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Fw 190A-8, 13./JG 54, Villacoublay, France, 1944-45
The camouage scheme and the rendering
of the national insignia, documented on the later
A-8 variant, apply to this aircraft of IV.Gruppe
JG 54. The wavy demarcation between the RLM
76 color from those of the darker shades on the
upper surfaces (RLM 74/75) is located fairly
high up and gives the aircraft a decidedly li-
ght appearance. The national insignia are the
simplest version of the later cross type. JG 54
service is indicated only by the blue fuselage
band, which adorned the aircraft of the units wi-
thin the Defense of the Reich system. The white
wave marking then indicates the IV. Gruppe and
the white number the 13. Staffel.
IV. Gruppe JG 54 ew from air elds in Eas-
tern Prussia and later, from September 1944, in
Germany. At this time, the unit was commanded
by Maj. Wolfgang Spate (Knight’s Cross with
HISTORY
SOURCES:
- Jan Bobek, Ota Jírovec (s díky za konzultace)
- Peter Rodeike, Focke Wulf Fw 190A, Fw 190D,
Ta 152
- Luftwaffe im Focus 1/2002; 11/2007
- Bundesarchiv.de
- rlm.at (rodinné fotograe Hanse Dortenmanna)
- REVI č. 51
- Bergström, Pegg, Luftwaffe Colours, Vol.3, sec. 4;
Vol.4, Sec. 3
- Kagero, Fw 190, vol. 1
BUY Fw 190A JG54 Grünherz 1/48
Oak Cluster, 99 kills, best known for his service
with JG 400 equipped with the Me 163 rocket
ghter), who was replaced in October, 1944,
by Hptm. Rudolf Klemm (Knight’s Cross, 42 kills).
IV. Gruppe was the only component of JG 54
that, after re-equipping with the Fw 190, exclu-
sively ew the ‘A’ variant up to the end of the
war.