Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 of Leutnant Anton Hafner, 8./JG 51, Tilsit-Ost, August, 1944
Anton “Toni” Hafner scored his first victory (a Soviet SB bomber) on the third day of Operation Barbarossa. He scored steadily against the Soviets. In October of 1942 II./JG 51 was withdrawn from Russia and transferred to the Mediterranean theater. He added 20 more victories against the Western Allies until he was shot down and wounded on 02JAN43. He returned to JG 51 in the East in August, eventually becoming Staffelkapitän of 8./JG 51. On 17OCT44 Hafner downed a Yak-7 of the French Normandie-Niemen fighter regiment for his 204th victory, but flew into a tree and was killed.
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Great looking model!
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Thanks Chris!
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Very nice- rather bright with all that yellow.
Cheers,
Pete.
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..very nice indeed …. a touch of ‘silvering’ on that port wing cross, I mention it cos the superlatives are usually all I can find to say about your builds Jeff!
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You are right, of course. This is one of my older builds, I have found some silvering has developed over time on a few of them. Mostly I have managed to avoid the decals yellowing but there are a few showing signs of that as well.
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