Fine Molds Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 of Oberst Gordon Gollob in 1/72 Scale

Gordon Gollob was an Austrian, but was transferred to the German Luftwaffe after the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria into the Reich in March 1938.  He was assigned to ZG 76 flying the Bf 110 when the war broke out, and claimed his first victory, a Polish PWS 56 on 05SEP39.  He went on to score a total of six victories flying the Bf 110, including a British Sunderland flying boat.

Operation Barbarossa saw Gollob assigned to JG 3 flying the Bf 109.  He was promoted to Gruppenkommandeur II./JG3 following the death of Lothar Keller in a mid-air collision.  He continued to score steadily as the German Army advanced into Russia, scoring a total of nine victories over three sorties on 16OCT41, his best day.  Shortly thereafter II./JG 3 was withdrawn to Germany.

In May 1942 Gollob returned to the East as Geschwaderkommodore JG 77.  He was given command of JG 52 in July. In August he became the first Luftwaffe pilot to reach 150 victories and was awarded the Diamonds to the Knight’s Cross.  He was then withdrawn from combat operations and was assigned to a series of commands and staffs, eventually succeeding Adolf Galland as General der Jagdflieger in January 1945.  Gordon Gollob survived the war with a total of 150 victories.

The model depicts one of the aircraft Gollob flew as Geschwaderkommodore JG 77.