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MA Y 2021

KITS

HISTORY

BRASSIN

PHOTO-ETCHED SETS

BIGED

RELEASE

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May 2021

June 2021

Mustang Mk.IV ProPACK 1/48

Fw 190F-8 ProPACK 1/48

Bf 109G-2 ProPACK 1/48

MiG-21MF Fighter Bomber ProPACK 1/72

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The last Chase

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Good ev ening, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The winter wave of covid is subsiding

a bit with the coming of spring, but w e

are still testing our w orkers on a re

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gular basis, ev en though it’ s been over

a month since we ha ve had a positive case ,

and we hav e no one ill at the moment.

At least, not due to covid. The r estock of

our catalog is progr essing slowly , but it is

continuing. W e are up to the T empest kits,

which could see stocked shelves thr ough

May , and in June, ther e should be a reissue

of the T empest Mk.V Series I kit. The MiG

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-21s in 1:48th are beginning their pr oduction

run, and May sho uld also see the initiation

of the Spitfire Mk.IXs, along with their as

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sociated versions, the Mk. VIII and Mk. X VI.

In June, w e may be able to f ocus some

attention on the Hellcats, and on the Fw 190D

through the summer months. By then, w e’ll

be into some of the 1:72nd scale items as

well. P roduction of ne w molds is going well,

too, and the Camel mo ulds are essentia

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lly complete. The T rener moulds hav e their

electrodes, and parts are being milled into

the blocks now . W e ar e putting together the

manuscript for the video advert f or the T r e

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ner kits, which I am getting a kick out of , and

I trust you will enjo y the end result. But the

filming itself requires a fairly large number

of T reners, and b y that, I mean the genui

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ne articles, not models. W e make the latter

ourselves, no w orries. W e ar e confident that

we will be able to present the T rener kit at

this year’ s E-da y as a new r elease, and the

question isn’ t whether or not this will be po

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ssible. The bigger question is whether or not

this dumb pandemic can be beaten, and if it

will bring about the return of the modeling

ev ents that we are familiar with as being

normal. I personally believ e that the answ er

is yes, and that we will be able to meet at

Lysa nad Labem, and that it will be the first

E-day to be put on in accor dance with the

vision based on the new f ormat inclusive

of the Czech Model Masters contest. I also

believ e that we will be at Las V egas for the

IPMS Nationals in the United States and at

T elford in Nov ember .

KI TS

May is unique in that we ha ve no ne w Limited

Edition kit for release in this month. W e were

to have p ut out the 1:72nd scale Adlerangriff

kit with different Special Hobb y Bf 109Es. But,

as is clear , it is not part of May’ s release pr o

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gram. The problem is rooted in the under es-

timation by Special Hobb y of the demand f or

the kit, and the first two press c ycles of the

kit did not yield enough plastic to co ver or

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ders. So we left our or der for these kits to S H

for their needs, and we p ushed the release

date of ours to July . But that July order is

OU RS! W e won’ t be leaving that one to them.

Conversely , we mo ved the r elease of the

1:48th scale Fw 190F-8 from July to May , and

it’ s the P rofiP A C K version. The Focke W ulf

is bound to make a lot of people happ y , but

I get that it does nothing for the 1:72nd types

among you. The Fw 190 F-8 stems from the

Fw 190 A-8, b ut has a new wing and two spru-

es of weapons for attacking gr ound tar gets.

The sprues with the weapons are the same as

those that appeared in the first generation of

the Fw 190F-8 that we r eleased some years

back. There are se ven markings options in

the kit, and they intentionally co ver the ma

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jority of the spectrum of Luftwaffe units that

flew the type . The theme of the gro und attack

Fw 190F-8s is further taken up in this

newsletter via an article b y Andre w Arth y .

In the past sev eral months, there was quite

a bit of interest in the P anzerschreck w ea

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pons, which were carried b y the Fw 190F-

8. The question has also been raised as to

whether we wo uld release these as Brassin

items, and the answer to that question is

‘y es’. But I must point o ut that this somewhat

iconic piece of equipment suffers fr om a lack

of good refer ence material. So , we ask the

harsher critics out there to be a little bit f or

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giving. W e are doing what w e can.

Another May P rofiP A CK is the Mustang Mk.IV,

the British version of the P-51 D, as well as

the P-51K, which was known in the RAF as

the Mustang Mk.IVa. In the P rofiP A C K kit, the

Mk.IVa outnumbers the Mk.IV in a ratio of 2:1,

with there being a total of f our K’ s. I alwa

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ys tended to view the British v ersions of the

Mustang as somewhat boring, b ut, of cour

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se, in r esearching the marking options, I, as

many bef ore me , have done an about face .

Y ou wil l probably come to the same conclusi

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on yourselv es. The options are quite o utstan-

ding, as are the individual stories connected

with them. The boxart again depicts an actu

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al ev ent. In this case, it concerns Operation

Omelette, an operation that f ocused on the li

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beration of the Channel Islands, the only part

of the United Kingdom to be occupied b y Nazi

Germany . Y ou can r ead more on this opera

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tion in the accompanying article b y Richar d

Plos in this newsletter . T o go along with the

Mustang Mk.IV , we will also be releasing

a BFC item, dedicated to one of the most de-

picted of the British Mustangs, flown b y F/Lt.

A. S . Doley , named ‘Dooleybir d’.

And that’ s not all for the P r ofiP A CK r e

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leases this month. The other is the Bf 109G-

2. Actually , this one is a sort of a ‘re-issue’

and is largely the same as the Bf 109G-2

Pr ofiP A CK kit carrying the Catalog Num

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ber 82116. It has a new bo xart, because the

original one was…how to p ut it?....nothing to

write home about. It also diff ers in one of

the marking options pro vided, because the

one that it replaces r equired the inclusion

of the plastic sprue containing a G-4 wing.

At the moment, plastic parts are at a pr e-

mium for us, and so we r eally need to go

out of our wa y to use them to optimal eff ect,

accounting for the change in the marking op

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tions, taking advantage of the elimination of

the need for that sprue . The last of the f our

May P rofiP A CK releases is a clean reissue .

It is the MiG-21MF Fighter Bomber in 1:72nd

scale. The bo xart depicts Vietnamese figh

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ter ace and future cosmonaut Pham T uan

downing a B-52. Back in the da y , this pictu

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re caused a lot of commotion from acr oss

the pond and I am hopeful that we won ’ t see

a repeat of that this time aro und. The last

of the five May mode kit releases is the Al

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batros D . V in a 1:72nd scale W eekend Editi-

on boxing. This kit’ s a classic for which we

have chosen f our attractiv e marking options,

which has now become the norm f or this line.

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A C CES SO RIES - BRA SSIN

Conceptually , the Löök and Space sets are

similar . Both utilize progressive 3D techno-

logies in combination with pre-painted pho-

toetched brass. It can almost be said that

these two lines are in dir ect competition with

each other . I would say that, thanks to being

a further reaching product, the Space con-

cept comes out on top in terms of bang f or

the buck, and that goes f or both the 3D aspect

as well as the photoetched brass aspect of

the item. For now , it comes out about e ven,

but we shall see the direction each takes, as

demand by c ustomers dev elops. These are

still both new items. One thing that these

sets are managing to do already is to test

our printing ability to the max. Sales of pre

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-painted photoetched has risen markedly

ov er the past year , and since it’ s all printed

on the same machine, w e will be in need of

acquiring another one through the summer .

It will be a good investment, as the ne w

machine will be more modern than the two

currently in use , so we sho uld see an impro

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vement in the quality of the product as w ell.

As a side note, the colo ur printers are in the

photoetched department, and the production

of the Space sets is their jurisdiction, while

the Löök sets fall to the Brassin department.

This could precipitate minor diff erences in

sets designed for the same kit, stemming

from each department’ s application of the 3D

aspects to a given set. For Ma y , we have f our

new Löök sets coming o ut, all in 1:48th scale

(MiG-15, MiG- 15bis, P-39Q and the Mustang

Mk.IV) and two new LööKpl us sets (MiG-21PF

and MiG-21PFM. There are thr ee new Space

sets, cov ering the MiG-15bis, Fw 190F-8 and

the Mustang Mk.IV , again, all in 48th. Classic

Brassin sets are dominated b y a cockpit set

for the Spitfire Mk.II (Eduard, 1:48th). For the

MiG-15 from Br onco, ther e are three smaller

sets cov ering wheels and cannon barrels.

It should be noted that these are divided

into two sets, one for the MiG-15 and the

other for the bis subtype . These are also in

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teresting in that the y are 3D prints, and not

cast resin. This is a progr ession that will

begin to dominate our production thr ough

the second half of the year . I expect that

about this time ne xt year , I will be talking

about sets that are pr edominantly printed,

not cast. The remaining six ne w sets this

month centre aro und weapons sets in all

the three main scales. There is al so one new

BigSin, for the Spitfire Mk.IIa.

A C CES SO RIES

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PHOTOETCHED AND MA SKS

May’ s photoetched items and maks ar e pro

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bably best described as typical. Also typical is

its wide range of subject matter and its poten

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tial to generate a lot of interest. For example ,

the cov erage of the 1:72nd scale set for the

Ar 234 from Dragon, curr ently being sold b y

the P olish firm HOBBY 20 00 , or the set for the

Bf 109E-3 from Special Hobb y , which will

also soon be useable on our o wn Edu

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ard boxing. Our off ering will, of course ,

include a plethora of fundamental pho

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toetched brass, so the dev elopment of

an accessory kit for it will be a bit mor e

complicated. HOBBY 20 00 is r eboxing

a large number of Asian produced kits, much

to the delight of modelers, and so we deci

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ded to go into producing some sets f or their

releases. In May , besides the afor ementi

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oned Ar 234, this includes the 1:48th scale

MiG-15 and MiG- 15bis from Bronco , being

box ed simultaneously b y the P olish firm. W e

also hav e masks for the MiGs to go with the

photoetched. The MiG-15bis items include

masks, both in the classic form and also as

the inside/outside TFace types. Keeping with

1:48th scale, both types of mask sets ar e

also being offer ed for the Harrier GR.1 and

the GR.3 from Kinetic , the MV-22 from Hobb y

Boss and our o wn Fw 190F-8. For all of these

noted models, the list of new items al so

includes photoetched, and for the Fw 190 F-8

and the MiG-15 this does not lea ve out l an

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ding flaps. For the Arma Hobb y PZL.11c w e

have just the cl assic type of mask, same

going for the R oden P T-13 Kaydet in 1:32nd

scale, b ut both types are being r eleased for

the T rumpeter P-40 M in the same scale . This

last type has a total of six ne w photoetched

sets being released for it, incl uding a set of

pre-painted steel seat belts and two mask

sets. In the ZO OM line , the steel belts are

available no w for all of the abo ve noted kits

in 1:48th and 1:32nd scale, e xcept f or the Fw

190F-8. Ho we ver , the set containing generic

Luftwaffe seat belts (Catalog Number FE812)

cov ers those. The only set being r eleased

that is not for an aircraft is 36462, T yphoon

K for the 1:35th Z v ezda kit. This month leaves

out an y new ship sets or Big Eds.

DEC AL S

There are f our ne w decal sets being released

in May , three of which are stencil data items.

They ar e for the T ornado GR.4 (Re vell), the

MiG-15 (Bronco) and the MiG-23MF/ML

(T rumpeter). The fo urth set is designed f or the

Eduard Mustang. It offers decal s for the P-

-51D from the 15th AF , US AAF , which were

Mustangs without the fin fillet operating

in Italy . One of the articles in this issue

of the newsletter deal s with the appli

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cation of our decals and describes the

oft requested information on just how to

peel awa y the carrier film, and describes

if and how necessary it is to actually go

through this pr ocess to achiev e optimum

performance o ut of them. I won ’t go into any

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thing that would r equire a spoiler alert. Y ou

will find the article interesting, and divulging

its conclusions is unsuitable for me to do

here .

As you pr obably already kno w b y now , May’ s

new r eleases are avail able from our e-shop

as of Friday , April 30th. As always, I hope this

newsletter brings y ou a good read with lots

of inspiration.

Happy Modelling!

Vladimir Sulc

P etr Dousek

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Background

By the late-summer of 19 44, the war on the Eastern Front had turned

firmly against the Germans, and they were on the def ensive e very-

where . Things had been relatively quiet on the so uthern sector of the

front for se veral months, but the Germans kne w that the situation

in Romania w ould soon change . The Luftwaffe headquarters in that

sector was Luftflotte 4, under Generaloberst Otto Deßloch

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ground-attack units w ere a primary component of Deßloch ’ s com-

mand. Schlachtgeschwader 2 and Schl achtgeschwader 10 had been

vital units for Luftflotte 4 thro ughout 19 44, and that would remain the

case until the end of the war . By August 1944, most components of

those two Schlachtgesch wader were equipped with the Focke- W ulf

190 F-8, the highly capable fighter -bomber version of Kurt T ank’ s fa-

mous W ürger .

I./ SG 2 was relativ ely late in receiving the Focke- W ulf 190 : it gav e up

its Ju 87s and took on its first Fw 190 F-8s at Görgényor oszfalu (mo-

dern Solo văstru, R omania) in July 19 44. The situation in the Luftflotte

4 sector was not so critical in July and the first three weeks of August,

so conversion training co uld proceed peacefully f or Hptm. Kurt Lau ’ s

unit, with just the usual training mishaps occurring.

When I./ SG 2 returned to action with its ne w aircraft, in mid-August

19 44, Luftflotte 4 was about to face the biggest challenge of its e xi-

stence, as German y’ s R omanian allies switched their allegiance , and

the Soviets began a rapid advance thr ough R omania towar ds Hunga-

rian territory . I./ SG 2 fle w its ne w Fw 190 F-8s into action and suffe-

red some losses after the R ed Army’ s Iasi-Kishinev offensive began

on 20 August 19 44. In the wake of that off ensive , other Fw 190 F-8

equipped Gruppen were transf erred to R omania, Hungary and Y ugo-

slavia, including the Gesch waderstab , I., II. and III./ SG 10 , plus the Ju

87s of III./ SG 2. During late- August, September , and October 1944, the

Red Arm y dro ve the Axis f orces of Heeresgruppe Süd o ut of R oma-

nia and across the Carpathian Mountains, penetrated Bulgaria, and

advanced onto the plains of eastern Hungary . The battle for Budapest

itself would become fierce in late-October 19 44, and the Fw 190 F-8s

of Luftflotte 4 would be hea vily inv olved.

Battling for Budapest

The primary objective for the R ed Arm y was the Hungarian capital,

and in October and Nov ember 19 44, the So viet 2. and 3. Ukrainian

Fronts did their utmost with tired and w eakened forces to captur e

the city . On 16 October , Hungarian R egent Miklós Horthy was arr es-

ted, and a hard-line right-wing party took o ver , ensuring Hunga-

ry would hel p the Germans resist the So viet advance. While those

high-lev el actions were taking place , I. Fliegerkorps – a subordinate

command of Luftflotte 4 – was operating on a daily basis against the

Soviet advance ar ound Debrecen, to the east of the Hungarian capital.

Amongst the active I. Fliegerkorps units equipped with the Fw 190 F-8

were I./SG 2, the Geschwaderstab , I. and III./ SG 10 , and 5./SG 77 with

its Panzerschr eck-equipped Fw 190 F-8s based at Sárospatak, to the

north of Debrecen.

2)

The Panzerschr eck rocket was a ne w and very eff ective airborne an-

ti-tank weapon, based on the infantry weapon of the same name , and

5./ SG 77 had been trained in its usage at the Luftwaffe e valuation

and testing airfield at Udetfeld (modern Zendek, P oland) in Septem-

ber . The 1. Staffel of SG 10 undertook fr ontline conversion to P anzer-

schreck Fw 190 F-8s in Hungary in early No vember , but this was not

considered very eff ective in comparison, as a German wartime report

noted:

“In October/Nov ember 19 44, an attempt was made b y Luftflotte 4 to

equip and deploy Schlachtfliegerstaff eln with P anzerschreck witho ut

special training. T raining was to take place in the field. The success of

the Staffeln was e xtraordinarily lo w , with high fuel and ammunition

consumption, although the y were old, pr ov en Fw 190 Schlachtstaffel n.

The reason was the lo w marksmanship of the pilots.”

The Panzerschr eck-equipped Fw 190 F-8 Staffel n of Luftflotte 4

would operate on man y days during October 19 44, including sixteen

The Focke-Wulf 190 F-8wasa vitalGerman weapon on the Eastern Front in the final year of the Second W orld W ar , and nowhere was this more evident than during the fighting in Hungary in late-19 44 and early 19 45. Under German air force command Luftflotte 4, unitssuch asSchlachtgeschwader 10 and Hans-Ulrich R udel’ s Schlachtgeschwader 2

flew tho usands of sorties against the R ed Arm y , trying to hold back the Soviet tide . Their eff orts wer e inevitabl y to no

avail, b ut the men flying the Fw 190 F-8 perf ormed valiantly against great odds. Not only did they face str ong So viet

aerial opposition and gro und fire; the y also had to fly and fight in horrendo us winter weather conditions.

The Focke- W ulf 190 F-8

with Luftflotte 4, 19 44-19 45

Andre w Arth y

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sorties on the 21st, and two on the 2 4th.

Meanwhile , the war went on, and Debrecen f ell to the So viets on 20

October , although a German army counterattack north of the city

concluding on 2 6 October enjoy ed some success, with good support

from Fw 190 Schlachtflugze uge of I. Fliegerkorps (180 sorties were

flown on 21 October , and 162 on 2 6 October). One German pilot of S G

10 recalled of this period:

“W e fle w ex clusively missions in support of the arm y , which was under

heavy pressur e from the So viets. … W e had successes without ma

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jor losses, and that brought a better mood amongst airmen as well

as ground personnel. Ev en if they w ere not directly in volv ed in the

fighting, the aircraft mechanics in particular wer e pro ud when ‘their’

aircraft destro yed a tank, shot do wn an aircraft, or achiev ed other

outstanding successes.

W e had to fly a lot. … It had become autumn, b ut the weather was

mostly good and hardly ga ve us any br eathing space.”

There was a ne w crisis for the Germans on 29 October , when Ge-

neral Armii Rodion Malino vsky’ s 2. Ukrainian Front began an advan-

ce through K ecskemet and Kiskoros to the southern appr oaches of

Budapest. The Soviet tr oops were stopped just short of the city on 3

Nov ember by ad hoc German and Hungarian f orces, b ut it had been

a big scare for the Axis commanders. Malino vsk y was eager to cap-

ture the city to coincide with the 7 No vember 19 44 anniversary of the

Bolshevik R e volution, b ut Axis resistance was stiffening, s upported

by Fw 190 F-8s of Luftflotte 4. 9 4 ground-attack aircraft of I. Flieger-

korps were sent o ut on 5 Nov ember , with II./ SG 10 over the battle area

mid-afternoon, attacking Soviet trucks.

Malinovsk y now r eadjusted his plans, and soon began a series of

complex en veloping manoeu vres to surro und the city , starting on 11

Nov ember . On the opening day of the new R ed Army off ensive , 51 Fw

190 ground-attack air craft were dispatched, and v ery experienced

German pilot Hermann Dibowsk y

3)

of I./ SG 10 fle w two missions from

his unit’ s Ocseny base , near the Danube Riv er south of Budapest.

At the start of Nov ember , I./ SG 2 was based at Felsöabrany , but it was

about to hav e a significant change in leadership. On 7 No vember 19 44,

Hptm. Kurt Lau left the Gruppe to take o ver training unit II./ SG 103,

and the former II./SG 103 commander , Hptm. Herbert Bauer , arriv ed

in his place. Bauer had al ready flo wn more than 1, 0 00 sorties and de

Stab I./ SG 2, Csor or R aab, Hungary , winter 1944/1945

Focke-W ulf 190 F-8 of Stab I./ SG 2 with marking „black che vron, blue 2“ is seen at a Hungarian airfield during winter 19 44/1945. This machine was pre viously sho wn with red mar

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kings. Howe ver , according to loss records the Stab I./SG 2 used blue digits, Stab II./ SG 2 had green digits and Stab I./SG 10 used letters combined with chevr ons.

Photo: W aralbum

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stro yed 51 tanks and hundreds of v ehicles, and the Austrian was one

of the most experienced gro und-attack pilots in the Luftwaffe .

The Fw 190 F-8 would enter service with a non-German opera-

tor in the autumn of 19 44, as the Hungarian 1. Schlachtstaff el (also

known b y its Hungarian designation of 102/ 1. vadászbombázó század)

received sixteen Fw 190 F-8s and a single G-8 at Bör gönd in late

October 19 44. The Staffel w ould commence operations from ther e

in mid-Nov ember , and proved to be just as eff ective as the German

ground-attack units in coming months.

Bad weather became a featur e of the Hungarian air war in

mid-Nov ember , and several da ys saw limited Luftwaff e operati-

ons. For example , an SG 2 pilot described 15 Nov ember thus: “On 15

Nov ember the weather was bad again, very f oggy and clo udy .” This

would become a familiar situation in coming months. The w eather

did not stop Malinovsk y’ s troops, and on 16 No vember the y reached

the key point of Hatvan, east-north-east of Budapest: the thr eat to

the city was gro wing. Recognising the serio usness of the situation,

and with decent weather , Luftflotte 4 dispatched 420 sorties on the

sixteenth, and the Fw 190 F-8 pilots claimed success in aerial combat

and against ground tar gets. Famed Stuka (and recently con verted Fw

190 F-8) pilot Oberstleutnant Hans-Ulrich R udel downed an Il-2 mH in

a combat between Hatvan and Budapest, and dozens of So viet gro und

targets wer e reported damaged or destro yed b y S G 2 and SG 10 .

In bad weather on 22 No vember , the Hungarian Fw 190 F-8s flew

three missions, including one in the afternoon b y a dozen aircraft

against Soviet tr oops on Csepel Island, a large l and mass in the

middle of the Danube River just so uth of Budapest.

A Harsh Winter

In late-Nov ember and early December , 3. Ukrainian Front burst

across the Danube 175 kilometres so uth of Budapest and began

driving north and north-west, to wards Lake Balaton and the area

southw est of Budapest, creating another thr eat to the Hungarian

capital. Bad weather limited Fw 190 F-8 operations in the final days

of Nov ember , so the Heeresgruppe Süd defenders lacked close air

support at a vital time. 54 gr ound-attack aircraft did get airborne on

the opening day of December , and then 80 Fw 190s on 4 December .

A Stuka pilot from III./ SG 2 r ecalled the situation in this period:

“ The I. Gruppe of the Geschwader was equipped with the Fw 190 and

was based at Csor , not far from our f ormer airfield at Varpalota. The y

were supposed to pr ovide fighter protection during o ur missions, as

the protection pro vided b y Jagdgeschwader 52 co uld no longer be

reliably guaranteed.”

5 December 19 44 was a crucial da y , as 3. Ukrainian Front troops

approached the north-eastern end of Lake Balaton, and 2. Ukrainian

Front attacked north and south of Budapest. In the air , Luftflotte 4

was able to put up a remarkable (f or this stage of the war , at least)

392 sorties, more than half of which wer e by the Fw 190 units. The

newly appointed K ommandeur of I./SG 2, Hptm. Bauer , downed a Yak-

9 south-west of Budapest, whil e I./ SG 10 and the Ju 87s of III./SG

2 were also activ e. So viet troop cr ossings on either side of Csepel

Island were al so targeted, as one Fw 190 F-8 pilot recalled:

“ The Soviets wer e about to encircle Budapest. For this purpose , they

formed bridgeheads acr oss the Danube. If the y could not be pre ven

-

ted from doing so , there was a danger that the y would complete the

encirclement. W e were used a couple of times against these So viet

manoeuvr es. On one occasion we caught them when the y bro ught

their soldiers across the river on pontoons to form a bridgehead on

the west bank of the Danube . Tightly packed, the Ivans stood in the

floating vehicles, which wer e clear targets for us to spot. It was like

target-shooting. The effect must have been terrible . Man y jumped

into the water in fear of death. Of co urse they r eturned fire with their

infantry weapons. W e also received fire from both banks.”

The intention in late-19 44 had been to convert III./ SG 2 from the Ju 8 7

T able : Luftflotte 4 Fw 190 Units, 20 Nov ember 19 44

Unit T ype/s Strength Serviceable Cre ws Ready Comments

Stab SG . 2 Fw 190 F-8 6 3 4 4 Plus a single Ju 87

I./ SG 2 Fw 190 F-8 31 21 27 17

II./ SG 2 Fw 190 F-8 31 2 6 31 25 Plus some Hs 123s

Fw 190 G-8

Stab SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 3 3 3 2

I./ SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 21 14 32 27

II./ SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 28 20 2 25

III./ SG 10 Fw 190 F-8 23 19 33 24

13./ SG 151 Fw 190 F-8 8 3 7 6

T otal 151 109 169 130

Luftflotte 4 units were not the only ones to operate the Fw 190 F-8 in Hungary . The Royal

Hungarian Air Force received appr oximately 70 F-8s. In this photo of a colourfully-mar-

ked Fw 190 is seen Hadnagy (2nd Lieutenant) Lajos V arga (1918 - 20 01), one of the most

successful Hungarian fighter -bomber pilots. His Fw 190 F-8 "54" is named "MICA " and

belongs to 102/2. Vadász-bombázó század "P uli".”

Soviet officers visiting Fw 190 F-8 WNr . 583606 „black 2“ of 2./ SG 10. The aircraft took off

from T otvazson y on February 10, 19 45 and was shot down b y Flak near Alsóhetényp uszta,

Hungary . Pilot and Staff elführer Oblt. Hans-Gottfried Schulz was unhurt and became a

POW . Schulz (1920 – 2012) originally serv ed with I./JG 51. After service with Erg. St./SKG

10 in 19 43 he became commander of 2./ SG 10 in March 19 44. After the war he served in

the Bundeswehr with rank of Oberst. Schulz is cr edited with 486 missions and at least 4

victories.

Photo: Fortepan

Photo: Fortepan

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D-5 to the Fw 190 F-8, and some pilots began their con version trai-

ning in December , with instructions from an Oberfeldwebel of I./SG 2.

One converting pilot r ecalled that the Fw 190 F-8 “was a huge change

compared to the Ju 87”, due to its much greater speed. Ho we ver , the

III. Gruppe soon returned to action with its faithful old Stukas due to

the desperate situation in Hungary .

By 8 December , Red Army advances to the north and so uth-west of

Budapest placed the city in an eastward- facing bulge , very vulnerable

to encirclement. Adolf Hitler desired a co unterattack in the region in

coming weeks, and promised some armo ured units. In the meantime ,

Heeresgruppe Süd had to hold on in freezing w eather with its weak

forces. Luftflotte 4 was as strong as it had been since September

19 44 in terms of the number of units it had on strength, and bad w ea-

ther allow ed the pilots and ground personnel some much-needed

rest. When the skies wer e good enough f or flying, big efforts wer e

made, including mor e than 300 gr ound-attack sorties on 8 December ,

more than 20 0 the next da y , and another 300-plus on 11 December .

A City Encircled

The German tanks had arrived f or a counterattack b y mid-December ,

but it was the So viets who struck first, on 20 December , as 2. and

3. Ukrainian Fronts advanced from either side of Budapest, suppor-

ted by tw o entire air armies. All of S G 2 and SG 10 w ere on strength

with Luftflotte 4 at this stage, b ut only 56 sorties were flo wn on the

opening day of the R ed Army off ensive , due to bad weather . A Ger-

man counterattack the next da y achie ved only very limited success,

and the Soviet thrusts fr om north and south wer e closing in behind

Budapest, which was full of civilians and unprepared f or a lengthy

siege. By Christmas Da y , Budapest’s fate was sealed, and I. and

II./ SG 10 and III./ SG 2 operated in the early afternoon to the w est and

north-west of the city . While escorting III./ SG 2 around midda y , Oblt.

Norbert Schmitt, the long-time Staffelkapitän of 3./SG 10, cl aimed

a Soviet R-5 shot do wn while it was landing near Zsámbék, just w est

of Budapest.

On 27 December 19 44, the 2. and 3. Ukrainian Front spearheads met

at the Danube River and completed the encir clement of Budapest,

trapping four German and tw o Hungarian divisions. German thoughts

immediately turned to a relief operation, as more tr oops and tanks

were dispatched to Hungary , although Hitler wo uld not tolerate talk

of giving up the city . Meanwhile, Luftflotte 4 continued to operate as

much as the gre y and cloudy skies allo wed. 97 gr ound-attack aircraft

of I. Fliegerkorps were sent o ut on 29 December in poor visibility to

operate in front of 6. Armee , hitting a railway station, and tank and v e-

hicle concentrations. For the month of December , Luftflotte 4 ground-

-attack aircraft claimed the destruction of 88 tanks, 547 trucks, and

715 vehicles, while losing 21 aircraft in return, with fifteen others mi-

ssing. This was a significant contribution to the German defence in

the Budapest region.

Although the war was going badly f or the Germans in late-19 44 and

early 19 45, the aircraft pr oduction system was still functioning, and

the Fw 190 F-9, the ultimate ground-attack v ersion of the Focke-W ulf

aircraft, began to arrive at Luftflotte 4 in January 19 45. Howe ver ,

the F-9 would only o ver supplement the Fw 190 F-8, not supplant it.

Overall, January 19 45 sa w many vital r eplacement Fw 190 F aircraft

arrive at Luftflotte 4, including 69 betw een the fourth and the eighth,

and another 68 between the twentieth and the 25th. The r einforce-

ments were much-needed after months of har d fighting.

The German relief attempt began from K omárno on the opening day

of 19 45, and Heeresgruppe Süd r eported:

“Our o wn air f orce was badly hindered b y cloud co ver , but carried o ut

180 sorties against enemy positions in the ar ea of Székesfehérvár

and north-east of T ata-T óváros. The y destro yed one tank, tw enty ve

-

hicles, and one locomotive .”

Over the next couple of days, every time the German offensive se-

emed to be making progress, the So viets reacted and held it. The

offensive was supported b y aro und 360 sorties on 2 January , and

Luftflotte 4 units claimed 29 tanks and 135 trucks destro yed on 3 Ja-

nuary . The fourth day of the y ear pro ved to be a costly one , inclu-

ding Ritterkre uz-holder Oblt. Manfred Goetze of 8./SG 10, and Ofw .

Friedrich ‘Frido’ Müller of 1./SG 2 both killed. Bad weather on 5 and

6 January restricted Luftflotte 4 eff orts, and the German offensive

had almost come to a halt in any case . In Budapest itself , the situa-

tion was becoming more desperate b y the day , and there was bitter

house-to-house fighting. An audacious German drive for Budapest

to relie ve the garrison was made in the second week of January , but

had failed by 10 January .

After a quieter week, on 18 January , IV. S S

-

Panzerkorps jumped off

from the northern tip of Lake Balaton in a ne w German offensiv e, and

made very good gro und to the south-east, reaching the Danube the

next da y . I./ SG 2 and II./SG 10 were amongst the units that pro vided

support in the impro ved weather conditions on the eighteenth, and

around 270 Luftwaff e sorties were undertaken. Mor e success was

achiev ed by both Luftflotte 4 and Heer esgruppe Süd in the follo wing

week, and the Germans no w started thinking more ambitiously .

How ev er , those German plans were dashed b y a new So viet attack

beginning on 27 January 19 45, coinciding with a blizzard in central

Europe .

The siege of Budapest would concl ude with unconditional German su-

rrender on 13 February 19 45. The battle f or Hungary continued be yond

German aircraft captured b y US f orces at the end of the war in W els, Austria. On the left

stands Fw 190 F-8 „ yello w 7“ of 6./SG 10 after retreat from battles in Hungary and eastern

Austria. It is an early Fw 190 F-8 from production series 580 00 0 . Y ellow rudder and fr ont

part of engine cowling is visible as Luftflotte 4 marking. Y ellow “V” is probably applied on

lower surface of port wing.

W .Nr . 586188, Stab III./ SG 10, V ysoké Mýto, Czechoslo vakia, May 19 45

Photo: Fold3

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that, and included Hitler’ s last major Eastern Front off ensive , which

began on the morning of 6 March 19 45 b ut was ev entually held by the

Soviets. Luftflotte 4 w ould remain v ery active when it was able , and

train-hunting became a common task for the Fw 190 F-8s, as well

as the usual army support duties. The fighting in Hungary would end

in early April, as the last Axis troops w ere for ced out of the co untry .

Conclusion

The Fw 190 F-8 served with distinction under Luftflotte 4 betw een Oc-

tober 19 44 and January 19 45, operating against a danger ous enem y in

often terrible weather . The Luftflotte 4 ground-attack units a veraged

150 sorties per day in December 19 44, and 133 per day in January

19 45, and this support was inval uable to Heeresgruppe Süd as it ba-

ttled the persistent attacks by 2. and 3. Ukrainian Fronts. The pilots of

I./ SG 2 and the various other Schl achtgruppen needed all their skill

and experience during this time , and their Fw 190 F-8s pro ved them-

selves a most effectiv e gro und-attack aircraft.

Note:

1) Briefly replaced b y Generalleutnant Alexander Holle in late- August and September 19 44.

2) The rest of II./SG 77 was operating further north, under VIII. Fliegerkorps and Luftflotte

6 in P oland.

3) He learned to fly back in August 1937!

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Although the Channel Islands can be seen b y

a naked ey e off the French coast, the y belong

to the United Kingdom and as similar to the

Isle of Man they ar e the property of the British

Cro wn. The local lifestyle bef ore the Second

W orld W ar was laid back, besides agric ulture

the local population made living off the to urism.

Still in the spring of 19 40 the Islands w ere ad-

vertised as an attractive vacation destination!

But the German war plans incorporated their

occupation e ven befor e the attack on P oland.

And when on June 16, 19 40 the German army

marched into the streets of P aris the British

gov ernment knew the Islands ar e doomed.

Abandoned

Great Britain lacked reso urces to def end the

Islands so the Cabinet’ s majority opinion was

to demilitarize them and leave them on their

own as so called „ open islands “. This decided

the fate of some 45, 00 0 citizens living on Jer-

sey , the largest island of the achipel ago and

another 40 , 00 0 people who inhabited the se-

cond largest island of Guernse y . Roughly 2, 000

people lived on the smaller islands of Alder-

ney and Sark while the smallest islettes of

Herm, Brecqhou and Jetho u were mor e-less

uninhabited (one family lived on Herm). On

June 19 the British gov ernment informed the

representativ es of the Islands about the situa-

tion. The uniforms, equipment and weapons of

the local armed forces were to be stor ed in the

deposits and all private weapons handed o ver

to the police. All this against the P rime Minister

Winston Churchill’ s will. In the resulting chaos,

fueled by the islanders ‘ worries abo ut their fu-

ture , the women and children ’ s e vacuation was

organized and afterwards the men aged 20 to

33 were allo wed entry to the British Isles as

long as they committed to the British milita-

ry service. The armed f orces personnel which

were deplo yed on the Islands at that time

were also e vac uated. The last one thousand

men left aboard S S Biarritz on June 20 . In to-

tal roughly 30 ,00 0 inhabitants fled the Channel

Islands, leaving 4 1,101 on Jerse y and 2 4,420 on

Guernsey . Nearly all 470 people living on Sark

decided to stay , while all but 18 citizens wer e

evac uated from Alderne y on contrast. After

the evac uation 66,118 people remained on the

Channel Islands, joined b y some 15, 00 0 and la-

ter up to 30 , 00 0 German soldiers. Some 12, 00 0

prisoners of war were kept on the islands as

well, for ced to work on the f ortifications and

military infrastructure . The

ratio of the local population

to the number of occup ying

military units was unheard

o f.

Unnecessary casualties

The information abo ut the

Islands demilitarization did

not reach the Germans un-

fortunately and theref ore

on June 2 6 Luftwaffe con-

ducted sev eral reconnai-

ssance flights ov er the Is-

lands. On June 23 Admiral

Eugen Lindau, Marinebe-

fehlshaber Bor dfrankre-

ich (Naval Commander f or

Northern France) repor-

ted to Admiral Karlgeorg

Schuster that the reconnaissance flights

discov ered long columns of trucks in both

Guernsey and Jerse y ports which wer e “pro-

bably bringing the military reinfor cements”.

On the contrary , the last soldiers had left the

Islands already and the trucks in the pictu-

res wer e full of tomatoes (on Guernsey) and

potatoes (on Jersey). As a r esult, on June 28

sev eral Heinkel He 111s took off from Cher-

bourg in the late afternoon. Their mission was

to bomb the Islands from the altitude of 3,30 0

to 8,200 ft (1, 000 m up to 2,50 0 m). If this action

did not pro voke any r esponse, it meant that

the Islands military for ce was weak or e ven

non-existent.

At 18:55 the bombers appeared o ver La R oque

(Jersey) and dr opped their loads on the port.

In the late evening of June 30, 1940 the German soldiers set foot on the British soil. A statement resembling an alternative his-tory tale is describing the real event. On that day, the Channel Islands became an occupied territory and remained as such until the end of hostilities. When their liberation begun, pilots of two Canadian squadr ons were participating in the operation. The last Chase

Richar d Plos

Liberation of The Channel Islands

HISTORY

W ehrmacht invaded the Channel Islands at the end of the June 19 40.

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The same scenario happened in Guernsey .

In total the German bombers dropped 180

bombs. Ambrose Sherwill, Attorne y General

at Guernsey , telephoned directly to White-

hall during the raid and with sound of falling

bombs in the background demanded that the

information about the Isl ands demilitarization

is immediately transmitted. It was too late , 44

civilians lost their lives due to the “ reconnai-

ssance “ bombing. And while W ehrmacht

was planning the operation Grünpfeil (Gr een

Arro w) to capture the Islands, se veral conse-

quent reconnaissance flights at lo w altitudes

confirmed that there was no military presence

there . Hptm. Liebe-Pieteritze ev en landed at

Guernsey airport while another thr ee aircraft

were patr olling in the air . No resistance was

spotted. The very same da y , in the late after-

noon Ju 52 was dispatched with a platoon on

board and Germans wer e met by the local

police representativ e at the airport presen-

ting a document which stated, in German, that

the Islands are b y the decision of His Majesty

gov ernment “ opened,” and therefor e without

a military defense . In the follo wing meeting

with the island repr esentatives major Albrecht

Lanz informed, that from that moment the

Guernsey was occ upied by the German arm y .

Jersey f ollow ed a day later , Alderne y on June 2

and Sark was occupied on June 4. Major Lanz

became the first commander of the Channel

Islands occup ying for ces, although only f or

brief period. Starting from September 2 6 he

was replaced b y Rudolf Graf v on Schmettlow ,

who stayed f or more than f our years and was

promoted from the Colonel rank to the Lie u-

tenant general. The abov ementioned airfield

at Guernsey was serving as a handy base f or

Luftwaffe in man y situations, especially during

the Battle of Brittain.

Suffering and helplessness

Immediately after capturing the Islands the

Germans forbade the local pop ulation to own

the radio receivers and or dered the driving on

the right-hand side. Shortly afterwar ds the

shortage of fuel pre vented the local popul ati-

on from using the motor vehicles an yway . The

life of the Islands people under the German

occupation was harsh. Farming produce and

animals were confiscated for German arm y

consumption on the regular basis, so the po-

pulation suff ered from hunger . Deportations

to the concentration camps took place for

various infractions. When in 19 41 the British

and Soviet armed f orces captured Iran, Hitler

issued an order to deport 10 inhabitants of the

Islands to the concentration camps for each

killed German citizen. His order was fulfilled

in September 19 42 and 2,20 0 people were

transported to German camps; 45 of them did

not survive . Shortly after capturing the Islands

Germans started to build the important infra-

structure and a network of f ortifications, which

became the part of the Atlantic W all and was

primarily built on Jerse y . The Germans brou-

ght in a lot of prisoners for the sla very work.

Most of them were R ussians and other nations

of the Soviet Union. An y help to escapees was

harshly punished. One of the heart-breaking

stories is the one of a small shop owner Lo u-

ise Gould who was hiding the R ussian priso-

ner escapee for eighteen months. She herself

had lost a son serving with the Navy and as

she confessed to her friend, she had to do so-

mething for a son of another mother . In 19 44

she was betrayed, captur ed, and sent to the

Ra vensbruck concentration camp where she

was killed in the gas chamber in 19 45. Her sto-

ry was re vived in the 2018 mo vie The Guernsey

Literary and P otato P eel Pie Society , although

in modified way .

Omelette from nest eggs

The difficult situation of the Channel Islands

population was w ell known to the British Go-

vernment but e xcept of the sporadic raids of

the Commandos, the units under command

of Admiral Louis Mountbatten (uncle of the

recently passed P rince Philip), the y could not

do anything else . The idea of the Islands libe-

ration was conceived already during 19 43 as

the operation Constellation. Once it was dis-

cov ered that the German military strength on

the Islands gre w to as many as nearly 30 ,00 0

soldiers the plan was abandoned. The strong

German garrison and built fortifications wo uld

have r equired the hea vy bombing from the air

and naval artillery shelling, which w ould hav e

certainly resulted in heavy civilian casualties.

In the end of 19 43, the less aggressiv e opera-

tion Rankin started to be worked on in thr ee

options. Option A calculated with the action

prior to liberation of France, taking advantage

of possible transfer of majority of the German

garrison to mainland and of lo wered morale

of the remaining soldiers. The B option coun-

ted on the full abandonment of the Islands by

Germans and finally option C considered the

action after the Germany capitulation. The l ast

one was considered the most f easible. On No-

vember 10 , 19 43 General F . E. Morgan, Chief of

Staff of the Supreme Command of the Allied

Corps (CO S S A C) issued the directive to e xec u-

te the operation Rankin C . At the beginning of

19 44 Brigadier General A. E. Sno w was named

a commander of the T ask Force 135 detached

from No . 115 Brigade. Accor ding to the origi-

nal plans this unit was to ex ecute the libera-

tion of The Channel Islands. The independent

command was established, and the detailed

planning commenced. On Agust 11 the opera-

tion designation was changed to Nest Egg and

Plymouth was selected as a launching point.

For the best planning, the information abo ut

the terrain obtained from the e vacuated in-

habitants were used and e ven mor e valuable

information came from those who fr om time

to time managed to escape in the small boats.

According to the intelligence it became nece-

ssary to capture both Guernse y and Jersey in

one day , so the fighting force requirement was

raised to three battalions of 70 0 men each. At

the same time, the transportation of 20 0 tons

of food, clothing and medical supplies was

factored in. The command ho we ver was not in

a hurry to ex ecute the operation. After the D-

-Day the German soldiers on the Islands w ere

considered de facto prisoners from the British

point of view . Therefor e, the units assigned to

T ask Force 135 wer e relie ved to support the

2nd Army of General Dempse y . The operation

against the Islands were limited to dropping

the leaflets in German language . Since Sep-

tember 19 44 the y were falling fr om the sky

almost ev ery night advising the occupiers to

restrain their actions against the civilian pop u-

lation. The Red Cr oss supplies wer e negotiated

successfully to lessen the suffering during the

winter 19 44/45. The supply ship anchored in

the middle of December .

Surrender

On May 4, declar ed as W

-

Day (W arning Day),

things got into motion and the day launched

the count-do wn to the beginning of the ope-

ration. T ask Force 135 consisted of 6, 000 men.

The local authorities on the Islands barely con-

trolled the order and tried to disco urage the

population fr om displaying the Union Jacks as

HISTORY

Major Lanz with his car in front of the HQ established in

one of the local hotels.

The fuel was of very short supply for the civilians and most of the v ehicles were confiscated. Given these facts,

this ambulance got the po wer of two horses…

Photo: Imperial W ar Museum

Photo: Imperial W ar Museum

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they f eared the occupiers ‘ reaction. German

soldiers were rather nerv ous, and this state

of mind could trigger atrocities. In the morning

of May 7, German commander , Viceadmiral

Friedrich Hüffmeier received the dull dispatch

that the Allied vessels wo uld arrive soon,

and German garrison surrender is expec-

ted. German commander answer ed he only

accepts orders from the German command.

Regar dless, he released all captured citizens

on the Islands and people flooded the streets.

Up until now concealed radio r eceivers wer e

connected to the public radio station and the

population co uld listen to Churchill’ s speech

in which he, among other things, anno unced

the upcoming liberation of the Channel Islands.

In the late afternoon of May 7 Hüffmeier pr o-

mised in another radio broadcast that the Ger-

man forces on the isl ands would not r esist.

So, on Ma y 8, at 9:45 destro yers HMS Beagle

and HMS Bulldog set sail to transport scout

units to the area of the opening stage of the

landing operation named Omelette . Four miles

south west of Guernse y the German officer

commissioned to negotiate the capitulation

conditions, transferred fr om the German mi-

nelay er to Bulldog. He was not how ev er autho-

rized to sign the capitulation. Having r eceived

the conditions, the vessels separated. Bulldog

and Beagle retreated to the saf e distance from

the coast artillery range because the official

end of hostilities was to come in effect at mid-

night of May 8. The Germans agreed to meet

at midnight and the deputy commander , Ge-

neral Major Siegfried Heine arrived on M4613

minelay er and on the board of Bulldog agreed

to the unconditional surrender . At 7:15 morning

Bulldog anchored in St. P eter’s port in Guern-

sey . All German flags were r emov ed from the

buildings and German vessel s were used f or

transportation of British soldiers to the island.

The first group of fo ur officers and 21 soldiers

arrived and at 11: 0 0 General Stoneman, com-

mander of the operation Omelette, established

his headquarters in the hotel Ro yal where he

met the Bailiff of Guernsey . At 10 : 00 General

Snow sailed to Jerse y on board of Beagle . All

necessary capitulation documents w ere sig-

ned at 14: 00 . The celebrations in the str eets

started at 14:30 . The operation Nest Egg con-

tinued until May 16. The vess els kept arriving

with supplies and more soldiers. Bef ore May

20 , most German soldiers were transf erred

and joined 400 , 0 0 0 prisoners of war on British

soil. Some 3,300 Germans r emained on the

Channel Islands to help cleaning up , dismant-

ling barriers and remo ving mines from the

beaches. Almost 66, 00 0 mines w ere defused,

and sev eral Germans were killed during this

dangerous service . The return to pr e-war

life on the Islands was rather slo w . The first

inhabitants were allo wed to come back home

in December .

Air cov er

Even though the combat on the ground and

ev en less in the air was anticipated it was

decided to pro vide air cov er for the operation

Omelette in the case of the isolated German

Shortage of food, medicals and clothes made the German commander to agree with the humanitarian

help by International R ed Cross. Swedish S S V ega arrived in the middle of December 19 44.

British soldier checking the identity of General Major Siegfried Heine at the

entrance to the HMS Bulldog board. In the moments follo wing, Heine signed

the capitulation.

HMS Bulldog anchored in St. P eter´s P ort on Ma y 8 at 0715.

Photo: Imperial W ar Museum

Photo: Imperial W ar Museum

Photo: Imperial W ar Museum

HISTORY

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resistance on the Islands or if some of them

tried to escape in the boats. RAF chose tw o

Canadian squadrons for this mission. First-

ly six of No. 406 R C AF Squadron Mosquitos

appeared on the scene at 13: 0 0 . The aircraft

performed se veral fly-b ys and returned to

their base in Manston. Next tw elve Mustangs

from 442 R C AF Squadron made appearance .

Canadian No 442 Squadron combat recor d

was seemingly short because the unit was

established on February 8, 19 44. Ho we ver it

succeeded No. 14 Squadr on RC AF which fou-

ght from the beginning of 19 42.

In the closing stage of the hostilities pilots of

this unit equipped with new Mustangs Mk.IVa

flew mostly escorts f or Lancasters and Hali-

faxes to the variety of tar gets and the losses

were mostly attrib uted to the mechanical fai-

lures rather than enem y fighters. For example,

on April 19, during the raid on Munich, the Ca-

nadian fighters spotted the only enemy fighter

who maintained respectful distance . F/ O R. J.

Robillar d how ev er crashed upon take off and

F/ O D. J. Jeffr ey had to perf orm emergenc y

landing near Canterbury due to the engine

trouble . Both Mustangs wer e written off , but

pilots survived.

On April 25 twelve pilots lead b y W / C J. A.

Storrar participated, together with the colle-

agues from No . 611 Squadron, in the raid on

Berchtesgaden. Then the bad weather pr ev en-

ted any operational flying f or couple of da ys.

Based on the information about th e overall

situation pilots did not count too much on the

further sorties. Once the weather cleared up

on May 2, the y practiced formation flying and

two days l ater also some cine gun and low fly-

ing. And then the news abo ut the end of hostili-

ties arrived on May 7. Ev en though the V

-

E Day

was to be the follo wing day , celebrations did

not wait, and the airport bar was under siege

at that night. Next da y there was e ven some

free beer! The ne ws the pilots learned on May

9 in the morning was rather surprising though.

They had to fly one mor e sortie, the l ast one

in the second world war conflict in Europe , air

cov er of the operation Omelette, part of the

bigger operation Nest Egg planned to last for

sev eral days.

Fourteen Mustangs took off from R AF Hun-

sdon airbase at 14:40 . The aircraft wer e

manned as follo ws: F/ O P . Bremmer (KH661),

S/L M. Johnson (KH729), P/O A. J. Mallan-

daine (KH680), F/L K .K . Charman (KH647), D.

J. Jeffre y (KH709), F/L W . V . Shenk (K H659),

W/C J. A. Storrar (KM232), F/L W . H. Dunne

(KH7 47), F/L J. Maday (KH7 65), F/O L. H. Wil-

son ((KH735), F/ O A. J. Nowlan (KH668), F/ O R.

K . MacRae , F/ O H. A. McKay (KH711) a F/ O V . F .

McClung (KH69 4).

Charman and Nowlan r eturned to the base

after 20 minutes of flight, as Charman suffe-

red unspecified mechanical trouble and No-

wlan was escorting him. Johnson’ s aircraft

sustained technical problem as well and r e-

turned to the base exactly after one ho ur . All

other elev en pilots remained airborne until

16: 00 . The whole mission was de void of an y

unpredictable e vents and the patrol was quite

a pleasant sightseeing flight. The next da y the

recapturing of the Channel Islands continued,

the command how ev er no longer required the

air cov er due to the trouble- free pr ogress of

the whole operation. The German for ces were

disarmed, fully under control and the y coope-

rated. Regar dless, No. 442 Squadr on lost a

pilot on the second day of armistice . WO1 S . H.

Lorenz took off from Hunsdon to demonstrate

some authorized low-le vel flying and aer oba-

tics ov er RAF airbase Do wnham Market some

80 km awa y . While performing a barrel roll

at just 100 ft (30 m) abo ve the gr ound he lost

control, hit the gro und, and was killed. He was

buried on Ma y 14 and on the same day the unit

transferred to the base in Digb y . The squad-

ron switched to peace time mode of operation

with 20 flight-hours monthly per pilot and the

main topic of the chats was “When are we go-

ing home already?“ But Canadians had to wait

another three months. The combat recor d of

No. 442 Squadr on RC AF in Britain was closed

on August 7, 19 45. No wadays the R C AF unit

with the same designation flies transportation

and rescue missions fr om the Comox air base

on the Wanco uv er Island. It is equipped with

CC- 115 Buffaloes and CH- 140 Cormorant heli-

copters.

HISTORY

The airfield in Guernsey was of good use for Luftwaff e not only for transportation, but al so for combat missions. Local

cars and devices wer e used for servicing as well as local people .

Photo: Bundesarchiv

Prameny

The German Occupation of the Channel Islands, Charles Cruicschank

(Oxford University P ress, London and The Guernse y Press, Channel Is-

lands, 1975)

www .codenames.inf o

www .rquirk. com

www .liberationroute .com

Mallandaine´s Mustang Mk.IVa KH680 „Edmonton Special“ was the aircraft from the P -51K-1-NT production batch and

its original US serial was 44- 11383. Nothing is known about the fate of the air craft post-war .

John Mallandaine during the brief time of relaxation on

the wing of his Mustang Mk.IVa „Edmonton Special“. He

flew her also during the operation Omelette , part of the

bigger operation Nest Egg.

Photo via Tim Mallandaine

Photo via Tim Mallandaine

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Mk.IV a KH680 (P-51K -1-NT ; 44-11383), P /O John Mallandaine, No. 442 Sqn R CAF , Hunsdon, England, April 1945

Mk.IV a KM232 (P-51K -10-NT ; 44-12355), W/Cdr James E. Storrar , Hunsdon Wing CO , Digby , England, April 1945

Mk.IV KH655 (P -51D-5-NT ; 44-11182), F /O Edward R. Da vies, No. 19 Sqn, P eterhead, England, April 1945

The “Edmont on Special“ Must ang Mk.IV a, the personal mount of E dmonton-born John Mallandaine, is one of the mos t popular Must ang

Mk.IV s. Its pilot e w it on dayligh t missions t o German y , protecng allied bomber s. He also parcipated in the last oper aonal mission of the

war in the Eur opean theatre, the liber aon of the Channel Islands on Ma y 9, 1945. P ost w ar Mallandaine con nued ying as a bush pilot and

he also acted as an air acciden t in ves ga tor . He w as part of the board in vesg ang the Marn Hartwell´s crash and his subsequent canni-

balism t o survive. Apart of st andard camouage scheme of US c olours the Mallandaine´s Mustang sport ed the yello w an -glare panel and

canopy fr aming, the code in Sky colour w as also outlined in yellow . The “E dmont on Special“ inscripon was paint ed on the port side only .

The air cr a of W/Cdr J. E. Storr ar wer e quit e easily r ecogniz able thank s t o the per sonal JAS code, as the ghter ace with 14 aerial victories

was nicknamed. St orr ar en ter ed the RAF in 1938 and joined No. 145 Sqn in early 1940. He scor ed his r st victories ov er Dunkirk and during

the Ba le of Fr ance, earning the DFC a t the age of 19. He w as tr ans ferr ed to No. 73 Sqn in September , 1940 and promot ed Squadr on Leader

of No. 65 Sqn in December , 1942. In 1944 St orr ar bec ame Wing Commander and led thr ee squadrons equipped with Mus tangs. All of them

were r esponsible f or long rang e and a ack escorts. Aer the W ar he c onnued his RAF c areer , ying the Me teor and V ampire jets. A er

rer ement in 1957 he became a vet erinary sur geon with a pr acce in Chest er . Must ang KM232 had natur al met al and silver paint nish with

mid blue an-glaz e panel with dark blue outline. The J AS code was of the same colour combina on.

No. 19 Squadr on w as formed on September 1, 1915, disbanded in 1919 and ref ormed just f our y ear s la ter . At the outbreak of the WWII the

squadron was st aoned at RAF Duxf ord as a part of No. 12 Gr oup of RAF Fight er Command. Pilots of the unit, one of them w as also f amous

Douglas Bader , helped to pr ovide air c over over the Dunkirk beaches. The No. 19 Sqn w as one of f ew to receiv e Mk.Ib Spiir es armed with

the 20mm cannons and aer y ears ying Spiires of sever al marks the unit w as r e-equipped with Mus tangs Mk.III in early 1944. They wer e

used primarily f or close air support dues. The t asking chang ed a er the D-Day . The squadr on mo ved to the RAF P et erhead Air Base in Scot-

land t o pr ovide the long-rang e esc orts for the Coast al Command comba t missions. The Squadr on c onv erted to the Mus tangs Mk.IV in April

1945 ther e. The KH655 with code QV -P w as pr obably own b y P /O E dwar d R. Da vies and sport ed y ellow

and black bands around the spinner and nose.

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Mk.IV a KH716 (P-51K -1-NT , 44-11483), S/Ldr Murr a y P . Nash, No. 3 Sqn RAAF , F ano, It aly , January 1945

Mk.IV a KH852 (P-51K -5-NT ; 44-11840), No. 112 Sqn, Cervia, Italy , April 1945

Mk.IV KH663 (P -51D-5-NT , 44-11255), No. 303 (Polish) Sqn, Wick, England, December 1945

The R oy al Austr alian Air F orce No. 3 Sqn spen t all its WWII c ombat da ys in the Medit erranean theatr e. The Aus tralian pilots st arted their

combat with Gladiator s, lat er using Hurricanes and Kiyhawks bef or e c onv erng to Mustangs Mk.III st arng from November 13, 1944. The

rs t Mus tang Mk.IV a arrived on Novembe r 26, 1944 (KH677) and w as assigned to S/Ldr Murr ay Nash who changed it on December 12 for

the KH716. He used this one unl he was sent f or a Figh ter Leader course in March 1945. The follo wing mon th the KH716 was lost. The air-

cra  w as le  in na tural met al nish, with the wing lled and sanded area paint ed silv er as we ll as the contr ol surfaces with the fabric co ver .

The KH716 air cra  had unusually placed serial, partly ov erpainted by the code leer . The P le er was probably r epainted or repair ed, geng

slightly di erent shape at some me.

Aer disbanded in 1919 a er the Gr eat W ar , the squadron was r e-f ormed on Ma y 16, 1939 on board of the air cr a carrier HMS Argus

enrout e t o its des naon in Egyp t. The pilots had t o wait for their r st aircr a, obsolet e Gloster Gladiat ors, unl June, but during July 1941,

the squadr on was one of the r st in the w orld t o bec ome opera onal with the P -40 T omahawk. The sharp nose with the large r adiat or inle t

inspired the personnel to paint their disncv e f ea ture – the shark mouth, which ga ve the unit its nickname „Shark Squadron” . The unit

changed T omahawks f or P -40 Kiyhawks lat er and k ept them during its Africa campaign and even a er it mov ed t o the Sicily in July , and

onto the Italian mainland in Sep tember 1943. Juna 1944 was the end of Kiyhawk s at the squadr on, as the y w ere r eplaced by the Must angs

Mk.III and, st arng from F ebruary 1945, Must angs Mk.IV arriv ed. The squadr on r emained in It aly as part of the occup ying f or ces, un l its

disbandment on December 30, 1946. The KH852 was na tural met al and silv er pain t nished air cra 

withtypical shark mouth.

The f amous No. 303 Sqn earned its r eputa on during the Bale of Britain ying the Ha wk er Hurricanes, later used sever al marks of Spiires

for both aerial combat as well as s tr ang. It w as the mos t e  ecve of all the P olish squadr ons with 297 air cr a des tr oyed during 9,900

combat sores, not t o menon ground tar gets des troy ed. Poles st arted to r e-equip with Mus tang Mk.IV s at the beginning of April 1945 and

so the pilots only ew them in comba t f or less than a month as they ew their las t mission on April 25, 1945. The unit was disbanded in De-

cember 1946. The KH663 had the Brish camouage upper surf aces scheme of Dark Green and Sea Gr ey colour s. Ther e was a non-standar d

roundel paint ed on the fuselage, bigger also in diamet er than usually used C1 type. The canopy w as chang ed fr om another air cr a in na tur al

metal nish. The air cr a sported the Polish naonal insignia on both sides of the nose as well as the unit badg e under the canopy .

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Original c amouage in the color s RLM 74 and 75 was overpain ted with washable white wint er pain t on the aircr a. F ock e-W ulf 190s of the

Stab I. Gruppe SG 2 had blue number s in the fuselage markings during this period. The I./SG 2 w as deplo yed in Hungary unl March 1945.

Hptm. Herbert Bauer , the Austrian nav e fr om Innsbruck held the command of the unit fr om November 1944 unl the end of the war . From

the beginning of 1941 he ew Stuk as with I./St. G. 2 "Immelmann" (la ter I./SG 2). Fr om June 1943 to Ma y 1944, he was commander of the

3rd Sta el. Prior t o r earming of the unit with Fw 190F during May 1944, he was given the task of commanding opera onal tr aining unit II./

SG 103 in Fr ance. During the war , he conduct ed 1071 comba t igh ts, 70 of them with Fw 190. He destr oyed 51 tank s, tw o armor ed trains

and achie ved a dir ect hit of the baleship Okty abrsk a ya R evolutsiy a. He w as a warded 11 aerial victories as w ell (one with Ju 87), while ano-

ther 12 wer e not c onrmed. Bauer w as awar ded the K night's Cross with an Oak lea ves.

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1./SG 4, Air asca, Italy , June 1944

W .Nr . 586188, Stab III./SG 10, Hohenmauth (Vysok é Mýto), Protect or at e Böhmen und Mähren, Ma y 1945

W .Nr . 581632, 1./NSGr . 9, Villafranca di V erona, It aly , May 1945

The I./SG 4 was f ormed fr om the II./Sch.G. 2 in It aly during Oct ober 1943. The unit used the Fw 190s of A and G v ersions and the F-8 s tarng

from June 1944. B y then, unit lost almos t sixty aircr a in comba t on the Italian bale eld, as the Luwa e faced str ong Allied air superiority

in It aly o ver this period. Ther ef ore, to achiev e lo wer visibility o ver the ba leeld, the crosses on the upper surf aces and the upper half of the

white fuselage band of this air cra  w ere over -painted. The I./SG 4 t ook over Fw 190F-8s in June 1944 a t the base of Air asca during r est and

reng. In July , the unit mov ed t o the E ast ern Fr ont under the c ommand of Maj. W erner Dörnback, who lat er bec ame K ommodor e of SG

4. A t the end of the war , I./SG 4 had a base in Kos telec na Hané in the then Prot ector at e Böhmen und Mähren (Cz echoslovakia a er the w ar

and Cz ech R epublic t oday).

This air cr a was found in Dolní Kamenice (the then Prot ector ate Böhmen und Mähren) at the end of the war a er an emer gency landing.

It pr obably belonged to SG 10. Camouag e c olors RLM 74, 75 and 76 is partly ov erpainted on the upper surf aces with dark pain t, pr obably

RLM 70. Y ellow "V" and a band on the engine cov er c arried Luo e 4 air cra  since Sept ember 1944. This was idenc aon intr oduced

due t o the R omanian Air F orce, which joined the Allied f orces and used German air cr a. From July 1944 t o April 1945 the III./SG 10 w as

commanded by Hptm. Hor st St einhardt, f ormer member of I./ JG 2 "Richthof en" and Sch.G. 1. In the las t w eeks of the w ar , the unit w as c om-

manded by Major Arnulf Blasig. He ew Stuk a bomber s bef ore the war and gr adually served in St. G. 77, IV (Stuka) / L G 1 (lat er I./St.G. 5) and

St.G. 51. He w as awar ded the K night's Cr oss in Sept ember 1941 and complet ed a t otal of about 200 comba t igh ts.

The air cr a is pain ted in colours of RLM 74, 75 and 76 with spots of green on the side of the fuselage. Due to night combat ights, it was

probably equipped with a FuG 25a (IFF). Nach tschlachtgruppe 9 w as formed in Italy at the end of 1943 and was used for nigh t bombing mi-

ssions using air cra  types Ju 87, Fiat Cr .42 and Caproni Ca 314. During 1944 the unit conv erted to Stuk as c ompletely . The only part of NSGr .

9, which r eceived the Fw 190F planes in early 1945, was the 1st Sta el, which used F-8 and F-9 ver sions. Commander of NSGr . 9 w as Obstlt.

Dipl. Ing. K arl V ehmeyer , who pre viously led sev eral Gruppen of Lehrg eschwader 1. From the autumn of 1944, Hptm. Karl-Heinz K uhle the

former Bf 110 pilot of Z G 26, w as c ommanding the 1./NSGr . 9 w as.

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Major Karl Schr epf er , CO of III./SG 1, K r ak ów , Poland, August 1944

Stab SG 77, Schönf eld-Seif ersdorf (Łuk asz ów), Silesia, Augus t 1944

W .Nr . 584205, III./SG 3, Sabile (Zabeln), Latvia, Ma y 1945

The unit this aircr a belonged to , is tent av ely iden ed as St ab III./SG 1, but it is just pr obable, not cert ain. This gr oup w as in f act renamed

III./St.G. 1, the chang e occurred in October 1943. Un l Ma y 1944 the unit used Junk er s Ju 87D-5 bombers, but fr om Mar ch it s tart ed t o

rearm with Fock e-W ulf Fw 190s planes of A and G ver sions. In Ma y the unit receiv ed the r st air cra  of the F-8 ver sion. Major K arl Schr epf er

was the c ommander of the III./SG 1 fr om April 1944. He ew Stuk as be for e the w ar and f or the enre dur aon of his fr ontline service he w as

assigned t o St. G. 1 (SG 1). He was deploy ed in the Bale of Britain, carried out raids on Malta, took part in the Afric an c ampaign and fr om

June 1941 f ought on the E ast ern Fr ont. During the period fr om May 1943 to March 1944 he led tw o training units. Schrep fer c ompleted

appro ximat ely 800 comba t igh ts and r eceived Oak Leav es t o the K night's Cross as the last ground a ack pilot

on April 28,1945. Hedied in an accident in September 1946 in Wertheim.

This air cr a probably belonged to the Stab SG 77. The fuselag e marking indica te the wingman within the Geschwader st ab. The whit e E iden-

es the h wingman's machine. St ab SG 77 receiv ed Fw 190 F-8 planes in June 1944 and had six of them a v ailable. Fr om February 1943 t o

November 1944, Obers t Helmut Bruck was commander of SG 77. He joined the Luwa e in 1935 and during whole fr ontline car eer served

with St. G. 77 (SG 77). He was shot down during the a ack ag ainst P oland on Sep tember 1, 1939 and was r escued by German tank cr ew . In

August 1940 he t ook c ommand of I./St. G 77 and parcipat ed in the campaign ag ainst Y ugoslavia and Cr ete. For the res t of his fr ontline servi-

ce, he was deploy ed on the E astern Fr ont. T wice he landed in the ene my territ ory t o pick up a downed cr ew . From January t o April 1945, he

commanded opera onal tr aining unit SG 151. In April he w as appointed Gener al der Schlach lieger -Nor d. He comple ted 973 c ombat ights,

including 15 with Fw 190. He was aw arded the Knigh t's Cr oss with Oak Lea ves.

This air cr a took escaped from the Courland pock et in the Balcs on May 8, 1945, and landed in Glemminge (Y stad), Sweden, at 5:55 p.m.

On boar d there wer e thr ee members of the Luwa e - pilot St absf eldwebel W erner Skirlo, Fw . Johann Gruber and Fw . Adolf Karnel. Origi-

nally , the y w anted t o y to the Danish island of Bornholm. P arts of the aircr a wer e handed ov er to the USSR in November 1945. Unusual

camouage with the c olors RLM 74, 75 and 76 is supplemented on the upper surf aces with a dark color , pr obably RLM 70. The last com-

mander of III./SG 3 was supposedly Hp tm. Erich Bunge. He joined the arm y in 1935, r st serving in the arllery , la ter in the r econnaissance

avia on unit. Fr om 1941 he work ed as an instruct or and in February 1944 became commander of the 5./SG 4. A mon th later he receiv ed

the Deutsches K reuz in Gold. In July 1944 he bec ame c ommander of the tr aining unit I./SG 151 and in Mar ch 1945 commanded III./SG 3 in

Courland.

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481048 Fw 190F-8 landing aps (PE-Set)

FE863 Fw 190A seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

648150 Fw 190 wheels late (Brassin)

648161 SC 250 German bombs (Brassin)

648246 Bf 109 cannon pods (Brassin)

648264 SC 50 German WWII bombs (Brassin)

648356 Fw 190A wingroot gun bays (Brassin)

648461 Fw 190A-8 engine (Brassin)

648462 Fw 190A-8 fuselage guns (Brassin)

648464 Fw 190A-8 engine & fuselage guns (Brassin)

648476 Fw 190A-8 undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

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Bf 109G-2/tr op, WNr . 10533, Uz. Hors t Schlick, 1./ JG 77, Bir -el-Abd, Egypt, November 1942

Bf 109G-2/R-6/tr op, WNr . 13916, Fw . Hans Döbrich, 6./JG 5, Alak ur, Finland, F ebruary 1943

Bf 109G-2/R6, L t. W alter Krupinski, 6./ JG 52, Ma yk op, Soviet Union, Oct ober 1942

As a ght er pilot in the JG 77 r anks, Hor st Schlick was a member of this unit fr om 1942 to 1945. He achiev ed tw o aerial vict ories on the Eas-

tern Fron t and added some thirty mor e on the W estern Fr ont. Most of his me with JG 77 Schlick served as a member of the 1. St a el, but

he w as tr ans ferr ed to the 4. St a el in the autumn of 1944 and shot down his las t vicm with this unit. In the spring of 1945 Schlick receiv ed

an or der to move to EJG 2 training unit and la ter to JG 7, the unit equipped with Me 262 jet ght ers. But he did not achiev e an y more victo-

ries ther e. He c onducted 480 oper a onal igh ts and had shot down 32 enem y aircr a (some sources st at e as man y as 34). The camouage

of Hor st Schlick´s Bf 109G-2 was f ormed by irr egular spr a y -painted pa tches of RLM 79 and RLM 80. The under sides w ere paint ed with RLM

78. An essenal supplement of the marking of the aircr a of the southern r egion – whit e wing ps, band on the fuselage and pr opeller spi-

nner – wer e also applied.

Hans Döbrich scor ed 65 kills ov er his comba t c areer and was aw arded the Knight’ s Cross of the Ir on Cross f or his achiev ements. On the other

hand, he w as shot down himself three mes, with the nal one resulng in serious injuries, pre venng him to re turn t o oper a onal ying.

Döbrich beg an using this air cr a on F ebruary 9, 1943. A t tha t me he was alr eady ace with 43 kills and also one of the II./ JG 5’ s most succe-

ssful pilots. Flying this aircr a Döbrich inv olunt arily t ook t o his par achute due to engine failur e on Mar ch 14, 1943, shortly a er a scr amble

tak e-o fr om Salmijärvi. The original camouag e scheme c omposed of RLM 74/75/76 colours w as ov erpaint ed with white squiggles to mak e

the air cr a less visible in wint er c ondions. The y ellow iden fying markings wer e typical for air cra  of the E astern Fr ont. Döbrich’ s per sonal

marking w as pain ted under the c ockpit. It w as a r endion of Mick ey Mouse st anding over the II./JG 5’ s emblem and ripping apart a Soviet

I-16. The gr een f our -leaf clov er on the nose was carried by aircr a of II. Gruppe of Jagdg eschwader 5.

W alter K rupinski en ter ed the Luwa  e shortly a er the beginning of the w ar in 1939 and underwent ght er pilot tr aining. Aer compleng

his tr aining, he w as assigned to JG 52 and a t the me took part in c ombat ag ainst the RAF . He did not achieve r st kill unl he mo ved to the

Eas tern Fron t. The number of his kills r ose quickly , and b y April 18, 1944, when he le the E astern Fr ont, there wer e 177 on his account.

Knight’ s Cross with Oak Lea ves w as a result of his success and he con nued in comba t on the W es tern Fron t. Fir stly as the CO of 1./ JG 5, but

he w as appoin ted the CO of II./ JG 11 in Ma y 1944. La ter he moved on to command III./JG 26 on September 27, 1944, wher e he s ta yed unl

unit ’ s disbandment on Mar ch 26, 1945. K rupinski´s las t stand w as JV 44 where he was ying the Me 262 and gained twen ty mor e victories,

so his nal tally st opped a t 197. In the ies, he joined the new Luwa e, led JaBoG 33, and lat er the enr e 3. Division of the Luwa e. Kru-

pinski w as f or ced into early rer ement in 1976 and died in Neunkirchen-Seelsheid in 2000. The illus tra ted aircr a was used by “Gr af Punski”

in c ombats over the Kuban ar ea during second half of 1942. It was camouag ed RLM 74/75/76 and carried the usual y ellow Eas tern Fron t

idener s. Below the windscreen is the JG 52 unit marking.

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Bf 109G-2/R6, WNr . 13633, Hptm. W olf -Dieter Huy , 7./JG 77, T anye t Harun, Egypt, October1942

Bf 109G-2/R6 WNr . 13949, Maj. Hans Hahn, II./JG 54, Rjelbitzy , Soviet Union, January 1943

W olf -Diet er Huy joined the Kriegsmarine in 1935, and w as tr ans ferr ed over to the Luwa e on October 1, 1937, wher e he underwen t ghter

training. His assignment was to (J)/T rGr . 186, the ghter unit of the Gr af Z eppelin air cr a carrier . This ship was nev er c ompleted, and the

unit w as r edesignat ed III./ JG 77. Huy t ook part in comba t ov er France, as well as over Britain, and over the Balkans. The unit gained notable

success in the bale f or Cr ete and Huy , who accumula ted 22 victories, was aw arded the Knight’ s Cross on June 5, 1941. The Oak Lea ves

were added in March 1942. Aer early combats on Eas tern Fron t the unit moved t o Egypt. Ther e, on Oct ober 29, 1942, was W olf-Dieter Huy

captur ed a er he had been shot down b y futur e ace J . H. Nichols who was ying a Spiir e Mk. V c of No. 601 Squadr on. Huy´s Bf 109G-2 from

the me the unit moved to North Africa bore the non-typical camouage made up of RLM 70 and 71 (some sour ces sugges t a Soviet AMT -4

Green). The yellow band behind the fuselage cr oss, common on air cr a serving on the E ast ern Fron t, w as has ly overpaint ed with

a fr esh colour RLM 71 (or Russian AMT -4 Gr een), and parally r eplaced b y whit e pain t used on air cra  tha t f ought on the Southern Fr ont.

The wing ps wer e also paint ed white. The rudder w as dec ora ted with the pilot’ s score and awar ds.

Hans Hahn, a ght er ace and a holder of the Knigh t ’ s Cross with Oak Lea ves, held a list of command posions thr oughout his c areer . From

December 1939 he commanded 4./ JG 2, and from October 29, 1940, he led III./ JG 2. St arng on Nov ember 1, 1942, he took over command

of II./ JG 54, and w as c ommanding this Gruppe up to February 21, 1943, when he was shot down and t ak en prisoner b y the Soviets. He

wasn’t freed unl 1950. A t the me of his c apture, he had aained 108 kills, 66 of them wer e achie ved on the W estern Fr ont. Accor ding to

Russian sour ces, “ Assi ” Hahn was shot down b y Sovie t ace L t. P . Gr azhdaninov . Hahn himse lf not ed tha t a er shoong down a La-5, he was

hit in the port wing and su ering an o verheat ed engine, he was f orced to land behind Soviet lines, where he was captur ed. The air cra  w as

over spr ay ed in whit e on the upper and side surf aces t o beer suit the win ter condions. Double chevron and the horizon tal bar on the r ear

fuselage is the CO marking of II. Gruppe, and this Group’ s unit emblem appear s belo w the windscr een. The JG 54’ s Gr een Heart (Grünherz)

marking is also presen t. The spinner and the low er sides of the engine c owl are lightly spr ay ed o ver in white.

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48913 Bf 109G-2 upgrade set (PE-Set)

FE910 Bf 109G seatbelts STEEL (PE-Set)

648257 Bf 109G-2/4 radio compartment (Brassin)

648295 Bf 109G-2 wheels (Brassin)

D48044 Bf 109G-2 national insignia (Brassin)

648247 Bf 109G exhaust stacks (Brassin)

648265 Bf 109G external fuel tanks (Brassin)

648309 Bf 109G undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

648310 Bf 109G control surfaces (Brassin)

D48025 Bf 109G stencils (Decal)

D48027 Bf 109G Balkenkreuze (Decal)

D48028 Bf 109G svastikas (Decal)

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No. 5121, Pham T uan, 921st Fight er Regimen t, Noi Bai AB , Democra c R epublic of Vietnam, December 1972

No. 9712, 9th Fight er Regimen t, Bechyně, Cz echoslov akia, 1989 - 1993

No. 127, 812th T raining Air Regimen t, Khark ov Higher Military A viaon School of Pilots, K upy ansk Aireld, Soviet Union, Augus t 1991

MiG-21MF c oded 5121 is curren tly displa y ed in the museum of the Vietnam P eople’ s Air For ce in Hanoi. R eportedly , on December 27th,

1972, Pham T uan e w this air cra  when he shot down an American B-52 taking part in bombing oper aons during the Lineback er II o en-

sive. It w ould be the only MiG-21MF kill ov er a Str at ofortr ess, but Americ an sour ces claim the bomber was lost t o a SAM.

Pham T uan would later bec ome the only Vietnamese astr onaut. He w as a cr ewmember of Soyuz 37 and orbited the earth 142 mes in the

Salyut 6 st aon. For his accomplishmen ts, he was aw arded high Vietnamese commendaons, and was one of a f ew f oreigner s to be awar-

ded the Her o of the Soviet Union.

This air cr a had the serial number 969712, and was built in 1974, and subsequen tly deliv ered to Cz echoslov akia. It served with the 4th Figh-

ter Regimen t a t P ar dubice ll Ma y 1989, a t which me it was tr ansf erred to the 9th Fighter R egiment. Here, it ew with the Bech yne coat of

arms on the le side of the nose. Aer the V elvet Div orce, this aircr a was assigned to the Slovak Air For ce, and is curr ently in the collecon

of the air museum at T rencin, Slovakia. The aircr a carries a camouage scheme as originally deliv ered fr om the Soviet Union.

This air cr a, adorned with a sharkmouth and ey es, served with the 812. U AP (812th T raining Air Regimen t) oper ang within the structur e

of the Khark ov higher tr aining f acility . This was one of the air cra  tha t w ere displa yed f or the leader ship during the open house on

August 18th, 1991.

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No. 8447, No. 46 Squadron, Egyp t, 1973

No. 9111, 3. Eskadrą Lotnictw a T aktycznego , Po znań - Krz esin y , Poland, 2002

This is an aircr a fr om No.46 Squadr on as it appeared during comba t e x ercises prior to the Y om Kippur W ar in 1973. F or the purposes of

quick iden caon, air cra  c arried a lar ge black, outlined in white, le er on the n. The nose carries a rendering of the goddess Nekhbet,

prot ector of Upper Egypt. Air cra  c oded 8447 survived the Y om Kippur W ar and w as phot ogr aphed in this guise at Cairo in October 1975.

The 3r d EL T w as f ormed on January 1s t, 2001 at P oznan - K rzesin y and w as equipped with MiG-21MF , bis and UM aircr a. The unit only used

the MiG-21MF s for tw o y ears, ending their use in 2002. The bis v ersion was own by the pilots of the 3rd EL T unl 2003 when it was decided

to re-equip the unit with American F-16s. On April 1s t, 2008, the 3r d EL T , 6th EL T and the 31s t Baz e Lotnicza w ere disbanded and the 31st

Baza Lotnictwa T aktycznego (31st tacc al Air Base) was f ormed. Since 2007, this aircr a has been displa yed a t P o znan - K rzesin. The aircr a

is c amouaged in shades of gre y tha t is used on F-15s and F-16s. The ra ven's head marking on the n hails from 2002 on the occasion of

a C O's g athering in Berlin. Below the windscr een is the 3rd Squadr on marking, the predecessor of the 3r d EL T .

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72689 MiG-21MF (PE-Set)

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672181 MiG-21MF exhaust nozzle (Brassin)

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672187 R-13M missiles for MiG-21 (Brassin)

672188 R-13M missiles w/ pylons for MiG-21 (Brassin)

672189 UB-16 rocket launchers for MiG-21 (Brassin)

672190 UB-16 rocket launchers w/ pylons for MiG-21 (Brassin)

672191 RS-2US missiles for MiG-21 (Brassin)

672192 RS-2US missiles w/ pylons for MiG-21 (Brassin)

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Albatr os D. V 1154/17, Lt. Ma x Rier v on Müller , Jasta 28, V arsenare, Belgium, September 1917

Albatr os D. V , 2030/17, L t. Alfred Lenz, Jas ta 22, Er cheu, Fr ance, April 1918

Max Müller w as the German ace with 36 vict ories. He nished his pilot c ourse on April 4, 1914 and at the outbr eak of the w ar , he joined

Bav arian FF A1. Following his one-seater s cour se he joined KEK Nord in May 1916 and aer a short spell with Jast a 1 he got temp ted by the

oer of Osw ald Boelck e to join the Jas ta 2. Müller achiev ed his r st victory on October 10 and added f our more bef ore the end of the y ear .

On January 20, 1917 he w as tr ansf err ed again, now to the new Jasta 28, where he became the most successful pilot of the unit. By the end

of the 1917 his score had risen to 36 vict ories and Müller decided to re turn t o his “ old” Jasta 2. But a er the death of W alter von Büllow , the

CO of Jas ta 28, Müller w as appointed deputy leader of the unit. He took o f or his rs t St a elführer comba t ight on January 9, 1918 and

it turned out to be also his last igh t. The fuel tank of his Alba tros was hit during combat with R.E.8, the air cra  c aught re and went down

in ames. With no parachut e and inevit able dreadful death Müller opted to bail out fr om the c ockpit to his ine vitable end. His Alba tros D . V

sported personal marking of the s tylised black c omet; the fuselag e g ot the r ed pain ng t o r eect the new Sta elführ er s ta tus. The horiz ont al

stabiliser w as in y ellow with black longitudinal stripe – the unit´s colour markings.

Alfred Lenz scored six victories during the Gr eat W ar and although not the most successful ace, he was highly reg arded long-me leader of

Jasta 22. Prior to the w ar he served in Inf antry Regimen t r . 95, being c ommissioned in the R eserve. He had re-joined his unit at the outbr eak

of the war but reques ted pilot tr aining. A er the comple on, he joined F A61 at the end of June 1914 and sc ored his rs t victory in 1915. He

went to FF A23 and Fokk er Kommando V aux under Berthold´s leadership in January 1916. The unit later became Jas ta 4 and Lenz had st ay ed

there from Sept ember t o October 16, 1916. His next mov e w as t o the Jas ta 14 later , but he did not achiev e any success. Nevertheless, he

was appointed commander of Jast a 22 on July 1, 1917 and st a yed there ll the end of the war . He e w Alba tros DIIIs in 1917, Pf alz DIIIs and

Albatr os D . Vs in 1918. Aer the war he served as an aerial gunner with Abteilung 431 in 1919. This Lenz´s Albatr os D . V is a bit of m ys tery , as

the blue colour of the fuselage is only pr obable. Some sour ces also men on gr een colour , but Lenz w as a Ba varian, so the cobalt blue w ould

be logic al choose f or him. Apart of the band of the diamond shape d objects behind the c ockpit, there is an in teres ng painng at the rear of

a per son sing on the big bird and looking thr ough the lens a t something wha t look s lik e D .H.2 airplane.

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Albatr os D. V 4629/17, Lt. Hans-Joachim v on Hippel, Jast a 5, Boistr ancourt, Fr ance, F ebruary 1918

Hans v on Hippel served with Jast a 5 fr om December 22, 1917 unl August 15, 1918, when he was tr ansf erred t o Jas ta 71. He claimed f our

victories, but only tw o w ere conrmed. One of these non-c onrmed ones w ere report ed by v on Hippel on the Russian front when ying

with F A 37. During WWII Hippel e w Ju 52s with the Luw a e. He died in 1975. Hippel ew Richar d Flashar´s Albatr os D . V with r ed dr agon

painted on the fuselage (2065/17) f or some me, as he damaged this Albatr os D . V during the tak e-o aemp t fr om the gr assland. V on

Hippel tried to r escue his cr ash-landing comr ade L t. Schlömer , but the t ak e-o was inte rrupted by the engine malfuncon. Lat er he ew

another Alba tros D . V with his per sonal marking of black, white outlined zigzag arr ow on both sides of the fuselage. Apart of this air cr a with

the gr een/mauve camouag e of the upper surfaces, the later one had the Flugz eugs to cov ered wings (Loz enge). The fuselage of both w as

painted with the Pfalz silvery „Schutzf arbe“ , which was of good supply t o the Jag dsta  eln using the Pfalz D .IIIs scouts as w ell.

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Albatr os D. V 2299/17, Lt. Xa ver Dannhuber , Jasta 26, Abeele, Belgium, 1917

Although this Albatr os D . V is usually assigned to Bruno Loerz er , it is very probable, it was in fact the mount of Xavier Dannhuber , the winner

in 11 aerial combats. Apart of other indic aons, he w as photogr aphed himself s tanding by the plane or sing in the cockpit. Dannhuber r st

saw acon with K agohl 6 (K ampf geschwader der Obs ten Heeresleitung - Combat squadr on of the Supreme Commander), lat er w as tr ans fe-

rred to Schutzs talf el 25, bef ore he was assigned to Jast a 26 on July 1, 1917. Dannhuber got wounded upper arm in an air gh t on Oct ober 18

and a er his r eturn on November 7, he mo ved to Jast a 79b as he was appointed the CO of the unit. He was injur ed in a cr ash when tes t -y-

ing a Pf alz Dllla at the Thugn y aireld on February 11, 1918. A er se ver al months of medic al tr eatmen t and con valescence Dannhuber had

returned to his unit and r eassumed command on Oct ober 9. Fiv e da ys lat er he achiev ed his 11th and last victory , shoong down Sopwith

Dolphin near Bohain. His Albatros w as pain ted in black and white bands scheme typical for Jas ta 26 aircr a. It also sport ed the six -poin ted

star on both sides of the fuselage and ve-colour Flugz eugst o on the wings.

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LööK set - Brassin pr e-paint ed dashboard and

STEEL seatbelts f or MiG-15bis in 1/48 scale.

Eas y to assemble, r eplaces plasc parts.

Rec ommended kit: Bronco / Hobby 2000

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LööK set - Brassin pr e-paint ed dashboard

and STEEL seatbelts f or Must ang Mk.IV in

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- painng mask: no.

LööK set - Brassin pr e-paint ed dashboard

and STEEL seatbelts f or P -39Q in 1/48

scale. Eas y to assemble, r eplaces plasc

parts. Recommended kit: E duard

Set cont ains:

- resin: 2 parts,

- decals: no,

- photo-etched de tails: y es, pre-paint ed,

- painng mask: no.

644100

Mustang Mk.IV LööK

1/48 Eduard

644098

P-39Q LööK

1/48 Eduard

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Brassin set - the GPS and laser guided

bomb unit GBU-49 in 1/32 scale. The set

consists of 2 bomb units. Compable with

F-16, F / A-18, F-35, Eur oghter e tc.

Set cont ains:

- resin: 26 parts,

- decals: yes,

- photo-etched de tails: no ,

- painng mask: no.

Brassin set - Brish Brims tone

air -to-ground a ack missiles with

AGML III r ack 1/32 scale. Set consis ts

of 2 rack s with 6 missiles.

Set cont ains:

- resin: 18 parts,

- decals: yes,

- photo-etched de tails: y es,

- painng mask: no.

632172

GBU-49

1/32

632168

Brimstone w/ AGLM III rack

1/32

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Brassin set - the TV -guided glide bombs

AGM-62 W alley e II in 1/48 scale. The set

consists of 2 bombs. Compable with A-4,

A-6, F-4.

Set cont ains:

- resin: 8 parts,

- decals: yes,

- photo-etched de tails: y es,

- painng mask: no.

Brassin se t - the ALARM anradiaon missiles

in 1/32 scale. The set consists of 4 missiles.

Compable with T ornado F .3 and GR.4.

Set cont ains:

- resin: 40 parts,

- decals: yes,

- photo-etched de tails: y es,

- painng mask: no.

648616

AGM-62 Walleye II

1/48

648174

ALARM missiles

1/32

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Brassin set - the under carriag e wheels

for MiG-15 in 1/48 sc ale. The set consists

of the main wheels and a nose wheel.

Eas y to assemble, r eplaces plasc parts.

Rec ommended kit: Bronco / Hobby 2000

Set cont ains:

- resin: 4 parts,

- decals: no,

- photo-etched de tails: no ,

- painng mask: yes.

Brassin set - the c ockpit for Spiir e Mk.II

in 1/48 scale. Rec ommended kit: Eduard

Set cont ains:

- resin: 32 parts,

- decals: yes,

- photo-etched de tails: y es, pre-oaint ed,

- painng mask: no.

648622

MiG-15 wheels

1/48 Bronco/Hobby 2000

648621

Spitre Mk.II cockpit

1/48 Eduard

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Brassin set - the gun barr els f or MiG-15

in 1/48 scale. Eas y to assemble, r eplaces

plasc parts. R ecommended kit:

Bronco / Hobb y 2000

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