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Info Eduard - July 2011
JULY KITS
MiG-21MF Weekend Edition
1/48 Cat.No. 84125
MiG-21MF, German Democratic Repub-
lic, Jagdiegergeschwader 3, Preschen
Airbase, 1990
Red ‘687’ was assigned to JG-3 based at Pre-
schen near the town of Forst through the eigh-
ties and into the nineties. At that time, this unit
operated the MiG-21MF as well as the MiG-29,
and pilots also had the MiG-21UM and MiG-
-29UB training versions at their disposal. This
unit served in the air force of the German De-
mocratic Republic, which was the former commu-
nist East Germany. The JG-3 was graced with
the name ‘Wladimir Komarow’, in honor of the
Soviet Cosmonaut who died in April, 1964, while
landing in the Soyuz I capsule. This aircraft is in
the collection of the Deutches Museum Flugwerft
in Oberschleissheim.
BUY Fw 190D-13 1/48