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WNr. 210909, Maj. Gerhard Barkhorn, Stab JG 6, Welzow,
Germany, February 1945
WNr. 210003, Oblt. Hans Dortenmann, 12./JG 26, Germany, 1945
The personal aircraft of Gerhard Barkhorn, the
new CO of JG 6 at the time, was manufactured by
the Focke-Wulf factory in Sorau. The name ‘Christl’
is a reference to Barkhorn´s wife Christa. Marking
on the fuselage identifies the Geschwader’s CO
aircraft. Barkhorn achieved 301 aerial victories
during WWII, all of them as a member of JG 52,
putting him in second place among German fighter
aces. His first victory was achieved on July 2, 1940
and the last on January 5, 1945. In 1945, Barkhorn
became the CO of JG 6 and flew Me 262 jet fighters
as a member of JV 44 shortly before the German
surrender. Barkhorn was awarded the Knight´s
Cross on August 23, 1942, with Oak Leaves
(on January 11, 1944) and Swords (on March 2, 1944).
In the post-war era, he joined Bundesluftwaffe.
Oblt. Hans Dortenmann, a 38-kills fighter ace and
Knight's Cross holder, noted in his memoirs that
he used Dora WNr. 210003 as a personal mount
from September 1944 to the end of hostilities.
He personally destroyed her to avoid falling into
enemy hands at the end of the war. At first, during
Dortenmann´s service with III./JG 54, the airplane
was marked 'Red 1'. In late February III./JG 54 was
redesignated IV./JG 26, and Dortenmann was
appointed Staffelkapitän of 12./JG 26. His Dora
became 'Black 1'. The White-Black band appeared
on the tail as well as IV. Gruppe‘s wave. According
to Dortenmann´s memoirs, the original RLM 74/75
camouflage scheme was changed to RLM 81/82,
but the reason for re-painting remains unknown.
A new style blown canopy was installed instead
of the original flat one. The vertical part of the tail
unit was painted yellow from JG 54 days.
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648757 Fw 190D landing flaps wooden PRINT (Brassin)
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