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The end of the war found 9th and 12th Staffels JG 5 stationed at Herdla. While 9th Staffel flew a mix of Fw 190A-2/3/8's, with the odd Fw 190F-8 used exclusively in the fighter role, the 12th Staffel was equipped with the Fw 190A-8. Fw 190s flown by 12./JG5 carried the standard camouflage scheme con..

Fw 190A-8 W.Nr. 171180, bulit by the parent company, was discovered by the Allies at the end of the war at the airfield in Neubiberg not far from Munich. Damage sustained during taxi-ing on April 24th 1945 was never repaired. JG300, as a Defence of the Reich unit flying over Germany, marked its airc..

With the success of the A-2, A-3 and A-4, the A-5 was developed after it was determined that the FW190 could easily carry more ordnance. The D-2 engine was moved forward another 15cm (6in) moving the centre of gravity forward to allow more weight to be carried aft.Our masks have been designed with..

German fighter of Austrian decent, Walter 'Nowi' Nowotny was a holder of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. He shot down 258 enemy aircraft over the course of 442 combat sorties. He was killed in a Me 262 Schwalbe in combat with American escort fighters near an airfield at Hese..

Douglas Bader flew a number of Spitfires as Wing Commander at Tangmere. This insignia pack provides for two aircraft. MkII (P7966) and Va (W3185). At some stage Bader jumped the queue and had metal alerions fitted to his Va. Bader refused to switch to the Vb and believed the .303 better than the 20m..

This was the standard pattern used on the 109-E variants during 1940.Photos show a more curved pattern on the left wing and this is noticeable on Adolf Galland's aircraft.We have tried to faithfully represent the scheme used for this period.This set includes only the camouflage pattern. Seria..

The F series saw the introduction of a new splinter pattern on the 109. This was also authorised for use on the G series. The early G2/4 series had identical patterns. We have produced both a pattern 1 and a pattern 2 mask set to allow for the variations caused by production in different factories. ..

The Bf109G was manufactured at three different factories in Germany, each with a distinct style of camouflage that can often quite easily be identified with a little help from other distinguishing marks. Identifying which factory an aircraft stems from will help pick the correct camouflage pattern f..

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"Ronnie" was a B-24 attached to the 446th Bomb Group, which came to be known as "the Bungay Buckaroos" after the name of their Suffolk base.They flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the first h..