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MT-463, HLeLv 31, Utti, Finland, Summer 1948

The end of the fights with the Soviet Union brought a ceasefire from September 5th, 1944. One of the conditions of the ceasefire

was a change in the marking of the Finnish aircraft – the blue swastika was substituted by cockade bearing Finnish national colours, i.e. blue and white. Lentolaivue 24, whose pilots of Messerschmitts Bf 109G reached the total of 304 victories in air fights,

kept these fighters also during the period of peace duty. From December 4th, 1944 the planes served with HLeLv 31, which is still

active today. The pilots of this squadron fly F-18C Hornets at present time.

The aircraft concerned is the same as the one portrayed in the previous paint, though, used in the post-war service – this is proved by the national insignia in Finnish national colours introduced from April 1st, 1945. The marking of the aircraft is accompanied

by the painting of the bat placed on the blue cloud and the moon – marking of the HLeLv 31 night fighters. The moon used to be

white or yellow; MT-463 has white moon. The rudder was repainted most likely with the Finnish olive green colour.

Recommended for Bf 109G-6/AS

48885

FE1142

644003

648261

648239

648240

648247

648309

648265

EX512

EX524

EX581

Bf 109G-6 1/48 (PE-Set)

Bf 109G-6/AS Weekend 1/48 (PE-Set)

Bf 109G-6 LööK 1/48 (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 wheels 1/48 (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 radio compartment 1/48 (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 cockpit 1/48 (Brassin)

Bf 109G exhaust stacks 1/48 (Brassin)

Bf 109G undercarriage legs BRONZE 1/48 (Brassin)

Bf 109G external fuel tanks (Brassin)

Bf 109G spinner spirals 1/48 (Mask)

Bf 109G-6 Erla canopy 1/48 (Mask)

Bf 109G Erla canopy TFace 1/48 (Mask)

Cat. No. 644003

Cat. No. 648240

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