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History
then the ideal choice for preparing pilots for the jet
powered Me 262, which was considered the future
core type for the Defense of the Reich.
- Problems with the Jumo 213 F were signi cant
enough to cause the leadership to not dare release
the type to combat units, and instead wait until the
more advanced Jumo 213 F-1 could be installed into
the Fw 190 D-12 and D-13.
One Fw 190 D-11 that belonged to the VFS des
G.d.J. was found after the war with rails for R4M
rockets. This was rather rare, but the same weapons
were found on some Fw 190 D-9s. Besides that, it is
known that the trials unit Jagdgruppe 10 used these
weapons on Fw 190 D-9 against air as well as ground
targets. Commanders that passed through Rall’s tra-
ining unit, in many instances gravitated towards ele-
ments ying the Me 262 that used the R4M against
enemy bomber formations. It then makes a certain
amount of sense, that the ring o the weapons would
be tried out from the Fw 190 D.
JAGDGESCHWADER 300 (JG 300)
Another unit to which the Fw 190 D-11 found itself
attached was ghter Geschwader JG 300. It was
formed in June, 1943, as a unit specializing in night
ghting with single engine Bf 109 G and Fw 190 A.
Progressively, there were four Gruppe within this Ge-
schwader, and later ew daylight combat missions
against four-engined heavy bombers. Its II. Gruppe
(II./JG 300) gained the status of ‘Sturmgruppe’
in the summer of 1944. This means that its pilots ew
heavily armored Fw 190 As to penetrate into Ame-
rican bomber formations and attack at close range.
They became among the most feared units serving
within the Defense of the Reich. Among their ranks
were such pilots as Kommodore Walther Dahl (129
victories), Klaus Bretschneider (34) and Konrad
Bauer (57).
Among notable personalities that served with
JG 300 was Major Alfred Lindenberger, who was at
one time CO of II./JG 300 and attained four victories.
That wasn’t particularly impressive, if not for the fact
that he had twelve in the First World War! He was
a noteworthy ace ying with the legendary Jasta 2
‘Boelcke’. This ‘Alte Adler’ with JG 300 ew through
to the end of the war, and despite his age (born in
1897) was an excellent pilot.
Modelers will generally be well familiar with Fw 190 A
Red ‘19’ own by Ernst Schröder of II./JG 300. To this
day, he is an active veteran, and his love of ying has
even led him to plastic modeling. He was also one of
the members of JG 300 to have come into contact
with the ‘Dora’.
JG 300 had predominantly the Messerschmitt
Bf 109. Only the leadership of the unit and II./JG 300
used Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A. At the end of the war,
remnants of JG 300 operated in southern Germany,
and primarily undertook missions of attacking ground
targets and fought against Allied strafers. One of the
air elds used by II./JG 300 was Neubiberg, south of
Munich. As an emergency strip for this base, pilots of
JG 300 used a portion of the nearby Munich highway!
There were plans to re-equip JG 300 with the
Messerschmitt Me 262. Thanks to this fact,
some pilots had already come into contact with the
Fw 190 D-11 before this type was integrated into JG 300.
In post war photographs, it is evident that Red ‘4’ from the famous ‘Sachsenberg Schwarm’ earlier ew from Bad Worishofen with Verbandsfuhrerschule
des G.d.J. with the marking ‘< 58’. This unit provided specialized training for squadron COs. Since the aircraft served with a school, there was no
spinner spiral., which was reserved for combat units (scheme can be found in the Fw 190D-11/D-13 kit, cat No. 8185).
Martin Ferkl, Petr Stepanek
Fw 190D-11 W.Nr. 220 009 in the service of Verbandfuhrerschule des Generals der Jagd ieger at Bad Worishofen. It is not impossible that this is one
of the aircraft that towards the end of the war was tested by Major Gunther Rall, the head of this school.
Martin Ferkl, Petr Stepanek