also differs in one of

  the marking options provided, because the

  one that it replaces required the inclusion

  of the plastic sprue containing a G-4 wing.

  At the moment, plastic parts are at a pre-

  mium for us, and so we really need to go

  out of our way to use them to optimal effect,

  accounting for the change in the marking op

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  tions, taking advantage of the elimination of

  the need for that sprue. The last of the four

  May ProfiPACK releases is a clean reissue.

  It is the MiG-21MF Fighter Bomber in 1:72nd

  scale. The boxart depicts Vietnamese figh

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  ter ace and future cosmonaut Pham Tuan

  downing a B-52. Back in the day, this pictu

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  re caused a lot of commotion from across

  the pond and I am hopeful that we won’t see

  a repeat of that this time around. The last

  of the five May mode kit releases is the Al

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  batros D.V in a 1:72nd scale Weekend Editi-

  on boxing. This kit’s a classic for which we

  have chosen four attractive marking options,

  which has now become the norm for this line.

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  ACCESSORIES - BRASSIN

  Conceptually, the Löök and Space sets are

  similar. Both utilize progressive 3D techno-

  logies in combination with pre-painted pho-

  toetched brass. It can almost be said that

  these two lines are in direct competition with

  each other. I would say that, thanks to being

  a further reaching product, the Space con-

  cept comes out on top in terms of bang for

  the buck, and that goes for both the 3D aspect

  as well as the photoetched brass aspect of

  the item. For now, it comes out about even,

  but we shall see the direction each takes, as

  demand by customers develops. These are

  still both new items. One thing that these

  sets are managing to do already is to test

  our printing ability to the max. Sales of pre

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  -painted photoetched has risen markedly

  over the past year, and since it’s all printed

  on the same machine, we will be in need of

  acquiring another one through the summer.

  It will be a good investment, as the new

  machine will be more modern than the two

  currently in use, so we should see an impro

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  vement in the quality of the product as well.

  As a side note, the colour printers are in the

  photoetched department, and the production

  of the Space sets is their jurisdiction, while

  the Löök sets fall to the Brassin department.

  This could precipitate minor differences in

  sets designed for the same kit, stemming

  from each department’s application of the 3D

  aspects to a given set. For May, we have four

  new Löök sets coming out, all in 1:48th scale

  (MiG-15, MiG-15bis, P-39Q and the Mustang

  Mk.IV) and two new LööKplus sets (MiG-21PF

  and MiG-21PFM. There are three new Space

  sets, covering the MiG-15bis, Fw 190F-8 and

  the Mustang Mk.IV, again, all in 48th. Classic

  Brassin sets are dominated by a cockpit set

  for the Spitfire Mk.II (Eduard, 1:48th). For the

  MiG-15 from Bronco, there are three smaller

  sets covering wheels and cannon barrels.

  It should be noted that these are divided

  into two sets, one for the MiG-15 and the

  other for the bis subtype. These are also in

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  teresting in that they are 3D prints, and not

  cast resin. This is a progression that will

  begin to dominate our production through

  the second half of the year. I expect that

  about this time next year, I will be talking

  about sets that are predominantly printed,

  not cast. The remaining six new sets this

  month centre around weapons sets in all

  the three main scales. There is also one new

  BigSin, for the Spitfire Mk.IIa.

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  PHOTOETCHED AND MASKS

  May’s photoetched items and maks are pro

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  bably best described as typical. Also typical is

  its wide range of subject matter and its poten

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  tial to generate a lot of interest. For example,

  the coverage of the 1:72nd scale set for the

  Ar 234 from Dragon, currently being sold by

  the Polish firm HOBBY 2000, or the set for the

  Bf 109E-3 from Special Hobby, which will

  also soon be useable on our own Edu

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  ard boxing. Our offering will, of course,

  include a plethora of fundamental pho

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  toetched brass, so the development of

  an accessory kit for it will be a bit more

  complicated. HOBBY 2000 is reboxing

  a large number of Asian produced kits, much

  to the delight of modelers, and so we deci

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  ded to go into producing some sets for their

  releases. In May, besides the aforementi

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  oned Ar 234, this includes the 1:48th scale

  MiG-15 and MiG-15bis from Bronco, being

  boxed simultaneously by the Polish firm. We

  also have masks for the MiGs to go with the

  photoetched. The MiG-15bis items include

  masks, both in the classic form and also as

  the inside/outside TFace types. Keeping with

  1:48th scale, both types of mask sets are

  also being offered for the Harrier GR.1 and

  the GR.3 from Kinetic, the MV-22 from Hobby

  Boss and our own Fw 190F-8. For all of these

  noted models, the list of new items also

  includes photoetched, and for the Fw 190F-8

  and the MiG-15 this does not leave out lan

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  ding flaps. For the Arma Hobby PZL.11c we

  have just the classic type of mask, same

  going for the Roden PT-13 Kaydet in 1:32nd

  scale, but both types are being released for

  the Trumpeter P-40M in the same scale. This

  last type has a total of six new photoetched

  sets being released for it, including a set of

  pre-painted steel seat belts and two mask

  sets. In the ZOOM line, the steel belts are

  available now for all of the above noted kits

  in 1:48th and 1:32nd scale, except for the Fw

  190F-8. However, the set containing generic

  Luftwaffe seat belts (Catalog Number FE812)

  covers those. The only set being released

  that is not for an aircraft is 36462, Typhoon

  K for the 1:35th Zvezda kit. This month leaves

  out any new ship sets or Big Eds.

  DECALS

  There are four new decal sets being released

  in May, three of which are stencil data items.

  They are for the Tornado GR.4 (Revell), the

  MiG-15 (Bronco) and the MiG-23MF/ML

  (Trumpeter). The fourth set is designed for the

  Eduard Mustang. It offers decals for the P-

  -51D from the 15th AF, USAAF, which were

  Mustangs without the fin fillet operating

  in Italy. One of the articles in this issue

  of the newsletter deals with the appli

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  cation of our decals and describes the

  oft requested information on just how to

  peel away the carrier film, and describes

  if and how necessary it is to actually go

  through this process to achieve optimum

  performance out of them. I won’t go into any

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  thing that would require a spoiler alert. You

  will find the article interesting, and divulging

  its conclusions is unsuitable for me to do

  here.

  As you probably already know by now, May’s

  new releases are available from our e-shop

  as of Friday, April 30th. As always, I hope this

  newsletter brings you a good read with lots

  of inspiration.

  Happy Modelling!

  Vladimir Sulc

  Petr Dousek

  * 5. 3. 1966

  † 14. 4. 2021

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  HISTORY

  Background

  By the late-summer of 1944, the war on the Eastern Front had turned

  firmly against the Germans, and they were on the defensive every-

  where. Things had been relatively quiet on the southern sector of the

  front for several months, but the Germans knew that the situation

  in Romania would soon change. The Luftwaffe headquarters in that

  sector was Luftflotte 4, under Generaloberst Otto Deßloch

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  , and

  ground-attack units were a primary component of Deßloch’s com-

  mand. Schlachtgeschwader 2 and Schlachtgeschwader 10 had been

  vital units for Luftflotte 4 throughout 1944, and that would remain the

  case until the end of the war. By August 1944, most components of

  those two Schlachtgeschwader were equipped with the Focke-Wulf

  190 F-8, the highly capable fighter-bomber version of Kurt Tank’s fa-

  mous Würger.

  I./SG 2 was relatively late in receiving the Focke-Wulf 190: it gave up

  its Ju 87s and took on its first Fw 190 F-8s at Görgényoroszfalu (mo-

  dern Solovăstru, Romania) in July 1944. The situation in the Luftflotte

  4 sector was not so critical in July and the first three weeks of August,

  so conversion training could proceed peacefully for Hptm. Kurt Lau’s

  unit, with just the usual training mishaps occurring.

  When I./SG 2 returned to action with its new aircraft, in mid-August

  1944, Luftflotte 4 was about to face the biggest challenge of its exi-

  stence, as Germany’s Romanian allies switched their allegiance, and

  the Soviets began a rapid advance through Romania towards Hunga-

  rian territory. I./SG 2 flew its new Fw 190 F-8s into action and suffe-

  red some losses after the Red Army’s Iasi-Kishinev offensive began

  on 20 August 1944. In the wake of that offensive, other Fw 190 F-8

  equipped Gruppen were transferred to Romania, Hungary and Yugo-

  slavia, including the Geschwaderstab, I., II. and III./SG 10, plus the Ju

  87s of III./SG 2. During late-August, September, and October 1944, the

  Red Army drove the Axis forces of Heeresgruppe Süd out of Roma-

  nia and across the Carpathian Mountains, penetrated Bulgaria, and

  advanced onto the plains of eastern Hungary. The battle for Budapest

  itself would become fierce in late-October 1944, and the Fw 190 F-8s

  of Luftflotte 4 would be heavily involved.

  Battling for Budapest

  The primary objective for the Red Army was the Hungarian capital,

  and in October and November 1944, the Soviet 2. and 3. Ukrainian

  Fronts did their utmost with tired and weakened forces to capture

  the city. On 16 October, Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy was arres-

  ted, and a hard-line right-wing party took over, ensuring Hunga-

  ry would help the Germans resist the Soviet advance. While those

  high-level actions were taking place, I. Fliegerkorps – a subordinate

  command of Luftflotte 4 – was operating on a daily basis against the

  Soviet advance around Debrecen, to the east of the Hungarian capital.

  Amongst the active I. Fliegerkorps units equipped with the Fw 190 F-8

  were I./SG 2, the Geschwaderstab, I. and III./SG 10, and 5./SG 77 with

  its Panzerschreck-equipped Fw 190 F-8s based at Sárospatak, to the

  north of Debrecen.

  2)

  The Panzerschreck rocket was a new and very effective airborne an-

  ti-tank weapon, based on the infantry weapon of the same name, and

  5./SG 77 had been trained in its usage at the Luftwaffe evaluation

  and testing airfield at Udetfeld (modern Zendek, Poland) in Septem-

  ber. The 1. Staffel of SG 10 undertook frontline conversion to Panzer-

  schreck Fw 190 F-8s in Hungary in early November, but this was not

  considered very effective in comparison, as a German wartime report

  noted:

  “In October/November 1944, an attempt was made by Luftflotte 4 to

  equip and deploy Schlachtfliegerstaffeln with Panzerschreck without

  special training. Training was to take place in the field. The success of

  the Staffeln was extraordinarily low, with high fuel and ammunition

  consumption, although they were old, proven Fw 190 Schlachtstaffeln.

  The reason was the low marksmanship of the pilots.”

  The Panzerschreck-equipped Fw 190 F-8 Staffeln of Luftflotte 4

  would operate on many days during October 1944, including sixteen

  The Focke-Wulf 190 F-8 was a vital German weapon on the Eastern Front in the final year of the Second World War,

  and nowhere was this more evident than during the fighting in Hungary in late-1944 and early 1945. Under German air

  force command Luftflotte 4, units such as Schlachtgeschwader 10 and Hans-Ulrich Rudel’s Schlachtgeschwader 2

  flew thousands of sorties against the Red Army, trying to hold back the Soviet tide. Their efforts were inevitably to no

  avail, but the men flying the Fw 190 F-8 performed valiantly against great odds. Not only did they face strong Soviet

  aerial opposition and ground fire; they also had to fly and fight in horrendous winter weather conditions.

  The Focke-Wulf 190 F-8

  with Luftflotte 4, 1944-1945

  Andrew Arthy

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  sorties on the 21st, and two on the 24th.

  Meanwhile, the war went on, and Debrecen fell to the Soviets on 20

  October, although a German army counterattack north of the city

  concluding on 26 October enjoyed some success, with good support

  from Fw 190 Schlachtflugzeuge of I. Fliegerkorps (180 sorties were

  flown on 21 October, and 162 on 26 October). One German pilot of SG

  10 recalled of this period:

  “We flew exclusively missions in support of the army, which was under

  heavy pressure from the Soviets. … We had successes without ma

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  jor losses, and that brought a better mood amongst airmen as well

  as ground personnel. Even if they were not directly involved in the

  fighting, the aircraft mechanics in particular were proud when ‘their’

  aircraft destroyed a tank, shot down an aircraft, or achieved other

  outstanding successes.

  We had to fly a lot. … It had become autumn, but the weather was

  mostly good and hardly gave us any breathing space.”

  There was a new crisis for the Germans on 29 October, when Ge-

  neral Armii Rodion Malinovsky’s 2. Ukrainian Front began an advan-

  ce through Kecskemet and Kiskoros to the southern approaches of

  Budapest. The Soviet troops were stopped just short of the city on 3

  November by ad hoc German and Hungarian forces, but it had been

  a big scare for the Axis commanders. Malinovsky was eager to cap-

  ture the city to coincide with the 7 November 1944 anniversary of the

  Bolshevik Revolution, but Axis resistance was stiffening, supported

  by Fw 190 F-8s of Luftflotte 4. 94 ground-attack aircraft of I. Flieger-

  korps were sent out on 5 November, with II./SG 10 over the battle area

  mid-afternoon, attacking Soviet trucks.

  Malinovsky now readjusted his plans, and soon began a series of

  complex enveloping manoeuvres to surround the city, starting on 11

  November. On the opening day of the new Red Army offensive, 51 Fw

  190 ground-attack aircraft were dispatched, and very experienced

  German pilot Hermann Dibowsky

  3)

  of I./SG 10 flew two missions from

  his unit’s Ocseny base, near the Danube River south of Budapest.

  At the start of November, I./SG 2 was based at Felsöabrany, but it was

  about to have a significant change in leadership. On 7 November 1944,

  Hptm. Kurt Lau left the Gruppe to take over training unit II./SG 103,

  and the former II./SG 103 commander, Hptm. Herbert Bauer, arrived

  in his place. Bauer had already flown more than 1,000 sorties and de

  Stab I./SG 2, Csor or Raab, Hungary, winter 1944/1945

  Focke-Wulf 190 F-8 of Stab I./SG 2 with marking „black chevron, blue 2“ is seen at a Hungarian airfield during winter 1944/1945. This machine was previously shown with red mar

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  kings. However, according to loss records the Stab I./SG 2 used blue digits, Stab II./SG 2 had green digits and Stab I./SG 10 used letters combined with chevrons.

  Photo: Waralbum

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  stroyed 51 tanks and hundreds of vehicles, and the Austrian was one

  of the most experienced ground-attack pilots in the Luftwaffe.

  The Fw 190 F-8 would enter service with a non-German opera-

  tor in the autumn of 1944, as the Hungarian 1. Schlachtstaffel (also

  known by its Hungarian designation of 102/1. vadászbombázó század)

  received sixteen Fw 190 F-8s and a single G-8 at Börgönd in late

  October 1944. The Staffel would commence operations from there

  in mid-November, and proved to be just as effective as the German

  ground-attack units in coming months.

  Bad weather became a feature of the Hungarian air war in

  mid-November, and several days saw limited Luftwaffe operati-

  ons. For example, an SG 2 pilot described 15 November thus: “On 15

  November the weather was bad again, very foggy and cloudy.” This

  would become a familiar situation in coming months. The weather

  did not stop Malinovsky’s troops, and on 16 November they reached

  the key point of Hatvan, east-north-east of Budapest: the threat to

  the city was growing. Recognising the seriousness of the situation,

  and with decent weather, Luftflotte 4 dispatched 420 sorties on the

  sixteenth, and the Fw 190 F-8 pilots claimed success in aerial combat

  and against ground targets. Famed Stuka (and recently converted Fw

  190 F-8) pilot Oberstleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel downed an Il-2 mH in

  a combat between Hatvan and Budapest, and dozens of Soviet ground

  targets were reported damaged or destroyed by SG 2 and SG 10.

  In bad weather on 22 November, the Hungarian Fw 190 F-8s flew

  three missions, including one in the afternoon by a dozen aircraft

  against Soviet troops on Csepel Island, a large land mass in the

  middle of the Danube River just south of Budapest.

  A Harsh Winter

  In late-November and early December, 3. Ukrainian Front burst

  across the Danube 175 kilometres south of Budapest and began

  driving north and north-west, towards Lake Balaton and the area

  southwest of Budapest, creating another threat to the Hungarian

  capital. Bad weather limited Fw 190 F-8 operations in the final days

  of November, so the Heeresgruppe Süd defenders lacked close air

  support at a vital time. 54 ground-attack aircraft did get airborne on

  the opening day of December, and then 80 Fw 190s on 4 December.

  A Stuka pilot from III./SG 2 recalled the situation in this period:

  “The I. Gruppe of the Geschwader was equipped with the Fw 190 and

  was based at Csor, not far from our former airfield at Varpalota. They

  were supposed to provide fighter protection during our missions, as

  the protection provided by Jagdgeschwader 52 could no longer be

  reliably guaranteed.”

  5 December 1944 was a crucial day, as 3. Ukrainian Front troops

  approached the north-eastern end of Lake Balaton, and 2. Ukrainian

  Front attacked north and south of Budapest. In the air, Luftflotte 4

  was able to put up a remarkable (for this stage of the war, at least)

  392 sorties, more than half of which were by the Fw 190 units. The

  newly appointed Kommandeur of I./SG 2, Hptm. Bauer, downed a Yak-

  9 south-west of Budapest, while I./SG 10 and the Ju 87s of III./SG

  2 were also active. Soviet troop crossings on either side of Csepel

  Island were also targeted, as one Fw 190 F-8 pilot recalled:

  “The Soviets were about to encircle Budapest. For this purpose, they

  formed bridgeheads across the Danube. If they could not be preven

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  ted from doing so, there was a danger that they would complete the

  encirclement. We were used a couple of times against these Soviet

  manoeuvres. On one occasion we caught them when they brought

  their soldiers across the river on pontoons to form a bridgehead on

  the west bank of the Danube. Tightly packed, the Ivans stood in the

  floating vehicles, which were clear targets for us to spot. It was like

  target-shooting. The effect must have been terrible. Many jumped

  into the water in fear of death. Of course they returned fire with their

  infantry weapons. We also received fire from both banks.”

  The intention in late-1944 had been to convert III./SG 2 from the Ju 87

  Table: Luftflotte 4 Fw 190 Units, 20 November 1944

  Unit Type/s Strength Serviceable Crews Ready Comments

  Stab SG. 2 Fw 190 F-8 6 3 4 4 Plus a single Ju 87

  I./SG 2 Fw 190 F-8 31 21 27 17

  II./SG 2 Fw 190 F-8 31 26 31 25 Plus some Hs 123s

  Fw 190 G-8

  Stab SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 3 3 3 2

  I./SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 21 14 32 27

  II./SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 28 20 2 25

  III./SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 23 19 33 24

  13./SG 151 Fw 190 F-8 8 3 7 6

  Total 151 109 169 130

  Luftflotte 4 units were not the only ones to operate the Fw 190 F-8 in Hungary. The Royal

  Hungarian Air Force received approximately 70 F-8s. In this photo of a colourfully-mar-

  ked Fw 190 is seen Hadnagy (2nd Lieutenant) Lajos Varga (1918 - 2001), one of the most

  successful Hungarian fighter-bomber pilots. His Fw 190 F-8 "54" is named "MICA" and

  belongs to 102/2. Vadász-bombázó század "Puli".”

  Soviet officers visiting Fw 190 F-8 WNr. 583606 „black 2“ of 2./SG 10. The aircraft took off

  from Totvazsony on February 10, 1945 and was shot down by Flak near Alsóheténypuszta,

  Hungary. Pilot and Staffelführer Oblt. Hans-Gottfried Schulz was unhurt and became a

  POW. Schulz (1920 – 2012) originally served with I./JG 51. After service with Erg.St./SKG

  10 in 1943 he became commander of 2./SG 10 in March 1944. After the war he served in

  the Bundeswehr with rank of Oberst. Schulz is credited with 486 missions and at least 4

  victories.

  Photo: Fortepan

  Photo: Fortepan

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  D-5 to the Fw 190 F-8, and some pilots began their conversion trai-

  ning in December, with instructions from an Oberfeldwebel of I./SG 2.

  One converting pilot recalled that the Fw 190 F-8 “was a huge change

  compared to the Ju 87”, due to its much greater speed. However, the

  III. Gruppe soon returned to action with its faithful old Stukas due to

  the desperate situation in Hungary.

  By 8 December, Red Army advances to the north and south-west of

  Budapest placed the city in an eastward-facing bulge, very vulnerable

  to encirclement. Adolf Hitler desired a counterattack in the region in

  coming weeks, and promised some armoured units. In the meantime,

  Heeresgruppe Süd had to hold on in freezing weather with its weak

  forces. Luftflotte 4 was as strong as it had been since September

  1944 in terms of the number of units it had on strength, and bad wea-

  ther allowed the pilots and ground personnel some much-needed

  rest. When the skies were good enough for flying, big efforts were

  made, including more than 300 ground-attack sorties on 8 December,

  more than 200 the next day, and another 300-plus on 11 December.

  A City Encircled

  The German tanks had arrived for a counterattack by mid-December,

  but it was the Soviets who struck first, on 20 December, as 2. and

  3. Ukrainian Fronts advanced from either side of Budapest, suppor-

  ted by two entire air armies. All of SG 2 and SG 10 were on strength

  with Luftflotte 4 at this stage, but only 56 sorties were flown on the

  opening day of the Red Army offensive, due to bad weather. A Ger-

  man counterattack the next day achieved only very limited success,

  and the Soviet thrusts from north and south were closing in behind

  Budapest, which was full of civilians and unprepared for a lengthy

  siege. By Christmas Day, Budapest’s fate was sealed, and I. and

  II./SG 10 and III./SG 2 operated in the early afternoon to the west and

  north-west of the city. While escorting III./SG 2 around midday, Oblt.

  Norbert Schmitt, the long-time Staffelkapitän of 3./SG 10, claimed

  a Soviet R-5 shot down while it was landing near Zsámbék, just west

  of Budapest.

  On 27 December 1944, the 2. and 3. Ukrainian Front spearheads met

  at the Danube River and completed the encirclement of Budapest,

  trapping four German and two Hungarian divisions. German thoughts

  immediately turned to a relief operation, as more troops and tanks

  were dispatched to Hungary, although Hitler would not tolerate talk

  of giving up the city. Meanwhile, Luftflotte 4 continued to operate as

  much as the grey and cloudy skies allowed. 97 ground-attack aircraft

  of I. Fliegerkorps were sent out on 29 December in poor visibility to

  operate in front of 6. Armee, hitting a railway station, and tank and ve-

  hicle concentrations. For the month of December, Luftflotte 4 ground-

  -attack aircraft claimed the destruction of 88 tanks, 547 trucks, and

  715 vehicles, while losing 21 aircraft in return, with fifteen others mi-

  ssing. This was a significant contribution to the German defence in

  the Budapest region.

  Although the war was going badly for the Germans in late-1944 and

  early 1945, the aircraft production system was still functioning, and

  the Fw 190 F-9, the ultimate ground-attack version of the Focke-Wulf

  aircraft, began to arrive at Luftflotte 4 in January 1945. However,

  the F-9 would only over supplement the Fw 190 F-8, not supplant it.

  Overall, January 1945 saw many vital replacement Fw 190 F aircraft

  arrive at Luftflotte 4, including 69 between the fourth and the eighth,

  and another 68 between the twentieth and the 25th. The reinforce-

  ments were much-needed after months of hard fighting.

  The German relief attempt began from Komárno on the opening day

  of 1945, and Heeresgruppe Süd reported:

  “Our own air force was badly hindered by cloud cover, but carried out

  180 sorties against enemy positions in the area of Székesfehérvár

  and north-east of Tata-Tóváros. They destroyed one tank, twenty ve

  -

  hicles, and one locomotive.”

  Over the next couple of days, every time the German offensive se-

  emed to be making progress, the Soviets reacted and held it. The

  offensive was supported by around 360 sorties on 2 January, and

  Luftflotte 4 units claimed 29 tanks and 135 trucks destroyed on 3 Ja-

  nuary. The fourth day of the year proved to be a costly one, inclu-

  ding Ritterkreuz-holder Oblt. Manfred Goetze of 8./SG 10, and Ofw.

  Friedrich ‘Frido’ Müller of 1./SG 2 both killed. Bad weather on 5 and

  6 January restricted Luftflotte 4 efforts, and the German offensive

  had almost come to a halt in any case. In Budapest itself, the situa-

  tion was becoming more desperate by the day, and there was bitter

  house-to-house fighting. An audacious German drive for Budapest

  to relieve the garrison was made in the second week of January, but

  had failed by 10 January.

  After a quieter week, on 18 January, IV. SS

  -

  Panzerkorps jumped off

  from the northern tip of Lake Balaton in a new German offensive, and

  made very good ground to the south-east, reaching the Danube the

  next day. I./SG 2 and II./SG 10 were amongst the units that provided

  support in the improved weather conditions on the eighteenth, and

  around 270 Luftwaffe sorties were undertaken. More success was

  achieved by both Luftflotte 4 and Heeresgruppe Süd in the following

  week, and the Germans now started thinking more ambitiously.

  However, those German plans were dashed by a new Soviet attack

  beginning on 27 January 1945, coinciding with a blizzard in central

  Europe.

  The siege of Budapest would conclude with unconditional German su-

  rrender on 13 February 1945. The battle for Hungary continued beyond

  German aircraft captured by US forces at the end of the war in Wels, Austria. On the left

  stands Fw 190 F-8 „yellow 7“ of 6./SG 10 after retreat from battles in Hungary and eastern

  Austria. It is an early Fw 190 F-8 from production series 580000. Yellow rudder and front

  part of engine cowling is visible as Luftflotte 4 marking. Yellow “V” is probably applied on

  lower surface of port wing.

  W.Nr. 586188, Stab III./SG 10, Vysoké Mýto, Czechoslovakia, May 1945

  Photo: Fold3

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  that, and included Hitler’s last major Eastern Front offensive, which

  began on the morning of 6 March 1945 but was eventually held by the

  Soviets. Luftflotte 4 would remain very active when it was able, and

  train-hunting became a common task for the Fw 190 F-8s, as well

  as the usual army support duties. The fighting in Hungary would end

  in early April, as the last Axis troops were forced out of the country.

  Conclusion

  The Fw 190 F-8 served with distinction under Luftflotte 4 between Oc-

  tober 1944 and January 1945, operating against a dangerous enemy in

  often terrible weather. The Luftflotte 4 ground-attack units averaged

  150 sorties per day in December 1944, and 133 per day in January

  1945, and this support was invaluable to Heeresgruppe Süd as it ba-

  ttled the persistent attacks by 2. and 3. Ukrainian Fronts. The pilots of

  I./SG 2 and the various other Schlachtgruppen needed all their skill

  and experience during this time, and their Fw 190 F-8s proved them-

  selves a most effective ground-attack aircraft.

  Note:

  1) Briefly replaced by Generalleutnant Alexander Holle in late-August and September 1944.

  2) The rest of II./SG 77 was operating further north, under VIII. Fliegerkorps and Luftflotte

  6 in Poland.

  3) He learned to fly back in August 1937!

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  Although the Channel Islands can be seen by

  a naked eye off the French coast, they belong

  to the United Kingdom and as similar to the

  Isle of Man they are the property of the British

  Crown. The local lifestyle before the Second

  World War was laid back, besides agriculture

  the local population made living off the tourism.

  Still in the spring of 1940 the Islands were ad-

  vertised as an attractive vacation destination!

  But the German war plans incorporated their

  occupation even before the attack on Poland.

  And when on June 16, 1940 the German army

  marched into the streets of Paris the British

  government knew the Islands are doomed.

  Abandoned

  Great Britain lacked resources to defend the

  Islands so the Cabinet’s majority opinion was

  to demilitarize them and leave them on their

  own as so called „open islands“. This decided

  the fate of some 45,000 citizens living on Jer-

  sey, the largest island of the achipelago and

  another 40,000 people who inhabited the se-

  cond largest island of Guernsey. Roughly 2,000

  people lived on the smaller islands of Alder-

  ney and Sark while the smallest islettes of

  Herm, Brecqhou and Jethou were more-less

  uninhabited (one family lived on Herm). On

  June 19 the British government informed the

  representatives of the Islands about the situa-

  tion. The uniforms, equipment and weapons of

  the local armed forces were to be stored in the

  deposits and all private weapons handed over

  to the police. All this against the Prime Minister

  Winston Churchill’s will. In the resulting chaos,

  fueled by the islanders‘ worries about their fu-

  ture, the women and children’s evacuation was

  organized and afterwards the men aged 20 to

  33 were allowed entry to the British Isles as

  long as they committed to the British milita-

  ry service. The armed forces personnel which

  were deployed on the Islands at that time

  were also evacuated. The last one thousand

  men left aboard SS Biarritz on June 20. In to-

  tal roughly 30,000 inhabitants fled the Channel

  Islands, leaving 41,101 on Jersey and 24,420 on

  Guernsey. Nearly all 470 people living on Sark

  decided to stay, while all but 18 citizens were

  evacuated from Alderney on contrast. After

  the evacuation 66,118 people remained on the

  Channel Islands, joined by some 15,000 and la-

  ter up to 30,000 German soldiers. Some 12,000

  prisoners of war were kept on the islands as

  well, forced to work on the fortifications and

  military infrastructure. The

  ratio of the local population

  to the number of occupying

  military units was unheard

  of.

  Unnecessary casualties

  The information about the

  Islands demilitarization did

  not reach the Germans un-

  fortunately and therefore

  on June 26 Luftwaffe con-

  ducted several reconnai-

  ssance flights over the Is-

  lands. On June 23 Admiral

  Eugen Lindau, Marinebe-

  fehlshaber Bordfrankre-

  ich (Naval Commander for

  Northern France) repor-

  ted to Admiral Karlgeorg

  Schuster that the reconnaissance flights

  discovered long columns of trucks in both

  Guernsey and Jersey ports which were “pro-

  bably bringing the military reinforcements”.

  On the contrary, the last soldiers had left the

  Islands already and the trucks in the pictu-

  res were full of tomatoes (on Guernsey) and

  potatoes (on Jersey). As a result, on June 28

  several Heinkel He 111s took off from Cher-

  bourg in the late afternoon. Their mission was

  to bomb the Islands from the altitude of 3,300

  to 8,200 ft (1,000 m up to 2,500 m). If this action

  did not provoke any response, it meant that

  the Islands military force was weak or even

  non-existent.

  At 18:55 the bombers appeared over La Roque

  (Jersey) and dropped their loads on the port.

  In the late evening of June 30, 1940 the German soldiers set foot on the British soil. A statement resembling an alternative his-

  tory tale is describing the real event. On that day, the Channel Islands became an occupied territory and remained as such until

  the end of hostilities. When their liberation begun, pilots of two Canadian squadrons were participating in the operation.

  The last Chase

  Richard Plos

  Liberation of The Channel Islands

  HISTORY

  Wehrmacht invaded the Channel Islands at the end of the June 1940.

  Photo: Imperial War Museum

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  The same scenario happened in Guernsey.

  In total the German bombers dropped 180

  bombs. Ambrose Sherwill, Attorney General

  at Guernsey, telephoned directly to White-

  hall during the raid and with sound of falling

  bombs in the background demanded that the

  information about the Islands demilitarization

  is immediately transmitted. It was too late, 44

  civilians lost their lives due to the “reconnai-

  ssance“ bombing. And while Wehrmacht

  was planning the operation Grünpfeil (Green

  Arrow) to capture the Islands, several conse-

  quent reconnaissance flights at low altitudes

  confirmed that there was no military presence

  there. Hptm. Liebe-Pieteritze even landed at

  Guernsey airport while another three aircraft

  were patrolling in the air. No resistance was

  spotted. The very same day, in the late after-

  noon Ju 52 was dispatched with a platoon on

  board and Germans were met by the local

  police representative at the airport presen-

  ting a document which stated, in German, that

  the Islands are by the decision of His Majesty

  government “opened,” and therefore without

  a military defense. In the following meeting

  with the island representatives major Albrecht

  Lanz informed, that from that moment the

  Guernsey was occupied by the German army.

  Jersey followed a day later, Alderney on June 2

  and Sark was occupied on June 4. Major Lanz

  became the first commander of the Channel

  Islands occupying forces, although only for

  brief period. Starting from September 26 he

  was replaced by Rudolf Graf von Schmettlow,

  who stayed for more than four years and was

  promoted from the Colonel rank to the Lieu-

  tenant general. The abovementioned airfield

  at Guernsey was serving as a handy base for

  Luftwaffe in many situations, especially during

  the Battle of Brittain.

  Suffering and helplessness

  Immediately after capturing the Islands the

  Germans forbade the local population to own

  the radio receivers and ordered the driving on

  the right-hand side. Shortly afterwards the

  shortage of fuel prevented the local populati-

  on from using the motor vehicles anyway. The

  life of the Islands people under the German

  occupation was harsh. Farming produce and

  animals were confiscated for German army

  consumption on the regular basis, so the po-

  pulation suffered from hunger. Deportations

  to the concentration camps took place for

  various infractions. When in 1941 the British

  and Soviet armed forces captured Iran, Hitler

  issued an order to deport 10 inhabitants of the

  Islands to the concentration camps for each

  killed German citizen. His order was fulfilled

  in September 1942 and 2,200 people were

  transported to German camps; 45 of them did

  not survive. Shortly after capturing the Islands

  Germans started to build the important infra-

  structure and a network of fortifications, which

  became the part of the Atlantic Wall and was

  primarily built on Jersey. The Germans brou-

  ght in a lot of prisoners for the slavery work.

  Most of them were Russians and other nations

  of the Soviet Union. Any help to escapees was

  harshly punished. One of the heart-breaking

  stories is the one of a small shop owner Lou-

  ise Gould who was hiding the Russian priso-

  ner escapee for eighteen months. She herself

  had lost a son serving with the Navy and as

  she confessed to her friend, she had to do so-

  mething for a son of another mother. In 1944

  she was betrayed, captured, and sent to the

  Ravensbruck concentration camp where she

  was killed in the gas chamber in 1945. Her sto-

  ry was revived in the 2018 movie The Guernsey

  Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, although

  in modified way.

  Omelette from nest eggs

  The difficult situation of the Channel Islands

  population was well known to the British Go-

  vernment but except of the sporadic raids of

  the Commandos, the units under command

  of Admiral Louis Mountbatten (uncle of the

  recently passed Prince Philip), they could not

  do anything else. The idea of the Islands libe-

  ration was conceived already during 1943 as

  the operation Constellation. Once it was dis-

  covered that the German military strength on

  the Islands grew to as many as nearly 30,000

  soldiers the plan was abandoned. The strong

  German garrison and built fortifications would

  have required the heavy bombing from the air

  and naval artillery shelling, which would have

  certainly resulted in heavy civilian casualties.

  In the end of 1943, the less aggressive opera-

  tion Rankin started to be worked on in three

  options. Option A calculated with the action

  prior to liberation of France, taking advantage

  of possible transfer of majority of the German

  garrison to mainland and of lowered morale

  of the remaining soldiers. The B option coun-

  ted on the full abandonment of the Islands by

  Germans and finally option C considered the

  action after the Germany capitulation. The last

  one was considered the most feasible. On No-

  vember 10, 1943 General F. E. Morgan, Chief of

  Staff of the Supreme Command of the Allied

  Corps (COSSAC) issued the directive to execu-

  te the operation Rankin C. At the beginning of

  1944 Brigadier General A. E. Snow was named

  a commander of the Task Force 135 detached

  from No. 115 Brigade. According to the origi-

  nal plans this unit was to execute the libera-

  tion of The Channel Islands. The independent

  command was established, and the detailed

  planning commenced. On Agust 11 the opera-

  tion designation was changed to Nest Egg and

  Plymouth was selected as a launching point.

  For the best planning, the information about

  the terrain obtained from the evacuated in-

  habitants were used and even more valuable

  information came from those who from time

  to time managed to escape in the small boats.

  According to the intelligence it became nece-

  ssary to capture both Guernsey and Jersey in

  one day, so the fighting force requirement was

  raised to three battalions of 700 men each. At

  the same time, the transportation of 200 tons

  of food, clothing and medical supplies was

  factored in. The command however was not in

  a hurry to execute the operation. After the D-

  -Day the German soldiers on the Islands were

  considered de facto prisoners from the British

  point of view. Therefore, the units assigned to

  Task Force 135 were relieved to support the

  2nd Army of General Dempsey. The operation

  against the Islands were limited to dropping

  the leaflets in German language. Since Sep-

  tember 1944 they were falling from the sky

  almost every night advising the occupiers to

  restrain their actions against the civilian popu-

  lation. The Red Cross supplies were negotiated

  successfully to lessen the suffering during the

  winter 1944/45. The supply ship anchored in

  the middle of December.

  Surrender

  On May 4, declared as W

  -

  Day (Warning Day),

  things got into motion and the day launched

  the count-down to the beginning of the ope-

  ration. Task Force 135 consisted of 6,000 men.

  The local authorities on the Islands barely con-

  trolled the order and tried to discourage the

  population from displaying the Union Jacks as

  HISTORY

  Major Lanz with his car in front of the HQ established in

  one of the local hotels.

  The fuel was of very short supply for the civilians and most of the vehicles were confiscated. Given these facts,

  this ambulance got the power of two horses…

  Photo: Imperial War Museum

  Photo: Imperial War Museum

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  they feared the occupiers‘ reaction. German

  soldiers were rather nervous, and this state

  of mind could trigger atrocities. In the morning

  of May 7, German commander, Viceadmiral

  Friedrich Hüffmeier received the dull dispatch

  that the Allied vessels would arrive soon,

  and German garrison surrender is expec-

  ted. German commander answered he only

  accepts orders from the German command.

  Regardless, he released all captured citizens

  on the Islands and people flooded the streets.

  Up until now concealed radio receivers were

  connected to the public radio station and the

  population could listen to Churchill’s speech

  in which he, among other things, announced

  the upcoming liberation of the Channel Islands.

  In the late afternoon of May 7 Hüffmeier pro-

  mised in another radio broadcast that the Ger-

  man forces on the islands would not resist.

  So, on May 8, at 9:45 destroyers HMS Beagle

  and HMS Bulldog set sail to transport scout

  units to the area of the opening stage of the

  landing operation named Omelette. Four miles

  south west of Guernsey the German officer

  commissioned to negotiate the capitulation

  conditions, transferred from the German mi-

  nelayer to Bulldog. He was not however autho-

  rized to sign the capitulation. Having received

  the conditions, the vessels separated. Bulldog

  and Beagle retreated to the safe distance from

  the coast artillery range because the official

  end of hostilities was to come in effect at mid-

  night of May 8. The Germans agreed to meet

  at midnight and the deputy commander, Ge-

  neral Major Siegfried Heine arrived on M4613

  minelayer and on the board of Bulldog agreed

  to the unconditional surrender. At 7:15 morning

  Bulldog anchored in St. Peter’s port in Guern-

  sey. All German flags were removed from the

  buildings and German vessels were used for

  transportation of British soldiers to the island.

  The first group of four officers and 21 soldiers

  arrived and at 11:00 General Stoneman, com-

  mander of the operation Omelette, established

  his headquarters in the hotel Royal where he

  met the Bailiff of Guernsey. At 10:00 General

  Snow sailed to Jersey on board of Beagle. All

  necessary capitulation documents were sig-

  ned at 14:00. The celebrations in the streets

  started at 14:30. The operation Nest Egg con-

  tinued until May 16. The vessels kept arriving

  with supplies and more soldiers. Before May

  20, most German soldiers were transferred

  and joined 400,000 prisoners of war on British

  soil. Some 3,300 Germans remained on the

  Channel Islands to help cleaning up, dismant-

  ling barriers and removing mines from the

  beaches. Almost 66,000 mines were defused,

  and several Germans were killed during this

  dangerous service. The return to pre-war

  life on the Islands was rather slow. The first

  inhabitants were allowed to come back home

  in December.

  Air cover

  Even though the combat on the ground and

  even less in the air was anticipated it was

  decided to provide air cover for the operation

  Omelette in the case of the isolated German

  Shortage of food, medicals and clothes made the German commander to agree with the humanitarian

  help by International Red Cross. Swedish SS Vega arrived in the middle of December 1944.

  British soldier checking the identity of General Major Siegfried Heine at the

  entrance to the HMS Bulldog board. In the moments following, Heine signed

  the capitulation.

  HMS Bulldog anchored in St. Peter´s Port on May 8 at 0715.

  Photo: Imperial War Museum

  Photo: Imperial War Museum

  Photo: Imperial War Museum

  HISTORY

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  resistance on the Islands or if some of them

  tried to escape in the boats. RAF chose two

  Canadian squadrons for this mission. First-

  ly six of No. 406 RCAF Squadron Mosquitos

  appeared on the scene at 13:00. The aircraft

  performed several fly-bys and returned to

  their base in Manston. Next twelve Mustangs

  from 442 RCAF Squadron made appearance.

  Canadian No 442 Squadron combat record

  was seemingly short because the unit was

  established on February 8, 1944. However it

  succeeded No. 14 Squadron RCAF which fou-

  ght from the beginning of 1942.

  In the closing stage of the hostilities pilots of

  this unit equipped with new Mustangs Mk.IVa

  flew mostly escorts for Lancasters and Hali-

  faxes to the variety of targets and the losses

  were mostly attributed to the mechanical fai-

  lures rather than enemy fighters. For example,

  on April 19, during the raid on Munich, the Ca-

  nadian fighters spotted the only enemy fighter

  who maintained respectful distance. F/O R. J.

  Robillard however crashed upon take off and

  F/O D. J. Jeffrey had to perform emergency

  landing near Canterbury due to the engine

  trouble. Both Mustangs were written off, but

  pilots survived.

  On April 25 twelve pilots lead by W/C J. A.

  Storrar participated, together with the colle-

  agues from No. 611 Squadron, in the raid on

  Berchtesgaden. Then the bad weather preven-

  ted any operational flying for couple of days.

  Based on the information about the overall

  situation pilots did not count too much on the

  further sorties. Once the weather cleared up

  on May 2, they practiced formation flying and

  two days later also some cine gun and low fly-

  ing. And then the news about the end of hostili-

  ties arrived on May 7. Even though the V

  -

  E Day

  was to be the following day, celebrations did

  not wait, and the airport bar was under siege

  at that night. Next day there was even some

  free beer! The news the pilots learned on May

  9 in the morning was rather surprising though.

  They had to fly one more sortie, the last one

  in the second world war conflict in Europe, air

  cover of the operation Omelette, part of the

  bigger operation Nest Egg planned to last for

  several days.

  Fourteen Mustangs took off from RAF Hun-

  sdon airbase at 14:40. The aircraft were

  manned as follows: F/O P. Bremmer (KH661),

  S/L M. Johnson (KH729), P/O A. J. Mallan-

  daine (KH680), F/L K.K. Charman (KH647), D.

  J. Jeffrey (KH709), F/L W. V. Shenk (KH659),

  W/C J. A. Storrar (KM232), F/L W. H. Dunne

  (KH747), F/L J. Maday (KH765), F/O L. H. Wil-

  son ((KH735), F/O A. J. Nowlan (KH668), F/O R.

  K. MacRae, F/O H. A. McKay (KH711) a F/O V. F.

  McClung (KH694).

  Charman and Nowlan returned to the base

  after 20 minutes of flight, as Charman suffe-

  red unspecified mechanical trouble and No-

  wlan was escorting him. Johnson’s aircraft

  sustained technical problem as well and re-

  turned to the base exactly after one hour. All

  other eleven pilots remained airborne until

  16:00. The whole mission was devoid of any

  unpredictable events and the patrol was quite

  a pleasant sightseeing flight. The next day the

  recapturing of the Channel Islands continued,

  the command however no longer required the

  air cover due to the trouble-free progress of

  the whole operation. The German forces were

  disarmed, fully under control and they coope-

  rated. Regardless, No. 442 Squadron lost a

  pilot on the second day of armistice. WO1 S. H.

  Lorenz took off from Hunsdon to demonstrate

  some authorized low-level flying and aeroba-

  tics over RAF airbase Downham Market some

  80 km away. While performing a barrel roll

  at just 100 ft (30 m) above the ground he lost

  control, hit the ground, and was killed. He was

  buried on May 14 and on the same day the unit

  transferred to the base in Digby. The squad-

  ron switched to peace time mode of operation

  with 20 flight-hours monthly per pilot and the

  main topic of the chats was “When are we go-

  ing home already?“ But Canadians had to wait

  another three months. The combat record of

  No. 442 Squadron RCAF in Britain was closed

  on August 7, 1945. Nowadays the RCAF unit

  with the same designation flies transportation

  and rescue missions from the Comox air base

  on the Wancouver Island. It is equipped with

  CC-115 Buffaloes and CH-140 Cormorant heli-

  copters.

  HISTORY

  The airfield in Guernsey was of good use for Luftwaffe not only for transportation, but also for combat missions. Local

  cars and devices were used for servicing as well as local people.

  Photo: Bundesarchiv

  Prameny

  The German Occupation of the Channel Islands, Charles Cruicschank

  (Oxford University Press, London and The Guernsey Press, Channel Is-

  lands, 1975)

  www.codenames.info

  www.rquirk.com

  www.liberationroute.com

  Mallandaine´s Mustang Mk.IVa KH680 „Edmonton Special“ was the aircraft from the P-51K-1-NT production batch and

  its original US serial was 44-11383. Nothing is known about the fate of the aircraft post-war.

  John Mallandaine during the brief time of relaxation on

  the wing of his Mustang Mk.IVa „Edmonton Special“. He

  flew her also during the operation Omelette, part of the

  bigger operation Nest Egg.

  Photo via Tim Mallandaine

  Photo via Tim Mallandaine

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  Mk.IVa KH680 (P-51K-1-NT; 44-11383), P/O John Mallandaine, No. 442 Sqn RCAF, Hunsdon, England, April 1945

  Mk.IVa KM232 (P-51K-10-NT; 44-12355), W/Cdr James E. Storrar, Hunsdon Wing CO, Digby, England, April 1945

  Mk.IV KH655 (P-51D-5-NT; 44-11182), F/O Edward R. Davies, No. 19 Sqn, Peterhead, England, April 1945

  The “Edmonton Special“ Mustang Mk.IVa, the personal mount of Edmonton-born John Mallandaine, is one of the most popular Mustang

  Mk.IVs. Its pilot ew it on daylight missions to Germany, protecng allied bombers. He also parcipated in the last operaonal mission of the

  war in the European theatre, the liberaon of the Channel Islands on May 9, 1945. Post war Mallandaine connued ying as a bush pilot and

  he also acted as an air accident invesgator. He was part of the board invesgang the Marn Hartwell´s crash and his subsequent canni-

  balism to survive. Apart of standard camouage scheme of US colours the Mallandaine´s Mustang sported the yellow an-glare panel and

  canopy framing, the code in Sky colour was also outlined in yellow. The “Edmonton Special“ inscripon was painted on the port side only.

  The aircra of W/Cdr J. E. Storrar were quite easily recognizable thanks to the personal JAS code, as the ghter ace with 14 aerial victories

  was nicknamed. Storrar entered the RAF in 1938 and joined No. 145 Sqn in early 1940. He scored his rst victories over Dunkirk and during

  the Bale of France, earning the DFC at the age of 19. He was transferred to No. 73 Sqn in September, 1940 and promoted Squadron Leader

  of No. 65 Sqn in December, 1942. In 1944 Storrar became Wing Commander and led three squadrons equipped with Mustangs. All of them

  were responsible for long range and aack escorts. Aer the War he connued his RAF career, ying the Meteor and Vampire jets. Aer

  rerement in 1957 he became a veterinary surgeon with a pracce in Chester. Mustang KM232 had natural metal and silver paint nish with

  mid blue an-glaze panel with dark blue outline. The JAS code was of the same colour combinaon.

  No. 19 Squadron was formed on September 1, 1915, disbanded in 1919 and reformed just four years later. At the outbreak of the WWII the

  squadron was staoned at RAF Duxford as a part of No. 12 Group of RAF Fighter Command. Pilots of the unit, one of them was also famous

  Douglas Bader, helped to provide air cover over the Dunkirk beaches. The No. 19 Sqn was one of few to receive Mk.Ib Spiires armed with

  the 20mm cannons and aer years ying Spiires of several marks the unit was re-equipped with Mustangs Mk.III in early 1944. They were

  used primarily for close air support dues. The tasking changed aer the D-Day. The squadron moved to the RAF Peterhead Air Base in Scot-

  land to provide the long-range escorts for the Coastal Command combat missions. The Squadron converted to the Mustangs Mk.IV in April

  1945 there. The KH655 with code QV-P was probably own by P/O Edward R. Davies and sported yellow

  and black bands around the spinner and nose.

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  Mk.IVa KH716 (P-51K-1-NT, 44-11483), S/Ldr Murray P. Nash, No. 3 Sqn RAAF, Fano, Italy, January 1945

  Mk.IVa KH852 (P-51K-5-NT; 44-11840), No. 112 Sqn, Cervia, Italy, April 1945

  Mk.IV KH663 (P-51D-5-NT, 44-11255), No. 303 (Polish) Sqn, Wick, England, December 1945

  The Royal Australian Air Force No. 3 Sqn spent all its WWII combat days in the Mediterranean theatre. The Australian pilots started their

  combat with Gladiators, later using Hurricanes and Kiyhawks before converng to Mustangs Mk.III starng from November 13, 1944. The

  rst Mustang Mk.IVa arrived on November 26, 1944 (KH677) and was assigned to S/Ldr Murray Nash who changed it on December 12 for

  the KH716. He used this one unl he was sent for a Fighter Leader course in March 1945. The following month the KH716 was lost. The air-

  cra was le in natural metal nish, with the wing lled and sanded area painted silver as well as the control surfaces with the fabric cover.

  The KH716 aircra had unusually placed serial, partly overpainted by the code leer. The P leer was probably repainted or repaired, geng

  slightly dierent shape at some me.

  Aer disbanded in 1919 aer the Great War, the squadron was re-formed on May 16, 1939 on board of the aircra carrier HMS Argus

  enroute to its desnaon in Egypt. The pilots had to wait for their rst aircra, obsolete Gloster Gladiators, unl June, but during July 1941,

  the squadron was one of the rst in the world to become operaonal with the P-40 Tomahawk. The sharp nose with the large radiator inlet

  inspired the personnel to paint their disncve feature – the shark mouth, which gave the unit its nickname „Shark Squadron”. The unit

  changed Tomahawks for P-40 Kiyhawks later and kept them during its Africa campaign and even aer it moved to the Sicily in July, and

  onto the Italian mainland in September 1943. Juna 1944 was the end of Kiyhawks at the squadron, as they were replaced by the Mustangs

  Mk.III and, starng from February 1945, Mustangs Mk.IV arrived. The squadron remained in Italy as part of the occupying forces, unl its

  disbandment on December 30, 1946. The KH852 was natural metal and silver paint nished aircra

  with typical shark mouth.

  The famous No. 303 Sqn earned its reputaon during the Bale of Britain ying the Hawker Hurricanes, later used several marks of Spiires

  for both aerial combat as well as strang. It was the most eecve of all the Polish squadrons with 297 aircra destroyed during 9,900

  combat sores, not to menon ground targets destroyed. Poles started to re-equip with Mustang Mk.IVs at the beginning of April 1945 and

  so the pilots only ew them in combat for less than a month as they ew their last mission on April 25, 1945. The unit was disbanded in De-

  cember 1946. The KH663 had the Brish camouage upper surfaces scheme of Dark Green and Sea Grey colours. There was a non-standard

  roundel painted on the fuselage, bigger also in diameter than usually used C1 type. The canopy was changed from another aircra in natural

  metal nish. The aircra sported the Polish naonal insignia on both sides of the nose as well as the unit badge under the canopy.

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  FE1021 P-51D seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

  644100 Mustang Mk.IV LööK (Brassin)

  648485 P-51D exhaust stacks (Brassin)

  648486 P-51D exhaust stacks w/ fairing (Brassin)

  648487 P-51D Hamilton Standard propeller (Brassin)

  648494 P-51D wheels diamond tread (Brassin)

  648495 P-51D undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

  648503 P-51D wheels oval tread (Brassin)

  648504 P-51D wheels cross tread (Brassin)

  648505 P-51D wheels block tread (Brassin)

  648511 P-51D wheels diamond tread 2 (Brassin)

  648512 P-51D wheels rhomboid treat (Brassin)

  648513 P-51D wheels pointed cross tread (Brassin)

  648514 P-51D wheels grooved (Brassin)

  648517 P-51D gun bays (Brassin)

  648522 P-51D cockpit (Brassin)

  648555 P-51D engine (Brassin)

  648570 P-51D gun sights (Brassin)

  648571 P-51D 75gal drop tanks (Brassin)

  648572 P-51D 108gal drop tanks (Brassin)

  SIN64865 P-51D ESSENTIAL (Brassin)

  SIN64869 P-51D ADVANCED (Brassin)

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  Stab I./SG 2, Csar or Raab, Hungary, winter 1944/1945

  Original camouage in the colors RLM 74 and 75 was overpainted with washable white winter paint on the aircra. Focke-Wulf 190s of the

  Stab I. Gruppe SG 2 had blue numbers in the fuselage markings during this period. The I./SG 2 was deployed in Hungary unl March 1945.

  Hptm. Herbert Bauer, the Austrian nave from Innsbruck held the command of the unit from November 1944 unl the end of the war. From

  the beginning of 1941 he ew Stukas with I./St.G. 2 "Immelmann" (later I./SG 2). From June 1943 to May 1944, he was commander of the

  3rd Stael. Prior to rearming of the unit with Fw 190F during May 1944, he was given the task of commanding operaonal training unit II./

  SG 103 in France. During the war, he conducted 1071 combat ights, 70 of them with Fw 190. He destroyed 51 tanks, two armored trains

  and achieved a direct hit of the baleship Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya. He was awarded 11 aerial victories as well (one with Ju 87), while ano-

  ther 12 were not conrmed. Bauer was awarded the Knight's Cross with an Oak leaves.

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  1./SG 4, Airasca, Italy, June 1944

  W.Nr. 586188, Stab III./SG 10, Hohenmauth (Vysoké Mýto), Protectorate Böhmen und Mähren, May 1945

  W.Nr. 581632, 1./NSGr. 9, Villafranca di Verona, Italy, May 1945

  The I./SG 4 was formed from the II./Sch.G. 2 in Italy during October 1943. The unit used the Fw 190s of A and G versions and the F-8 starng

  from June 1944. By then, unit lost almost sixty aircra in combat on the Italian baleeld, as the Luwae faced strong Allied air superiority

  in Italy over this period. Therefore, to achieve lower visibility over the baleeld, the crosses on the upper surfaces and the upper half of the

  white fuselage band of this aircra were over-painted. The I./SG 4 took over Fw 190F-8s in June 1944 at the base of Airasca during rest and

  reng. In July, the unit moved to the Eastern Front under the command of Maj. Werner Dörnback, who later became Kommodore of SG

  4. At the end of the war, I./SG 4 had a base in Kostelec na Hané in the then Protectorate Böhmen und Mähren (Czechoslovakia aer the war

  and Czech Republic today).

  This aircra was found in Dolní Kamenice (the then Protectorate Böhmen und Mähren) at the end of the war aer an emergency landing.

  It probably belonged to SG 10. Camouage colors RLM 74, 75 and 76 is partly overpainted on the upper surfaces with dark paint, probably

  RLM 70. Yellow "V" and a band on the engine cover carried Luoe 4 aircra since September 1944. This was idencaon introduced

  due to the Romanian Air Force, which joined the Allied forces and used German aircra. From July 1944 to April 1945 the III./SG 10 was

  commanded by Hptm. Horst Steinhardt, former member of I./JG 2 "Richthofen" and Sch.G. 1. In the last weeks of the war, the unit was com-

  manded by Major Arnulf Blasig. He ew Stuka bombers before the war and gradually served in St.G. 77, IV (Stuka) / LG 1 (later I./St.G. 5) and

  St.G. 51. He was awarded the Knight's Cross in September 1941 and completed a total of about 200 combat ights.

  The aircra is painted in colours of RLM 74, 75 and 76 with spots of green on the side of the fuselage. Due to night combat ights, it was

  probably equipped with a FuG 25a (IFF). Nachtschlachtgruppe 9 was formed in Italy at the end of 1943 and was used for night bombing mi-

  ssions using aircra types Ju 87, Fiat Cr.42 and Caproni Ca 314. During 1944 the unit converted to Stukas completely. The only part of NSGr.

  9, which received the Fw 190F planes in early 1945, was the 1st Stael, which used F-8 and F-9 versions. Commander of NSGr. 9 was Obstlt.

  Dipl. Ing. Karl Vehmeyer, who previously led several Gruppen of Lehrgeschwader 1. From the autumn of 1944, Hptm. Karl-Heinz Kuhle the

  former Bf 110 pilot of ZG 26, was commanding the 1./NSGr. 9 was.

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  Major Karl Schrepfer, CO of III./SG 1, Kraków, Poland, August 1944

  Stab SG 77, Schönfeld-Seifersdorf (Łukaszów), Silesia, August 1944

  W.Nr. 584205, III./SG 3, Sabile (Zabeln), Latvia, May 1945

  The unit this aircra belonged to, is tentavely idened as Stab III./SG 1, but it is just probable, not certain. This group was in fact renamed

  III./St.G. 1, the change occurred in October 1943. Unl May 1944 the unit used Junkers Ju 87D-5 bombers, but from March it started to

  rearm with Focke-Wulf Fw 190s planes of A and G versions. In May the unit received the rst aircra of the F-8 version. Major Karl Schrepfer

  was the commander of the III./SG 1 from April 1944. He ew Stukas before the war and for the enre duraon of his frontline service he was

  assigned to St.G. 1 (SG 1). He was deployed in the Bale of Britain, carried out raids on Malta, took part in the African campaign and from

  June 1941 fought on the Eastern Front. During the period from May 1943 to March 1944 he led two training units. Schrepfer completed

  approximately 800 combat ights and received Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross as the last ground aack pilot

  on April 28, 1945. He died in an accident in September 1946 in Wertheim.

  This aircra probably belonged to the Stab SG 77. The fuselage marking indicate the wingman within the Geschwaderstab. The white E iden-

  es the h wingman's machine. Stab SG 77 received Fw 190 F-8 planes in June 1944 and had six of them available. From February 1943 to

  November 1944, Oberst Helmut Bruck was commander of SG 77. He joined the Luwae in 1935 and during whole frontline career served

  with St.G. 77 (SG 77). He was shot down during the aack against Poland on September 1, 1939 and was rescued by German tank crew. In

  August 1940 he took command of I./St.G 77 and parcipated in the campaign against Yugoslavia and Crete. For the rest of his frontline servi-

  ce, he was deployed on the Eastern Front. Twice he landed in the enemy territory to pick up a downed crew. From January to April 1945, he

  commanded operaonal training unit SG 151. In April he was appointed General der Schlachlieger-Nord. He completed 973 combat ights,

  including 15 with Fw 190. He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

  This aircra took escaped from the Courland pocket in the Balcs on May 8, 1945, and landed in Glemminge (Ystad), Sweden, at 5:55 p.m.

  On board there were three members of the Luwae - pilot Stabsfeldwebel Werner Skirlo, Fw. Johann Gruber and Fw. Adolf Karnel. Origi-

  nally, they wanted to y to the Danish island of Bornholm. Parts of the aircra were handed over to the USSR in November 1945. Unusual

  camouage with the colors RLM 74, 75 and 76 is supplemented on the upper surfaces with a dark color, probably RLM 70. The last com-

  mander of III./SG 3 was supposedly Hptm. Erich Bunge. He joined the army in 1935, rst serving in the arllery, later in the reconnaissance

  aviaon unit. From 1941 he worked as an instructor and in February 1944 became commander of the 5./SG 4. A month later he received

  the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold. In July 1944 he became commander of the training unit I./SG 151 and in March 1945 commanded III./SG 3 in

  Courland.

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  481047 Fw 190F-8 (PE-Set)

  481048 Fw 190F-8 landing aps (PE-Set)

  FE863 Fw 190A seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

  648150 Fw 190 wheels late (Brassin)

  648161 SC 250 German bombs (Brassin)

  648246 Bf 109 cannon pods (Brassin)

  648264 SC 50 German WWII bombs (Brassin)

  648356 Fw 190A wingroot gun bays (Brassin)

  648461 Fw 190A-8 engine (Brassin)

  648462 Fw 190A-8 fuselage guns (Brassin)

  648464 Fw 190A-8 engine & fuselage guns (Brassin)

  648476 Fw 190A-8 undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

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  Bf 109G-2/trop, WNr. 10533, Uz. Horst Schlick, 1./JG 77, Bir-el-Abd, Egypt, November 1942

  Bf 109G-2/R-6/trop, WNr. 13916, Fw. Hans Döbrich, 6./JG 5, Alakur, Finland, February 1943

  Bf 109G-2/R6, Lt. Walter Krupinski, 6./JG 52, Maykop, Soviet Union, October 1942

  As a ghter pilot in the JG 77 ranks, Horst Schlick was a member of this unit from 1942 to 1945. He achieved two aerial victories on the Eas-

  tern Front and added some thirty more on the Western Front. Most of his me with JG 77 Schlick served as a member of the 1. Stael, but

  he was transferred to the 4. Stael in the autumn of 1944 and shot down his last vicm with this unit. In the spring of 1945 Schlick received

  an order to move to EJG 2 training unit and later to JG 7, the unit equipped with Me 262 jet ghters. But he did not achieve any more victo-

  ries there. He conducted 480 operaonal ights and had shot down 32 enemy aircra (some sources state as many as 34). The camouage

  of Horst Schlick´s Bf 109G-2 was formed by irregular spray-painted patches of RLM 79 and RLM 80. The undersides were painted with RLM

  78. An essenal supplement of the marking of the aircra of the southern region – white wingps, band on the fuselage and propeller spi-

  nner – were also applied.

  Hans Döbrich scored 65 kills over his combat career and was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross for his achievements. On the other

  hand, he was shot down himself three mes, with the nal one resulng in serious injuries, prevenng him to return to operaonal ying.

  Döbrich began using this aircra on February 9, 1943. At that me he was already ace with 43 kills and also one of the II./JG 5’s most succe-

  ssful pilots. Flying this aircra Döbrich involuntarily took to his parachute due to engine failure on March 14, 1943, shortly aer a scramble

  take-o from Salmijärvi. The original camouage scheme composed of RLM 74/75/76 colours was overpainted with white squiggles to make

  the aircra less visible in winter condions. The yellow idenfying markings were typical for aircra of the Eastern Front. Döbrich’s personal

  marking was painted under the cockpit. It was a rendion of Mickey Mouse standing over the II./JG 5’s emblem and ripping apart a Soviet

  I-16. The green four-leaf clover on the nose was carried by aircra of II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 5.

  Walter Krupinski entered the Luwae shortly aer the beginning of the war in 1939 and underwent ghter pilot training. Aer compleng

  his training, he was assigned to JG 52 and at the me took part in combat against the RAF. He did not achieve rst kill unl he moved to the

  Eastern Front. The number of his kills rose quickly, and by April 18, 1944, when he le the Eastern Front, there were 177 on his account.

  Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves was a result of his success and he connued in combat on the Western Front. Firstly as the CO of 1./JG 5, but

  he was appointed the CO of II./JG 11 in May 1944. Later he moved on to command III./JG 26 on September 27, 1944, where he stayed unl

  unit’s disbandment on March 26, 1945. Krupinski´s last stand was JV 44 where he was ying the Me 262 and gained twenty more victories,

  so his nal tally stopped at 197. In the ies, he joined the new Luwae, led JaBoG 33, and later the enre 3. Division of the Luwae. Kru-

  pinski was forced into early rerement in 1976 and died in Neunkirchen-Seelsheid in 2000. The illustrated aircra was used by “Graf Punski”

  in combats over the Kuban area during second half of 1942. It was camouaged RLM 74/75/76 and carried the usual yellow Eastern Front

  ideners. Below the windscreen is the JG 52 unit marking.

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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

  Wolf-Dieter Huy joined the Kriegsmarine in 1935, and was transferred over to the Luwae on October 1, 1937, where he underwent ghter

  training. His assignment was to (J)/TrGr. 186, the ghter unit of the Graf Zeppelin aircra carrier. This ship was never completed, and the

  unit was redesignated III./JG 77. Huy took part in combat over France, as well as over Britain, and over the Balkans. The unit gained notable

  success in the bale for Crete and Huy, who accumulated 22 victories, was awarded the Knight’s Cross on June 5, 1941. The Oak Leaves

  were added in March 1942. Aer early combats on Eastern Front the unit moved to Egypt. There, on October 29, 1942, was Wolf-Dieter Huy

  captured aer he had been shot down by future ace J. H. Nichols who was ying a Spiire Mk.Vc of No. 601 Squadron. Huy´s Bf 109G-2 from

  the me the unit moved to North Africa bore the non-typical camouage made up of RLM 70 and 71 (some sources suggest a Soviet AMT-4

  Green). The yellow band behind the fuselage cross, common on aircra serving on the Eastern Front, was hasly overpainted with

  a fresh colour RLM 71 (or Russian AMT-4 Green), and parally replaced by white paint used on aircra that fought on the Southern Front.

  The wingps were also painted white. The rudder was decorated with the pilot’s score and awards.

  Hans Hahn, a ghter ace and a holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, held a list of command posions throughout his career. From

  December 1939 he commanded 4./JG 2, and from October 29, 1940, he led III./JG 2. Starng on November 1, 1942, he took over command

  of II./JG 54, and was commanding this Gruppe up to February 21, 1943, when he was shot down and taken prisoner by the Soviets. He

  wasn’t freed unl 1950. At the me of his capture, he had aained 108 kills, 66 of them were achieved on the Western Front. According to

  Russian sources, “Assi” Hahn was shot down by Soviet ace Lt. P. Grazhdaninov. Hahn himself noted that aer shoong down a La-5, he was

  hit in the port wing and suering an overheated engine, he was forced to land behind Soviet lines, where he was captured. The aircra was

  oversprayed in white on the upper and side surfaces to beer suit the winter condions. Double chevron and the horizontal bar on the rear

  fuselage is the CO marking of II. Gruppe, and this Group’s unit emblem appears below the windscreen. The JG 54’s Green Heart (Grünherz)

  marking is also present. The spinner and the lower sides of the engine cowl are lightly sprayed over in white.

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  48913 Bf 109G-2 upgrade set (PE-Set)

  FE910 Bf 109G seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

  648257 Bf 109G-2/4 radio compartment (Brassin)

  648295 Bf 109G-2 wheels (Brassin)

  D48044 Bf 109G-2 national insignia (Brassin)

  648247 Bf 109G exhaust stacks (Brassin)

  648265 Bf 109G external fuel tanks (Brassin)

  648309 Bf 109G undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

  648310 Bf 109G control surfaces (Brassin)

  D48025 Bf 109G stencils (Decal)

  D48027 Bf 109G Balkenkreuze (Decal)

  D48028 Bf 109G svastikas (Decal)

  EX512 Bf 109G spinner spirals (Mask)

  EX582 Bf 109G classic canopy TFace (Mask)

  Recommended for Bf 109G-2

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  Cat. No. 648257

  Cat. No. 648295

  Cat. No. 648309

  Cat. No. 648265

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  Cat. No. 70142

  Eduard plastic parts

  Photo-etched set

  Paiting mask

  5 marking options

  KITS 05/2021

  MiG-21MF Fighter bomber

  Re-release

  1/72

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  No. 5121, Pham Tuan, 921st Fighter Regiment, Noi Bai AB, Democrac Republic of Vietnam, December 1972

  No. 9712, 9th Fighter Regiment, Bechyně, Czechoslovakia, 1989 - 1993

  No. 127, 812th Training Air Regiment, Kharkov Higher Military Aviaon School of Pilots, Kupyansk Aireld, Soviet Union, August 1991

  MiG-21MF coded 5121 is currently displayed in the museum of the Vietnam People’s Air Force in Hanoi. Reportedly, on December 27th,

  1972, Pham Tuan ew this aircra when he shot down an American B-52 taking part in bombing operaons during the Linebacker II oen-

  sive. It would be the only MiG-21MF kill over a Stratofortress, but American sources claim the bomber was lost to a SAM.

  Pham Tuan would later become the only Vietnamese astronaut. He was a crewmember of Soyuz 37 and orbited the earth 142 mes in the

  Salyut 6 staon. For his accomplishments, he was awarded high Vietnamese commendaons, and was one of a few foreigners to be awar-

  ded the Hero of the Soviet Union.

  This aircra had the serial number 969712, and was built in 1974, and subsequently delivered to Czechoslovakia. It served with the 4th Figh-

  ter Regiment at Pardubice ll May 1989, at which me it was transferred to the 9th Fighter Regiment. Here, it ew with the Bechyne coat of

  arms on the le side of the nose. Aer the Velvet Divorce, this aircra was assigned to the Slovak Air Force, and is currently in the collecon

  of the air museum at Trencin, Slovakia. The aircra carries a camouage scheme as originally delivered from the Soviet Union.

  This aircra, adorned with a sharkmouth and eyes, served with the 812. UAP (812th Training Air Regiment) operang within the structure

  of the Kharkov higher training facility. This was one of the aircra that were displayed for the leadership during the open house on

  August 18th, 1991.

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  No. 8447, No. 46 Squadron, Egypt, 1973

  No. 9111, 3. Eskadrą Lotnictwa Taktycznego, Poznań - Krzesiny, Poland, 2002

  This is an aircra from No.46 Squadron as it appeared during combat exercises prior to the Yom Kippur War in 1973. For the purposes of

  quick idencaon, aircra carried a large black, outlined in white, leer on the n. The nose carries a rendering of the goddess Nekhbet,

  protector of Upper Egypt. Aircra coded 8447 survived the Yom Kippur War and was photographed in this guise at Cairo in October 1975.

  The 3rd ELT was formed on January 1st, 2001 at Poznan - Krzesiny and was equipped with MiG-21MF, bis and UM aircra. The unit only used

  the MiG-21MFs for two years, ending their use in 2002. The bis version was own by the pilots of the 3rd ELT unl 2003 when it was decided

  to re-equip the unit with American F-16s. On April 1st, 2008, the 3rd ELT, 6th ELT and the 31st Baze Lotnicza were disbanded and the 31st

  Baza Lotnictwa Taktycznego (31st taccal Air Base) was formed. Since 2007, this aircra has been displayed at Poznan - Krzesin. The aircra

  is camouaged in shades of grey that is used on F-15s and F-16s. The raven's head marking on the n hails from 2002 on the occasion of

  a CO's gathering in Berlin. Below the windscreen is the 3rd Squadron marking, the predecessor of the 3rd ELT.

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  72689 MiG-21MF (PE-Set)

  672179 MiG-21MF Fighter Bomber cockpit (Brassin)

  672181 MiG-21MF exhaust nozzle (Brassin)

  672182 MiG-21MF wheels (Brassin)

  672184 MiG-21MF pylons (Brassin)

  672185 R-3S missiles for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672186 R-3S missiles w/ pylons for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672187 R-13M missiles for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672188 R-13M missiles w/ pylons for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672189 UB-16 rocket launchers for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672190 UB-16 rocket launchers w/ pylons for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672191 RS-2US missiles for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672192 RS-2US missiles w/ pylons for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  672193 MiG-21MF airbrakes (Brassin)

  672197 MiG-21MF ejection seat (Brassin)

  672195 SPS-141 ECM pod for MiG-21 (Brassin)

  Recommended for MiG-21MF

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  Cat. No. 70142-LEPT1

  Cat. No. 672179

  Cat. No. 672181

  Cat. No. 672184

  Cat. No.672193

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  Cat. No. 7406

  Eduard plastic parts

  4 marking options

  Albatros D.V 1/72

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  Albatros D.V 1154/17, Lt. Max Rier von Müller, Jasta 28, Varsenare, Belgium, September 1917

  Albatros D.V, 2030/17, Lt. Alfred Lenz, Jasta 22, Ercheu, France, April 1918

  Max Müller was the German ace with 36 victories. He nished his pilot course on April 4, 1914 and at the outbreak of the war, he joined

  Bavarian FFA1. Following his one-seaters course he joined KEK Nord in May 1916 and aer a short spell with Jasta 1 he got tempted by the

  oer of Oswald Boelcke to join the Jasta 2. Müller achieved his rst victory on October 10 and added four more before the end of the year.

  On January 20, 1917 he was transferred again, now to the new Jasta 28, where he became the most successful pilot of the unit. By the end

  of the 1917 his score had risen to 36 victories and Müller decided to return to his “old” Jasta 2. But aer the death of Walter von Büllow, the

  CO of Jasta 28, Müller was appointed deputy leader of the unit. He took o for his rst Staelführer combat ight on January 9, 1918 and

  it turned out to be also his last ight. The fuel tank of his Albatros was hit during combat with R.E.8, the aircra caught re and went down

  in ames. With no parachute and inevitable dreadful death Müller opted to bail out from the cockpit to his inevitable end. His Albatros D.V

  sported personal marking of the stylised black comet; the fuselage got the red painng to reect the new Staelführer status. The horizontal

  stabiliser was in yellow with black longitudinal stripe – the unit´s colour markings.

  Alfred Lenz scored six victories during the Great War and although not the most successful ace, he was highly regarded long-me leader of

  Jasta 22. Prior to the war he served in Infantry Regiment r. 95, being commissioned in the Reserve. He had re-joined his unit at the outbreak

  of the war but requested pilot training. Aer the compleon, he joined FA61 at the end of June 1914 and scored his rst victory in 1915. He

  went to FFA23 and Fokker Kommando Vaux under Berthold´s leadership in January 1916. The unit later became Jasta 4 and Lenz had stayed

  there from September to October 16, 1916. His next move was to the Jasta 14 later, but he did not achieve any success. Nevertheless, he

  was appointed commander of Jasta 22 on July 1, 1917 and stayed there ll the end of the war. He ew Albatros DIIIs in 1917, Pfalz DIIIs and

  Albatros D.Vs in 1918. Aer the war he served as an aerial gunner with Abteilung 431 in 1919. This Lenz´s Albatros D.V is a bit of mystery, as

  the blue colour of the fuselage is only probable. Some sources also menon green colour, but Lenz was a Bavarian, so the cobalt blue would

  be logical choose for him. Apart of the band of the diamond shaped objects behind the cockpit, there is an interesng painng at the rear of

  a person sing on the big bird and looking through the lens at something what looks like D.H.2 airplane.

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  Albatros D.V 4629/17, Lt. Hans-Joachim von Hippel, Jasta 5, Boistrancourt, France, February 1918

  Hans von Hippel served with Jasta 5 from December 22, 1917 unl August 15, 1918, when he was transferred to Jasta 71. He claimed four

  victories, but only two were conrmed. One of these non-conrmed ones were reported by von Hippel on the Russian front when ying

  with FA 37. During WWII Hippel ew Ju 52s with the Luwae. He died in 1975. Hippel ew Richard Flashar´s Albatros D.V with red dragon

  painted on the fuselage (2065/17) for some me, as he damaged this Albatros D.V during the take-o aempt from the grassland. Von

  Hippel tried to rescue his crash-landing comrade Lt. Schlömer, but the take-o was interrupted by the engine malfuncon. Later he ew

  another Albatros D.V with his personal marking of black, white outlined zigzag arrow on both sides of the fuselage. Apart of this aircra with

  the green/mauve camouage of the upper surfaces, the later one had the Flugzeugsto covered wings (Lozenge). The fuselage of both was

  painted with the Pfalz silvery „Schutzfarbe“, which was of good supply to the Jagdstaeln using the Pfalz D.IIIs scouts as well.

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  Albatros D.V 2299/17, Lt. Xaver Dannhuber, Jasta 26, Abeele, Belgium, 1917

  Although this Albatros D.V is usually assigned to Bruno Loerzer, it is very probable, it was in fact the mount of Xavier Dannhuber, the winner

  in 11 aerial combats. Apart of other indicaons, he was photographed himself standing by the plane or sing in the cockpit. Dannhuber rst

  saw acon with Kagohl 6 (Kampfgeschwader der Obsten Heeresleitung - Combat squadron of the Supreme Commander), later was transfe-

  rred to Schutzstalfel 25, before he was assigned to Jasta 26 on July 1, 1917. Dannhuber got wounded upper arm in an air ght on October 18

  and aer his return on November 7, he moved to Jasta 79b as he was appointed the CO of the unit. He was injured in a crash when test-y-

  ing a Pfalz Dllla at the Thugny aireld on February 11, 1918. Aer several months of medical treatment and convalescence Dannhuber had

  returned to his unit and reassumed command on October 9. Five days later he achieved his 11th and last victory, shoong down Sopwith

  Dolphin near Bohain. His Albatros was painted in black and white bands scheme typical for Jasta 26 aircra. It also sported the six-pointed

  star on both sides of the fuselage and ve-colour Flugzeugsto on the wings.

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  05/2021

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard and

  STEEL seatbelts for MiG-15bis in 1/48 scale.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plasc parts.

  Recommended kit: Bronco / Hobby 2000

  Set contains:

  - resin: 2 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted,

  - painng mask: no.

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for MiG-15 in 1/48

  scale. Easy to assemble, replaces plasc

  parts. Recommended kit: Bronco / Hobby

  2000

  Set contains:

  - resin: 2 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted,

  - painng mask: no.

  644095

  MiG-15bis LööK

  1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  644094

  MiG-15 LööK

  1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

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  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for Mustang Mk.IV in

  1/48 scale. Recommended for D-20+ pro-

  ducon blocks. Easy to assemble, replaces

  plasc parts. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 2 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted,

  - painng mask: no.

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for P-39Q in 1/48

  scale. Easy to assemble, replaces plasc

  parts. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 2 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted,

  - painng mask: no.

  644100

  Mustang Mk.IV LööK

  1/48 Eduard

  644098

  P-39Q LööK

  1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN 05/2021

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  BRASSIN 05/2021

  Brassin set - the GPS and laser guided

  bomb unit GBU-49 in 1/32 scale. The set

  consists of 2 bomb units. Compable with

  F-16, F/A-18, F-35, Euroghter etc.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 26 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: no,

  - painng mask: no.

  Brassin set - Brish Brimstone

  air-to-ground aack missiles with

  AGML III rack 1/32 scale. Set consists

  of 2 racks with 6 missiles.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 18 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painng mask: no.

  632172

  GBU-49

  1/32

  632168

  Brimstone w/ AGLM III rack

  1/32

  Product page

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  Brassin set - the TV-guided glide bombs

  AGM-62 Walleye II 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 ALARM anradiaon missiles

  in 1/32 scale. The set consists of 4 missiles.

  Compable with Tornado F.3 and GR.4.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 40 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painng mask: no.

  648616

  AGM-62 Walleye II

  1/48

  648174

  ALARM missiles

  1/32

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  BRASSIN 05/2021

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels

  for MiG-15 in 1/48 scale. The set consists

  of the main wheels and a nose wheel.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plasc parts.

  Recommended kit: Bronco / Hobby 2000

  Set contains:

  - resin: 4 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: no,

  - painng mask: yes.

  Brassin set - the cockpit for Spiire Mk.II

  in 1/48 scale. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 32 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-oainted,

  - painng mask: no.

  648622

  MiG-15 wheels

  1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  648621

  Spitre Mk.II cockpit

  1/48 Eduard

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  Brassin set - the gun barrels for MiG-15

  in 1/48 scale. Easy to assemble, replaces

  plasc parts. Recommended kit:

  Bronco / Hobby 2000

  Set contains:

  - resin: 3 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: no,

  - painng mask: no.

  Brassin set - the R-V type radar calibraon

  pod for MiG-21PF in 1/72 scale. Used

  by Czechoslovak AF. Recommended kit:

  Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 2 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: eys,

  - painng mask: yes.

  Brassin set - the gun barrels for MiG-15bis in

  1/48 scale. Easy to assemble, replaces plasc

  parts. Recommended kit: Bronco / Hobby 2000

  Set contains:

  - resin: 3 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: no,

  - painng mask: no.

  648626

  MiG-15 gun barrels

  1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  672252

  R-V pod for MiG-21

  1/72 Eduard

  648629

  MiG-15bis gun barrels

  1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  BRASSIN 05/2021

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  Product page

  Product page

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  BRASSIN 05/2021

  Brassin set - mulple carriage racks

  BRU-57A in 1/72 scale. Set consists

  of 2 racks. Compable with F-16.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 14 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painng mask: no.

  Brassin set - Russian / Soviet missile

  R-27ET 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.

  672261

  BRU-57A rack

  1/72

  672259

  R-27ET / AA-10 Alamo-D

  1/72

  Product page

  Product page

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  Collecon of 4 sets for MiG-21PF in 1/48 scale by Eduard.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts),

  - TFace painng mask,

  - airbrakes,

  - undercarriage wheels.

  644101

  MiG-21PF LööKplus

  1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN 05/2021

  Product page

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  BRASSIN 05/2021

  Collecon of 4 sets for MiG-21PFM in 1/48 scale by Eduard.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts),

  - TFace painng mask,

  - airbrakes,

  - undercarriage wheels.

  644102

  MiG-21PFM LööKplus

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

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  Collecon of 3 sets for Spiire 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%.

  SIN64871

  Spitre Mk.IIa ADVANCED

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  BRASSIN 05/2021

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  SPACE 05/2021

  #3DL48016

  #3DL48017

  #3DL48018

  for 1/48 kit Bronco/Hobby 2000

  for 1/48 kit Eduard

  for 1/48 kit Eduard

  MiG-15bis SPACE

  Fw 190F-8 SPACE

  Mustang Mk.IV SPACE

  Product page

  Product page

  Product page

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  PHOTO-ETCHED MAY 2021

  Typhoon K 1/35 Zvezda (36462)

  Typhoon K seatbelts STEEL 1/35 Zvezda (36462) release 06/2021

  Typhoon K

  1/35 Zvezda

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  Harrier GR.1 1/48 Kinec (491172)

  Harrier GR.1 1/48 Kinec (FE1172) (Zoom)

  Harrier GR.1/3 seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Kinec (FE1172) (Zoom)

  Harrier GR.1/3 1/48 Kinec (EX770) (Mask)

  Harrier GR.1/3 TFace 1/48 Kinec (EX771) (Mask)

  Harrier GR.1

  1/48 Kinetic

  PHOTO-ETCHED 05/2021

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  PHOTO-ETCHED 05/2021

  PZL P.11c 1/48 Arma Hobby (491175)

  PZL P.11c seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Arma Hobby (FE1175) (Zoom)

  PZL P.11c 1/48 Arma Hobby (EX772) (Mask)

  PZL P.11c

  1/48 Arma Hobby

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  DECAL SETS 05/2021

  Cat. No. D48078

  Tornado GR.4 stencils

  1/48 Revell

  Product page

  Cat. No. D48079

  MiG-15 Czech and Russian stencils

  1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

  Cat. No. D48081

  MiG-23MF/ML stencils

  1/48 Trumpeter

  Product page

  Product page

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  Cat. No. D48080

  P-51D-5 “15th AF“

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  DECAL SETS 05/2021

  44-13483, Lt.Col. Robert L. Baseler, CO of 325th FG, 15th AF, Lesina, Italy, autumn 1944

  44-13500, Capt. Robert J. Goebel, 308th FS, 31th FG, 15th AF, San Severo, Italy, late 1944

  44-13160, Maj. Ralph Watson, 5th FS, 52nd FG, 15th AF, Madna, Italy, summer 1944

  44-13264, Maj. Robert C. Curtis, 2nd FS, 52nd FG, 15th AF, Madna, Italy, August 1944

  44-13263, Lt. Robert McCampbell, 4th FS, 52nd FG, 15th AF, Madna, Italy, August 1944

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  The new generation of Eduard decals has been developed since 2018. In all kits of all Eduard series, these decals have been stan-

  dard since September 2019. Another type of decals is not used for Eduard kits after this date, the same applies to Eduard Decals

  sets. These decals allow the removal of the upper cover layer of varnish after application and settling of decals, which leads to

  a perfect fusion of the decal with the surface of the model. This is even though they were not originally designed for such an

  application and the basis of their application is the classic procedure, where the varnish is not removed from the applied decal.

  Jakub Nademlejnský‘s presentation shows both possibilities. Both also give a good result, the procedure is not dicult in either

  case. Every modeler can handle it while following the basic rules and with the necessary skills. So, it’s up to the modeler which

  option he chooses.

  Jakub Nademlejnský

  The rst photo shows the tools needed to airbrush paint on the P-51D-5 Mustang fuselages and a decal sheet for Mustangs from

  the 357th Fighter Group (cat. No. D48077).

  Firstly, I spray the fuselages with glossy black paint GX2 and then with Plate Silver

  SM07, so that the surface is as close as possible to real metal nish and thus also as

  dicult as possible to decals application.

  HOW TO APPLY

  HOW TO APPLY

  EDUARD DECALS

  EDUARD DECALS

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  I cut out the specic decals that I want to apply from the

  sheet. Then, I soak the decals in water at room temperatu-

  re.

  classic variant with retained

  decal surface lm

  version with removed lm

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  Now I apply a few drops of water with my nger on the place where I want to

  apply decals on the fuselage. Instead of water, I could use Mr. Mark Setter from

  Gunze, but it is not necessary.

  After about a minute, the decals will release from the paper.

  I grab the base paper into the tweezers and use my nger or

  a wooden stick to pull the decal from the paper into a cluster of

  drops on the model. Then, I can move the decal on the model with

  my nger or a wooden stick and place it in its place.

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  When the decal is placed, I wrap my nger in a clean, dry cloth,

  squeeze the decal, and aspirate any water or leftovers of the

  Setter.

  This way, I apply dierent decals to two identical fuselages. I will

  remove the lm from one fuselage later and compare the results.

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  If I want to remove the lm from the decal, I will leave it for the next day (approximately 10 hours). After this time, I take

  a sharp X-acto knife, nd the edge of the lm, and gently peel it o, so that I can then take it with tweezers and carefully remove

  the paint.

  Removing the lm is easy, however, I recommend training the whole process on a training piece of plastic.

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  Various weathering can be done on the decals from which the lm is removed. If we want, we can still highlight the rivets and

  stretch the engraving, which is then better lled with wash.

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  The result of the fuselage with the lm left before

  weathering and nal painting of the surface.

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  Almost nal result of applied decals with remo-

  ved lm.

  The lmless variant also makes it possible to

  show wear also by partially removing the colour

  of the decal in places where we need it.

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  A comparison of the two methods of application shows

  that it is not necessary to remove the lm. Decals look

  great even without removing the lm.

  However, if you master the paint removal technology, you

  can achieve even better results.

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  32983 A-26C Invader cockpit interior 1/32

  32984 A-26C Invader rear interior 1/32

  32985 A-26C nose interior 1/32

  33277 A-26C Invader seatbelts STEEL 1/32

  32463 A-26C Invader bomb bay 1/32

  32464 A-26C Invader undercarriage 1/32

  JX271 A-26C Invader 1/32

  481043 Ju 88C-6 exterior 1/48

  491159 Ju 88C-6 interior 1/48

  FE1160 Ju 88C-6 seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX759 Ju 88C-6 1/48

  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

  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

  Product page

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  49546 Remove Before Flight - Israel

  491156 F-16I SUFA 1/48

  FE1157 F-16I SUFA seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX761 F-16I SUFA 1/48

  491150 Su-30SM 1/48

  FE1151 Su-30SM seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX743 Su-30SM 1/48

  491154 Su-27UB 1/48

  FE1155 Su-27UB seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX755 Su-27UB 1/48

  BIG49284 F-16I SUFA 1/48 Kinetic

  BIG49285 Su-30SM 1/48 Kitty Hawk

  BIG49286 Su-27UB 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  All sets included in this BIG ED are available separately,

  but with every BIG ED set you save up to 30%.

  PRELIMINARY IMAGE

  Product page

  Product page

  Product page

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  MASKS 05/2021

  EDUARD MASK IT FITS!

  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

  EX770

  JX275

  EX771

  JX274 EX772

  CX598

  EX773 EX7674

  EX774

  EX776EX776

  EX775

  EX771

  JX276

  JX276

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  KITS

  82104 MustangMk.IV     1/48 ProPACK

  82139 Fw190F-8     1/48 ProPACK

  82165 Bf109G-2     1/48 ProPACK

  70142 MiG-21MFFighterBomber    1/72 ProPACK

  7406 Albatros D.V 1/72 Weekend edition

  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 Kinetic

  491173 HarrierGR.3     1/48 Kinetic

  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

  ZOOM SETS

  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 Kinetic

  FE1173 HarrierGR.3     1/48 Kinetic

  FE1174 HarrierGR.1/3seatbeltsSTEEL   1/48 Kinetic

  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 Kinetic

  EX771 HarrierGR.1/3TFace     1/48 Kinetic

  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

  BIGED SETS

  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 Kinetic

  BIG49285Su-30SM     1/48 KittyHawk

  BIG49286Su-27UB     1/48 GreatWallHobby

  BRASSIN SETS

  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 Spitre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

  LookPLUS SETS

  644101 MiG-21PF LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  644102 MiG-21PFM LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  BIGSIN SETS

  SIN64871 SpitreMk.IIaADVANCED    1/48 Eduard

  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 SETS

  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

  May 2021

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  P-39Q Airacobra

  1/48

  BUILT

  Accessories used

  #3DL48012 P-39Q SPACE (3D Decal)

  built by Robert Szwarc

  Cat No. 8470

  Product page

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  BUILT

  P-39Q-5, 42-19896, own by Lt. William W. Gambill, 363rd FS, 357th FG, 8th AF, Oroville CA, USA, autumn 1943

  363rd FS was formed in December 1942 at Hamilton Field airbase in California. The aircra used for the unit’s pilot training were factory-fresh P-39Q Airacobras. In the

  fall of 1943 357th Fighter Group, which 363rd Fighter Squadron was part of, was deployed to the Great Britain where it was, as a rst Fighter Group, re-equipped with

  the outstanding P-51B and C Mustangs. Within 8th AF it ew bomber escort sores over occupied Europe. On March 8th, 1944, Gambill’s Mustang was shot down

  by Messerschmis Bf 109 near Mehringen. Lt. Gambill was killed during the Brish night bomber raid on Frankfurt during the night of March 22nd-23rd, 1944, when

  Dulag Lu (Durchgangslager der Luwae, Transit Camp of the Air force) was hit as well. The standard Airacobra camouage of Olive Drab/Neutral Gray was during the

  training at 363rd FS complemented by the red coat of the tail surfaces and red stripe on the nose. The cockpit doors sported the unit’s emblem.

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  BUILT

  1/48

  built by Shane Doak

  Spitfire model I built for my son and my joy

  Building the Spitfire Mk.I from “SPITFIRE STORY: The Few” boxing

  was a complete joy. Before this build, I had very little interest in

  the Spitfire as an aircraft. I was aware of its importance in aviation

  as a cutting edge design. And I understood it was key in keeping

  the German invasion at bay by helping to win the Battle of Britain.

  When “The Few” was released, I was sure it was going to be

  a fantastic model worth building despite having little interest in the

  subject itself. That feeling didn’t last long. I have a child like won-

  der with new kits. I can´t resist taping together the main assembly

  to get a feeling for the airframes shape, and the quality of the kit.

  I was very happy with both. Seeing the large elliptical wings with

  their steep angle caused me to instantly love the spitfire. The fine

  surface detail and raised rivets caught my eye immediately.

  I quickly decided it would be my next project and I began ordering

  the aftermarket goodies from Eduard. I ordered the wing gun bays,

  LööKplus set which included the resin exhaust manifolds and

  wheels as well as the instrument panel. Lastly I knew I wanted to

  try my hand at painting on the roundels, so I got the masks coming

  along with all the Spitfire MR.PAINT colors that were available.

  The build had me so excited I knew I wanted a lot of social media

  involvement with the spitfire. As admin of the independent Eduard

  fan page on Facebook, I started a group build hoping more people

  would get involved with this amazing kit. I chose not to compete in

  the contest, instead focusing on my build and keeping the contest

  full of new posts, promotions, and keeping the peace.

  Assembly was an absolute treat, the cockpit is very well detailed

  from the box and needed nothing to create awesome realism.

  Fitting the resin and photo-etch gun bays into the wings was time

  consuming but the fit and ease of assembly was beautiful. I wan-

  ted to incorporate many famous attributes of the Spitfire into one

  model. I decided rather than twist the reality of one of the famous

  spitfires whose markings are included with the kit, I went with

  my new born son´s initials (Damian Shane Doak) for the squadron

  code. It was common place for the wing commanders initials to be

  used for the squadron code, which is where I got the idea.

  This gave me the freedom to take some of the most interesting

  traits of the Mk.I’s various versions, and put them all into one build

  without discrediting a specific bird. The ease of construction com-

  bined with the accuracy of the kit allowed me to really focus on the

  paint and weathering. I wanted to capture a battle weary Spitfire

  being re-armed for its second or third mission of the day. The

  Spitfire is a romantic aircraft and capturing its story has given me

  a deep appreciation for the machine and the men who flew them.

  I look forward to building many more.

  Cat. No. 11143

  Product page

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  BUILT

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  BUILT

  built by Ugur Kenel

  Cat. No. 11145

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  BUILT

  Bf 110C-6, Lt. Erich Beudel, 1./Erprobungsgruppe 210, Calais-Marck, France, August 1940

  This rare version of Bf 110 was equipped with 30mm cannon MG 101 under the fuselage. Operaonal tests started with 1./ZG 1 during Bale of France by Viktor

  Mölders (brother of Werner Mölders) and Marn Lutz. Weapon was used mainly against ground targets. Later on tests connued when 1./ZG 1 became 1./ Erp. Gr. 210.

  This parcular aircra was camouaged with colors RLM 70, 71 and 65. Emblem of United Kingdom in gunsight was used by whole Gruppe. Non-standard blue color of

  1. Stael was used for leer "R" and propeller spinners. There were six C-6s assigned to 1./ Erp. Gr. 210 from July 1940. Their role was also escort of unit´s ghter bom-

  bers. C-6 ight characteriscs were prey good thanks to changed center of gravity. "S9+RH" was own on July 29th by Vienna nave Lt. Erich Beudel during escort

  mission over the Channel. His plane was damaged by Hurricanes of No. 151 Squadron and he crash landed back in France. On August 15th, 1940 Lt. Beudel was shot

  down and killed by Hurricanes of No. 111 Squadron near Horley together with his gunner Ogefr. O. Jordan in their Bf 110C-6 "S9+TH". It was only C-6 crashed in UK.

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  BUILT

  F6F-3

  1/ 48

  built by Paolo Portuesi

  CAMO D

  Cat. No. 8221

  Accessories used

  #48642 F6F-3 exterior (PE

  -

  Set)

  #648056 R-2800-10 engine (Brassin)

  #D48055 F6F-3 part 1 (Decal set)

  #D48058 F6F-3 stencils (Decal set)

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  BUILT

  F6F-3, BuNo 40467, Lt. Alexander Vraciu, VF-6, USS Intrepid, February, 1944

  “Gadget”, one of the planes own by one of the US Navy's most successful pilots, Lt.Alexander Vraciu, is from the end of 1944, beginning of 1945 me period, when Vraciu

  ew as a member of VF-6 o the deck of the USS Intrepid. By that me, he was already an ace, and was nearing the end of his rst combat tour. He aributed his success to,

  among others, his CO and mentor, Edward O'Hare, rst ace of the US Navy, and for whom he ew as wingman. Vraciu claimed his rst Zero on October 10th, 1943 over Wake

  Island. One of his most successful days came on January 29th, 1944, when he amed three Bey bombers. Joy over his even greater success of downing three Zekes and

  a Rufe over Truk on February 17th, 1944, was tempered by the fact that his carrier, the USS Intrepid, had been torpedoed. The carrier survived, but had to put into Pearl Har-

  bor for repairs. Vraciu completed his tour as the unit's most successful pilot. Aer some R and R, he began his next tour with VF-16 and VF-20, and he nished the war with

  19 kills. The cowl of this aircra points to being of a later series F6F-3, with only two of the cooling aps on either side, and lacking the side exhaust fairing.

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  BUILT

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  built by Luboš Zach

  CAMO G

  Cat. No. 2133

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  BUILT

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

  The second highest scoring ace of all the German marine pilots in WWI, Gohard Sachsenberg (second only to Theo Osterkamp), achieved 31 victories and was decorated

  with Pour le Mérite on August 5, 1918. From October 1918 Sachsenberg led the rst naval air wing, the Marine Jagdgruppe 1. Aer the War he formed the Jagdgeschwader

  Sachsenberg, providing the aerial support to Freikorps units ghng on Balc borders of Germany. His aircra from the me of leading the MFJ1 unit sported diagonal black

  checkerboard painted over yellow fuselage. 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 secon had a tendency to part company with the airframe during the erce combat manoeuvres. The black stripes on the elevator were in contrary the

  idencaon marks of MFJ 1. Sachsenberg used an Oigee gunsight on his D.VII.

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  PRELIMINARY IMAGES

  BIG5359 HMS York 1/350 Trumpeter

  BIG33132 DH. 82A Tiger Moth 1/32 ICM

  BIG49287 MiG-15 1/48 BRONCO / HOBBY 2000

  BIG49288 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter 1/48 ICM

  BIG49289 AV-8A early 1/48 Kinec

  BIG49290 AV-8A late 1/48 Kinec

  632175 Sky Shadow ECM pod 1/32

  644096 MiG-21PF grey LööK 1/48 Eduard

  644097 Su-27UB Löök 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  644099 MiG-21PFM grey LööK 1/48 Eduard

  648620 GBU-53B w/BRU-61 1/48

  648623 ADM-160 MALD 1/48

  648625 Mk.44 torpedo 1/48

  648628 MiG-15 ejecon seat 1/48 BRONCO / HOBBY 2000

  648631 B-17F engines 1/48 HKM

  648632 B-17F undercarriage legs 1/48 HKM

  648633 Fw 190F-8 cockpit 1/48 Eduard

  672264 GBU-24 1/72

  672266 ALARM missiles 1/72

  SIN64872 Spiire Mk.IIb ADVANCED 1/48 Eduard

  644106 MiG-15 LööKplus 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  644107 MiG-15bis LööKplus 1/48 BRONCO / HOBBY 2000

  BIG ED SETS (June)

  BRASSIN SETS (June)

  BIGSIN SETS (June)

  LöökPlus SETS (June)

  BIG49287

  BIG5359

  BIG49289

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  JUNE 2021

  BRASSIN

  644096 MiG-21PF grey LööK 1/48 Eduard

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  644097 Su-27UB Löök 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  PRELIMINARY IMAGES

  PRELIMINARY IMAGES

  BIG5359 HMS York 1/350 Trumpeter

  BIG33132 DH. 82A Tiger Moth 1/32 ICM

  BIG49287 MiG-15 1/48 BRONCO / HOBBY 2000

  BIG49288 Ju 88C-6b Night Fighter 1/48 ICM

  BIG49289 AV-8A early 1/48 Kinec

  BIG49290 AV-8A late 1/48 Kinec

  644099 MiG-21PFM grey LööK 1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN

  JUNE 2021

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

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  632175 Sky Shadow ECM pod 1/32

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  648620 GBU-53B w/BRU-61 1/48

  JUNE 2021

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  648623 ADM-160 MALD 1/48

  648625 Mk.44 torpedo 1/48

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  JUNE 2021

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  648628 MiG-15 ejection seat 1/48 BRONCO / HOBBY 2000

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  648631 B-17F engines 1/48 HKM

  JUNE 2021

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  648633 Fw 190F-8 cockpit 1/48 Eduard

  BRASSIN

  648632 B-17F undercarriage legs 1/48 HKM

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  JUNE 2021

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  672264 GBU-24 1/72

  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  672266 ALARM missiles 1/72

  JUNE 2021

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  BRASSIN

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  644106 MiG-15 LööKplus 1/48 BRONCO/HOBBY 2000

  Collectionof4setsforMiG-15in1/48scalebyBronco/Hobby2000.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts),

  - TFace painting mask,

  - gun muzzles,

  - undercarriage wheels.

  JUNE 2021

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  BRASSIN

  644107 MiG-15bis LööKplus 1/48 BRONCO / HOBBY 2000

  Collectionof4setsforMiG-15bisin1/48scalebyBronco/Hobby2000.

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboard & Steelbelts),

  - TFace painting mask,

  - gun muzzles,

  - undercarriage wheels.

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  JUNE 2021

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  SIN64872 Spitre Mk.IIb ADVANCED 1/48 Eduard

  Collectionof3setsforSpitreMk.IIb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

  JUNE 2021

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  PE-SETS

  36463 Typhoon K seatbelts STEEL 1/35 Zvezda

  481049 MV-22 cargo oor 1/48 Hobby Boss

  481050 Blenheim Mk.I landing aps 1/48 Airx

  481051 Blenheim Mk.I bomb bay 1/48 Airx

  481052 B-17F engines 1/48 HKM

  481053 B-17F landing aps 1/48 HKM

  481054 B-17F undercarriage & exterior 1/48 HKM

  481055 Spiire Mk.II landing aps 1/48 Eduard

  491180 B-17F cockpit 1/48 HKM

  491181 B-17F nose interior 1/48 HKM

  491182 B-17F radio compartment 1/48 HKM

  491183 B-17F waist secon 1/48 HKM

  491184 B-17F bomb bay 1/48 HKM

  491185 Su-33 1/48 Minibase

  491187 Blenheim Mk.I 1/48 Airx

  491189 Sabre F.4 1/48 Airx

  73742 Buccaneer S.2B 1/72 Airx

  ZOOM SETS

  FE1180 B-17F 1/48 HKM

  FE1181 B-17F seatbelts STEEL 1/48 HKM

  FE1185 Su-33 1/48 Minibase

  FE1186 Su-33 seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Minibase

  FE1187 Blenheim Mk.I 1/48 Airx

  FE1188 Blenheim Mk.I seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Airx

  FE1189 Sabre F.4 1/48 Airx

  FE1190 Sabre F.4 seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Airx

  FE1191 Bf 109G-10 ERLA Weekend 1/48 Eduard

  SS742 Buccaneer S.2B 1/72 Airx

  SS743 Fokker D.VII (OAW) Weekend 1/72 Eduard

  MASKS

  EX777 B-17F 1/48 HKM

  EX778 B-17F TFace 1/48 HKM

  EX779 Blenheim Mk.I 1/48 Airx

  EX780 Blenheim Mk.I TFace 1/48 Airx

  EX781 Su-33 1/48 Minibase

  EX782 Su-33 TFace 1/48 Minibase

  EX783 Sabre F.4 1/48 Airx

  EX784 Sabre F.4 TFace 1/48 Airx

  CX599 Fokker D.VII (OAW) Weekend 1/72 Eduard

  CX600 Albatros D.V Weekend 1/72 Eduard

  CX601 Buccaneer S.2B 1/72 Airx

  DECAL SETS

  D48082 Su-27 stencils 1/48 Academy/Kiy Hawk/Hobby Boss/GWH

  D48083 MiG-23BN stencils 1/48 Trumpeter

  D48084 Italian smoke rings camouage 1/48

  D72032 Tornado GR.1 stencils (gray/green camouage) 1/72 Revell

  SPACE SETS

  3DL48019 MV-22 SPACE 1/48 Hobby Boss

  3DL48020 B-17F SPACE 1/48 HKM

  3DL48021 B-17G SPACE 1/48 HKM

  3DL48022 Bf 109G-2 SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  3DL48023 Tempest Mk.V SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  PE-Sets, Masks and Decal sets

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  KITS

  Spitfire Mk.IIb

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  Cat. No. 82154

  1/48

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  KITS

  Tempest Mk.V Series 1

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  Cat. No. 82121Re-release

  1/48

  JN766, No. 486 (RNZAF) Squadron, RAF Station Castle Camp,

  Great Britain, April 1944

  JN751, W/Cdr Roland P. Beamont, DSO, DFC & bar, CO of No. 150 Wing,

  RAF Station Bradwell Bay, Great Britain, April 1944

  JN751, W/Cdr Roland P. Beamont DSO, DFC & bar, CO of No. 150 Wing,

  Newchurch, Great Britain, June 1944

  JN765, No. 3 Squadron, Newchurch, Great Britain, June 1944

  JN755, No. 3 Squadron, Newchurch, Great Britain, May 1944

  JN763, No. 486 (RNZAF) Squadron, Newchurch, Great Britain, June 1944

  JUNE 2021

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  KITS

  MiG-21PF

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  Cat. No. 70143Re-release

  1/ 72

  No. 0812, 9th Air Regiment, Czechoslovak Air Force,

  Bechyne Air Base, Czechoslovakia, 1988

  Red 40, Soviet Air Force, Ceske Budejovice Air Base,

  Czechoslovakia, late August 1988

  Red 4326, 921st Fighter Regiment, North Vietnam,

  Late 60s/Early 70s

  Red851,SerialNo.761008,Jagdiegergeschwader2,

  Trollenhagen Air Base, German Democratic Republic, Late 80s

  Red409,serialno.76040931stT.F.W,TaszárAirBase,Hungary,1987-88

  JUNE 2021

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  KITS

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  DESERT BABES Cat. No. 2137

  ZA452, Gulf Killer, No. 20 Squadron,

  Tabuk AB, Saudi Arabia, 1991

  ZA465, Foxy Killer, No. 16 Squadron,

  Tabuk AB, Saudi Arabia, 1991

  ZD715, Luscious Lizzie!, No. 31 Squadron,

  Dhahran AB, Saudi Arabia, 1991

  ZD809, Awesome Annie,

  No. 617 Squadron, Muharraq AB,

  Bahrain, 1991

  ZD892,Helen,No.617Squadron,

  Muharraq, Bahrain, 1991

  ZD739, Armoured Charmer,

  No. 9 Squadron, Tabuk AB,

  Saudi Arabia, 1991

  ZD719, Check Six, No. 9 Squadron,

  Dhahran AB, Saudi Arabia, 1991

  ZD890, No. 9 Squadron, Muharraq AB,

  Bahrain, 1991

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  WNr. 490617, Uffz. Gerhard Reiher, 8./JG 3, Alperstedt,

  Germany, November 1944

  WNr. 150816, JG 300, Bad Langensalza, Germany, April 1945

  WNr. 491407, Capt. Cesare Marchesi, 3a squadriglia, Io Gruppo Caccia,

  Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, Lonate Pozzolo, Italy, March 1945

  KG(J) 27, Kaufbeuren, Germany, May 1945

  KITS

  Bf 109G-10 Erla

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  1/48

  Cat. No. 84174

  JUNE 2021

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  KITS

  Fokker D.VII (OAW)

  ON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACHON APPROACH

  Cat. No. 7407

  JUNE 2021

  1/ 72

  Lt. d. R. Kurt Monnington, Jasta 18, Montoy-Flanville,

  France, August 1918

  Lt.d.R.HansBesser,Jasta12,Chéry-les-Pouilly,France,August1918

  No. 4499/18, VzFlgMstr. Franz Mayer, MFJ III, Jabbeke, Belgium, September 1918

  Lt. Walter Blume, Jasta 9, Sissone, France, September 1918

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  I’ve been around aircraft and the eld of

  aviation history long enough to have been

  inuenced, and even touched, by things that

  have had the ability to endure. These are

  the things that have this ability to endure,

  as long as we maintain respect and honor.

  I would like to touch on the theme of ‘vete-

  rans and veterans’ of the air war from 1939

  to 1945. It’s about people and their aircraft.

  It’s also about a gratitude for when fate smi-

  les.

  When I was a small kid, I read Frantisek

  Fajt’s book ‘Sestrelen’ (translated as ‘Shot

  Down’), which my mother had saved as so-

  mething valuable, because ‘our’ socialist

  regime at the time considered it ‘unsuitab-

  le’ for mass consumption. It was a restric-

  ted book. Thumbing through the index that

  made an impression on her in her youth,

  I would never have guessed then that later,

  there would come a time when my father

  would go into the woods in early September

  to gather wild mushrooms so that Mr. Fajtl

  could take a basket of them home when he

  came by for a visit. He loved those things

  so much…At that point, it’s not just about

  a form of hero worship, of the author of the

  book from my youth, but about the beauty of

  human relationships that say so much, or, for

  me, the verication of certain unexpected

  childhood perceptions. During the time that

  I was able to take full advantage of meeting

  veterans (opportunities that are now gone

  forever), I had, given the direction of my

  interests, met many Czechoslovak, British,

  German and American veterans. If I include

  my participation in the 100th BG reunions

  in the United States, they numbered in the

  hundreds. The vehicle that made such incre-

  dible meetings possible was, rather natura-

  lly, were my activities within the Museum

  of the Air Battle Over the Ore Mountains on

  September 11th, 1944, with the Union of

  Czechoslovak Foreign Airmen, 1939-45 (Cze-

  coslovak ex-RAF members). I have friends

  who got together with these veterans much

  earlier and thus were among the rst of

  a class of people without rst hand experien-

  ce of the war to document the memories of

  those that did, in this way. It took me up to

  1994 before fate would aord me the chan-

  ce of such an incredible experience, and it

  lasted for some following 20 years. After

  that, opportunities to meet these veterans

  became increasingly unique aairs. In 1997,

  I got the opportunity to attend my rst 100th

  Bomb Group reunion, and among the some

  six hundred participants, over two hundred

  were B-17 veterans. The most recent, and so

  far the last, such meeting in 2019 saw about

  twenty. It was a powerful experience, for

  which I will be thankful until the end of my

  days. For someone who has a strong connec-

  tion to Second World War aviation, drawing

  on the memories and experiences of these

  airmen was an incredible gift. The friendshi-

  ps formed with these men and women are

  something the eects of which will continue

  through shear depth of strength long after

  they are no longer with us. They are too

  many to name here, and, in any case, many

  important friends would not get mentioned,

  despite deserving to in the utmost. But ha-

  ving mentioned women may surprise some.

  I would point to Joy Kadeckova, of the Bri-

  tish WAAF, who married a Czech pilot and

  came with him to Prague. I remember fondly

  her cute Czech skills and English humor. To-

  day, one of the streets in the Prague 9 nei-

  ghborhood is named for her….

  There are some experiences with veterans

  I had, that can´t be simply shared in such

  article like this one. I can think of several

  of a countless number of Prague restaurants

  that witnessed our heartful and funnz get-

  -togethers…older gentlemen that endured

  the ames of hell in wartime, and later the

  absolute cruelty of socialism and the per-

  secution under the hammer of communism,

  and they endured. As long as life allowed it,

  after which even their endurance was not

  enough.

  Friendship, by its very nature, has value.

  And the types that I am writing about also

  carry a unique spin. I would also add that

  with our colleagues at the Museum of the Air

  Battle Over the Ore Mountains, we not only

  received, but we attempted to give much

  back as well, rst and foremost, through our

  eorts in organizing veteran reunions of for-

  mer enemies. In September, 1997, our muse-

  um was opened by the most professional of

  people, veterans, Americans and Germans,

  who met and fought over our Ore Mountain

  region on September 11th, 1944. Here, they

  met again, after 53 years, and we were ulti-

  mately the ones who again received, in the

  form of friendship that was displayed by our

  guests, former combatants who so brilliantly

  demonstrated the value of forgiveness when

  it is understood that there is a deep connec-

  tion between them. That is the link that was

  provided by the spirit of understanding and

  friendship, even by those who could no lon-

  ger attend.

  We must never forget. Regardless of which

  side of the front they found themselves on.

  They are a part of a massive conict, which

  none of them wanted. Please, do not assume

  for a moment that I am supporting or de-

  nying any of the horrors that the war brought

  and in which they, in one form or another,

  had some part to play. I don’t want to do

  that. And I have no desire to blur the line

  between good and evil. I do, however, wish

  to point out that none from the German

  side, who joined us, were dignitaries to the

  horrors committed by their leadership. They

  were warriors whose position was dictated

  by the situation that they found themselves

  in.

  Beside the human veterans, we also have

  their machines. I don’t necessarily mean

  the museum pieces, but those warbirds

  that most of us will know from airshows and

  various parades. These are the machines

  within whose engine beats a heart, and oil,

  glycol and fuel pumps through their ‘veins’.

  Way back when, no one could imagine that

  some these examples would far outlive tho-

  se that ew them.

  Today, they are the jewels in the crowns of

  aviation day events, and even though it is in-

  tuitive that at some point in the future, con-

  ditions and laws will simply not allow these

  aircraft to take to the air anymore, and they

  will be ‘relegated’ to ‘mere’ museum pieces,

  it is nevertheless reasonable to assume that

  this is not coming relatively soon. The peop-

  le that take care of these warbirds do it with

  Veterans and Veterans

  Jan Zdiarský

  Veterans of the 100th BG, 339th FG,

  55th FG and Jagdgeschwader 4 during the

  Museum of Air Battle over the Ore Moun-

  tains opening ceremony; September 1997

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  an extreme dedication and love for the craft.

  Thanks to friends at Classic Trainers, I was able

  to get a rst hand look at what it takes to keep

  such aircraft ying, and I know it is nothing sim-

  ple. Much thanks must necessarily go to those

  that keep these birds ying today, so that they

  can keep on telling their story this way, and to

  help ensure that what shouldn’t be forgotten,

  will not be. And let’s not kid ourselves, friends

  – you are doing the same thing, in your own way.

  There is great eort being expended in plastic

  modeling to preserve the past….!

  Historical aircraft are beautiful things to be-

  hold, and I always am incredibly pleased when

  another completes its journey through restora-

  tion and takes to the air. Seeing a warbird in

  the air is a great sensation. It’s an even better

  feeling to y one. That’s something that has

  been recounted in the pages of past issues of

  this newsletter by Radim Vojta, one of two cu-

  rrent generation Czech Spitre pilots. To get

  a ride “only” in one is also not a bad experience.

  Personally, it’s happened to me on four types,

  in a Bell 47, a helicopter and so, true enough,

  not a Second World War piece, a little younger

  but still, an iconic piece of equipment….and

  then in Bata’s Lockheed Electra, a North Ame-

  rican Harvard, which I had the chance to also

  pilot a bit (what a rush!), and the height of it

  all, a ight in a…what else?....a B-17.

  I will likely not meet any new World War Two

  aviator veterans. That’s something you can’t

  do anything about except to admit it to your-

  self. When it comes to the metal veterans,

  I do hope that further opportunities will pre-

  sent themselves to go up in a few. There, the

  ending isn’t quite so near.

  I would like to nish this musing about veterans

  and veterans with a description of an experi-

  ence I had. This experience touches both – the

  human and the aircraft veteran. I don’t mean

  a situation where a veteran pilot comes to an

  aircraft type he used to y way back when.

  I have experienced that many times over. I am

  talking about a meeting when a veteran pi-

  lot came face to face with the actual aircraft

  that he ew during the war years. The mo-

  vie ‘Dark Blue World’ was being lmed in the

  Czech Republic back in 2000 with the help of

  two ying Spitres that were used for various

  ight scenes. This involved the cooperation of

  our friend Zdenek Hurt. It was he who noted

  in the logbook of Spitre Mk.Vb EP120 that

  one of the operational ights undertaken by it

  shortly after delivery to No.501 Squadron RAF

  in June, 1942, was own by W/O Antonin Vendl.

  This was a pretty run-of-the-mill convoy escort

  mission, except…. Shortly afterwards, Tony

  (Antonin) left the squadron and went to No.313

  Squadron RAF. EP120 survived the war, and ye-

  ars later renovated, it ew to the aireld at

  Hradcany u Mimone in 2000. Having noticed

  this in the logbook, Zdenek Hurt brought the

  connection of this very Spitre and Tony Vendl

  to the attention of the lm’s producer, who in

  turn invited the Colonel to the lming. Back

  then, Tony invited me to come along. Filming

  the scenes was fascinating. With mikes strate-

  gically located to pick up the most authentic

  Spitre music that was possible, the bird ew

  amazingly low directly over our heads. That’s

  something I will likely never experience again.

  As an aside, it’s also worth noting that the Spit-

  re on this occasion was own by Nigel Lamb,

  former military pilot and later, a winner of

  the Red Bull Air Race (and who’s father ew

  Typhoons in the RAF). After landing, we were

  taken over to the apron where Nigel and ‘his’,

  and in a way, Tony’s, Spitre was waiting. Wat-

  ching a pilot meet up with an airplane that he

  ew 58 years prior was astonishing, in every

  good sense of the word. Sitting in the

  cockpit, he told me….’I would still dare

  to take o with her. I’d be afraid to land,

  but taking o I could still manage…’

  This is what meeting veterans and vete-

  rans is like. Of course, in order to make

  Col. Antonin Vendl in Spitre Mk.VB EP120,

  Hradcany air base, 2000.

  With Radim Vojta just be-

  fore ride in Harvard Mk.II.

  September 2018.

  From Reunion of the 100th Bomb Group in 2007. In background are B-17F by Dave

  Tallichet family and KC-135R from 100th Air Refuelling Wing, USAF.

  something like these reunions possible, a lot

  of work is required, but rst and foremost,

  the smile of fate needs to be present as well.

  And for that, I am always grateful.

  Useful Links:

  www.facebook.com/museum119

  http://ghter-collection.com/cft/spitre-ep120/

  http://smerovka.cz/hrdinove-oblohy/plk-antonin-vendl

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/František_Fajtl

  www.classictrainers.cz

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