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Hptm. Friedrich-Karl Müller, CO of 1./NJGr. 10, Werneuchen, Germany, July 1944

Friedrich-Karl Müller, the future Knight’s Cross

recipient and the ace with thirty night victories

over the enemy aircraft, was born on December

4, 1912, in Sulzbach in Saarland. In 1934 he

completed his pilot training and got the job with

Lufthansa. After the outbreak of World War II,

he was transferred to the Luftwaffe. Initially,

he was flying as a transport pilot, later as an

instrument flying instructor. In December 1942,

he was assigned to KG 50 flying with He 177s

and in the summer of the following year he

responded to Hajo Hermann call and requested

the reassignment to JG 300 famous for its Wilde

Sau (single-engine fighter night interception

without airborne radar guidance) tactics. While

serving with this unit, Müller was credited with

19 victories and in January 1944 he was ordered to

form 1./NJGr. 10. In August 1944, he was promoted

to command I./NJG 11 and was leading this unit

until the end of World War II. He passed away

on November 2, 1987. The lower and part of side

surfaces were painted black to better suit night

conditions. The red band around the rear fuselage

indicated the original owner of this aircraft within

Reich Defense system was JG 300. The pilot’s

score was painted on both sides of the rudder

in the form of the twenty-three stripes with the

enemy nationality and date of the victory.

Oblt. Manfred Dieterle, 2./EJG 2, Hagenow, Germany, December 1944

Ergänzungsnachtjagdstaffel was established on

March 9, 1944, in Ludwigslust and its task was the

operational training of the single-engine night

fighter pilots who were afterwards destined for

JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 and later for NJG 10 and

NJG 11. In the end of July, the Staffel was extended

to the Gruppe size (EJGr. 2) and in the beginning

of November the name was changed to EJG 2.

In the meantime, the relocation to the Hagenow

airport took place. In October the unit received

Messerschmitts Bf 109G-6/AS and G-14/AS

with which the instructors were to fly the night

sorties against British Mosquitoes. Contrary to

the training aircraft which carried the markings

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of the particular Staffel (1. Staffel white, 2. Staffel

red, 3. Staffel yellow, 4. Staffel blue) these

combat ones were marked with the numerals in

green color. The original camouflage of Green 5

was oversprayed with black color for better night

camouflaging and it also carried EJG 2 insignia on

the port side of the fuselage nose.

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Bf 109G-6 (PE-Set)

Bf 109G seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

Bf 109G-6 LööK (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 LööKplus (Brassin)

Bf 109G exhaust stacks (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 propeller (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 wheels (Brassin)

Bf 109G external fuel tanks (Brassin)

Bf 109G undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 cockpit PRINT (Brassin)

Bf 109G-6 SPACE (3D Decal)

Bf 109G spinner spirals (Mask)

Bf 109G Erla canopy TFace (Mask)

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