1/72 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R2 part 1 - JG 3 Butcherbirds / Fw 190A-8 Rammjäger

1/72 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8/R2 part 1 - Butcherbirds. Jagdgruppe JG 3 Rammjäger. Catalog no. 200-D72037

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1. Fw190A-8/R2, “Black 13”, flown by CO of II.(Sturm)/JG 3 “Udet” Oblt. Werner Gerth, Ritterkreuzträger, July 1944, Luftwaffe.
   Fw190A-8/R2, “Black 13”, flown by CO of II.(Sturm)/JG 3 “Udet” Oblt. Werner Gerth, as it appeared near Illesheim in July, 1944. Werner Gerth achieved his first victory with 7./JG53 in southern Italy in the summer of 1943, and on the 17th of September, was wounded during a raid on Ciampino. After recovering, he volunteered for duty with Sturmstaffel 1, where he would rank as one of the units most successful pilots. He brought down his first four-engined heavy bomber on February 22, 1944. As Sturmstaffel 1 was integrated into IV/JG 3, he was named CO of its sub component 11./JG 3 (which was later re-designated as 14./JG 3). On October 29th, 1944, on reaching 26 victories, he was awarded the Knight's Cross. His last combat took place on November 2, 1944, flying Fw190A-8/R2 W. Nr. 682057, when he was fatally wounded during an attack on a B-17 over Halle. He was twenty-one years old. His exact tally is open to some speculation, but most references list 27, 22 of which comprise four-engined bombers.
   Biography:
   01.06.1943: promoted to Leutnant (Ing.)/A1, JG 102
   17.09.1943: Leutnant, 7./ JG 53, WIA - during Allied raid on Ciampino
   00.00.1943-00.00.1944: in 7./ JG 53
   00.01.1944: volunteered for Sturmstaffel 1
   22.02.1944: Leutnant, Sturmstaffel 1, shot down his first four-engine bomber
   06.03.1944: Lt., Sturmstaffel 1, shot down two USAAF B-17 four-engine bombers
   11.04.1944: Lt., Sturmstaffel 1, shot down two USAAF B-24 four-engine bombers
   20.04.1944-08.05.1944: Staka, 11.(Sturm)/ JG 3
   29.04.1944: shot down one B-17 and recorded a B-17 Herauschuss
   08.05.1944-02.11.1944: Oberleutnant, Stafü, 11./ JG 3, appointed Staka, 11.(Sturm-)/ JG 3
   07.07.1944: shot down two B-24s
   09.08.1944: Lt., 11./ JG 3
   27.09.1944: Lt., Staka, 14./ JG 3 - Fw 190 A-8/R2 crashed near Eisenach after combat with B-17 and P-51 of 361 FG
   29.10.1944: Oblt.,14./ JG 3 awarded the Ritterkreuz for his 26th victory
   02.11.1944: Oblt., Staka, 14./ JG 3, KIA – Fw 190 A-8/R2 Sturmbock Werknummer 682.057 collided with an enemy bomber, bailed out, but his parachute failed to open - near Raghun, 10 km North West of Bitterfeld
   01.01.1945: Lt., posthumously awarded the DKiG and promoted to Hauptmann
   Pilot credited with 27 and possibly 38 air victories in the West, including 25 four-engined bombers, shot down about 12 times
    
2. Fw 190A-8/R2, Black 8, 4/JG3 (Sturm), flown by Uffz Willi Maximowitz, Dreux airfield, Juni 1944, Luftwaffe.
   This airplane of 11. Staffel IV. (Sturm)/JG 3 'Udet' was flown by by Uffz.Willi Maximowitz from Dreux base during the invasion in June, 1944. At the time, the aircraft was equipped with bomb rack. Maximowitz began combat flying at the beginning of 1944 as a member of Sturmstaffel 1, tasked with the development of tactics to combat four-engined heavy bombers. He achieved a total of 22 aerial victories, most of them over four engined bombers. He went MIA after engaging Soviet fighters near Frankfurt on 20th April, 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Deutches Kreuz in Gold.
    
3. Fw 190A-8/R2, Yellow 2, 4/JG3 (Sturm), flown by Uffz Willi Maximowitz, Dreux airfield, Juni 1944, Lufwaffe.
   This airplane of 11. Staffel IV. (Sturm)/JG 3 'Udet' was flown by by Uffz.Willi Maximowitz from Dreux base, 1944. Maximowitz began combat flying at the beginning of 1944 as a member of Sturmstaffel 1, tasked with the development of tactics to combat four-engined heavy bombers. He achieved a total of 22 aerial victories, most of them over four engined bombers. He went MIA after engaging Soviet fighters near Frankfurt on 20th April, 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Deutches Kreuz in Gold.
    
4. Fw 190A-8/R2, Yellow 17, 12/JG3 (Sturm), flown by Uffz Willi Unger, Barth airfield, May 1944, Luftwaffe.
   Flew a total of only 34 to 59 sorties with enemy contact, yet achieved a total of 22 to 24 aerial victories (of which 19 to 21 were four-engined bombers, 3 in the East).
   Date of birth: March 27th, 1920 (Warstein, Germany)
   Date of death: June 23rd, 2005 (Warstein, Germany)
   Biography:
   00.09.1939: Flugzeugmechaniker
   00.01.1943: training as a fighter pilot
   00.06.1943: I./ Jagdgeschwader 104
   00.12.1943: promoted to Unteroffizier
   00.01.1944: IV. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"
   26.02.1944: IV. Gruppe moved from Venlo in the Netherlands to Salzwedel in central Germany
   11.04.1944: 1st air victory, 11. Staffel, JG 3, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
   13.04.1944: a B-17 bomber
   15.04.1944: Staffel renamed 11. Sturmstaffel, JG 3
   18.04.1944: two B-17 bombers
   19.04.1944: a B-17
   24.04.1944: a B-17 bomber
   08.05.1944: shot down by B-17, emergency landing at Uelzen
   07.07.1944: two B-24 Liberator shot down over the town of Oschersleben, his 10th and 11th victories
   03.08.1944: two further B-24s, his Fw 190 A-8 was hit again, bailed out
   23.10.1944: Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel credited with 19 four-engine bombers
   01.12.1944: promoted to Leutnant
   21.01.1945: IV. Sturmgruppe was ordered to relocate from Gütersloh Airfield to Märkisch Friedland, present-day Mirosławiec, located approximately 75 kilometers east of Stargard and attached fo the 1. Flieger-Division, II. Fliegerkorps
   22.01.1945: Staffelkapitän, 14. Sturmstaffel, JG 3
   19.02.1945: a Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter
   15.03.1945: two Petlyakov Pe-2 bombers
   02.04.1945: transferred to Jagdgeschwader 7 "Nowotny"
   08.05.1945: US POW
   28.05.1945: released
   
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