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BUILT
Fw 190A-5
light fighter
1/48
built by Paolo Portuesi
#84118
MARKING C
Fw 190A-5, WNr. 410004, Oblt. Walter Nowotny, CO of I./JG 54, Orel, the Soviet Union, October 1943
A German fighter pilot of Austrian origin and
a native of Gmünd situated near the border with
Czechoslovakia, Walter “Nowi” Nowotny was
a holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves,
Swords and Diamonds, and shot down 258 enemy
aircraft over the course of 442 combat sorties.
He was killed in an Me 262 Schwalbe in combat
with American escort fighters near an airfield at
Hesepe on November 8, 1944. “Nowi’s” aircraft
got a non-standard camouflage consisting of
two shades of dark green, most likely RLM
70 and RLM 71. The yellow wingtips of the
undersides and yellow band round the fuselage
identified the aircraft flying in the Eastern Front.
The JG 54 aircraft bore yellow band on the
fuselage, underneath the fuselage crosses, and
bottom part of the rudder was painted yellow as
well.
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