This is Red 3 from the airfield protection flight of JV 44, based at München-Rein in April of 1945. The pilot was Haupmann Waldemar Wübke. Wübke was one of the Luftwaffe pilots who served from the beginning of the war to the end. He was a “Jabo” or fighter-bomber pilot, the inscription on his aircraft reads “Im Auftrage der Reichsbahn”, which means “By order of the State Railway” – a commonly-seen inscription on railcars hauling bombs. Although shot down and wounded on several occasions, Wübke survived the war with sixteen victories to his credit.
This is the Tamiya kit with decals from EagleCals sheet #14.
As always, beautiful work Jeff. The a/c from this flight are certainly the most colorful from the last six months of the war.
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Thanks Warren, certainly a unique scheme.
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neat! A ‘group’ or rather Staffel photo of all four machines would be good too…
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There were actually five of these aircraft, Red 2 is documented but only a few poor and distant photographs are known. I did take a group shot of the four I built, it is the last picture here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/tamiya-focke-wulf-fw-190d-9-of-lt-heinz-sachsenberg-in-1-72-scale/
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Very nice Jeff- you’ve made the best of the handsome lines of the 190.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete, the Dora is a favorite of mine!
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