Directions to the Club Meeting Location

Where: South St. Paul Municipal • miles toward the Fleming Field Airport, a.k.a. Fleming Field, lo- airport terminal building. cated on the southern extremity of If coming from east Twin Cities on South St. Paul, south of 1-494, west westbound 494: of Concord Street and East of High- • Exit at the 7th and 5th Avenue Volume 46 Number 5 Website: http://www.aerohistorians.org May 2012 way 52. exit (Exit No.65) • Turn left (South) on 7th Ave and If coming from the western Twin go approximately .6 miles to a Cities going east on 494: 4-way Stop sign. This is South • Exit at the 7th and 5th Avenue Street W. To your left front there exit (Exit No.65) will be a small strip mall; to your • Turn right (South) on 7th Ave right there will be an Amoco sta- and go approximately .6 miles to tion. a 4-way Stop sign. This is South • Turn left (East) at the 4-way Street W. To your left there will Stop onto be a McDonald's; to your right • South Street W and go approxi- front there will be a Walgreen's. mately .4 miles. Along the way • Turn left (East) at the 4-way you will encounter two more Stop onto Stop signs—the third Stop sign • South Street W and go approxi- (Henry Avenue) will be a "T" in- mately .6 miles. Along the way tersection. At the "T" intersec- you will encounter three more tion on your left will be homes Stop signs—the third Stop sign and on your right softball fields. (Henry Avenue) will be a "T" in- • Turn right (south) onto Henry tersection. At the "T" intersec- Ave. and go approximately .2 tion on your left will be homes miles toward the Fleming Field and on your right softball fields. airport terminal building • Turn right (south) onto Henry The terminal is on the right with Ave. and go approximately .2

Twin City Aero Historian Rick Schmierer 1852 E. 39 Street Minneapolis, MN 55407

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The Aero Historian is published montly by the Twin City Aero Historians, Inc., a joint chapter of the American Aviation Historical Society and International Plastic Modelsers Society/USA, for 1/48 Hasegawa FW190 A8/R8 members and readers as part of their by Mark L. Rossmann annual dues or fees. 1/48 Hasegawa FW190 A8/R8 The group is open to aviation Galland; simply for specially Rams) Focke-Wulf Fw 190 enthusiasts from teenagers on up who Hauptmann Wilhelm Moritz armored fighters to get in as aircraft and was attached to JG are interested in aviation modeling, by Mark L. Rossmann close to the bombers as possible 3. Such was their success that in photography, collecting, art and writing. before opening fire, even (as a April–May 1944 the Sturmstaffel For more information contact Larry Donovan at 651-501-4755. Battering Rams (1944) last resort) deliberately ramming was expanded into a specialized the bomber. It was dangerous bomber 'killer' gruppen, IV/JG 3, The Twin Cities Aero Historians (TCAH) With the increased pressure and, to most experienced aces, led by Hauptmann Wilhelm meet the second Saturday of every caused by the American foolhardy, but predicted results Moritz. Sturmstaffel 1 was re- month at 1:30pm. bombing raids through late 1943 were such that a special Staffel designated 11./JG 3 in May See above for the new meeting loca- and early 1944, a new method of was formed to test the tactical 1944. On 12 February 1944, tions and directions. attacking the bombers was viability. Sturmstaffel 1 was the Major Müller was appointed proposed by Major H.-G. Von first experimental unit to fly the Gruppenkommandeur of IV. Mail Newsletter material and address changes to the treasurer. Kornatski, an associate of Adolf so-called Sturmböcke (Battering (Continued on page 4)

Page 8 Page 1 TCAH Officers Thoughts from a Caveman Secretary’s Notes Fleet of Delta Airlines Modeler by Jeff Fries By Terry Love President , Larry Donovan by Frank Cuden (Caveman Modeler) Our banquet served as Vice-President , April's meeting therefore TYPE No On Order What do you bring to "The Secretary , Jeff Fries minutes are few. Attendance was party?" Naw, I don't mean what 21 members and 14 visitors. AIrbus A-319 59 5 you bring for the annual Club Treasurer , Dave Hueffmeier Meals were served at 6:30pm Auction - I mean, "What do YOU and later our speaker was retired Historian , Tom Norrbohm bring to "The Party?" By "Party", General Rayond T. Klosowski Airbus A-320 80 2 I mean the monthly meetings. I who was based at Duluth Air Sergeant-at-Arms , Bernie Kugel know we all come to meetings for Guard base gave his talk on Airbus A-330-200 11 various reasons - to socialize flying the RF-4 and doing with like-minded members, to mapping at Gitmo in earlier Airbus A-330-300 21 Newsletter Info check out the latest and greatest years. Opinion : with such low Article Submission Deadline: 22nd of from Roll Models, and Winston, attendance at this one wonders each month to share something you've why so many voted to have one.. Boeing 737-700 10 learned, be it an upcoming event Editor or something you've built, or Starting in May we will be Boeing 737-800 73 Bob Arko maybe to just attend the giving out a ticket for each model 6417 Rice Court meeting - our reasons for on the show table (limit 5 tickets) Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Boeing 737-900 100 attending are many, no doubt. and you will save them until Dec 651-481-8887 However, what do you BRING? [email protected] when we draw gift certificates as Given that I'm enjoying my 70th yet amount not decided. Boeing 747-400 15 Distribution Editor year on this planet and have Remember to place second half Rick Schmierer been building model aircraft for of ticket in provided jar before Boeing 757-200 155 1852 E. 39 Street about 60 of those years now, leaving meeting.. Minneapolis, MN 55407 with around 40 as a TCAH 612-721-8787 member, I recently asked myself Boeing 757-300 16 [email protected] that very question: What do I

bring? Usually, its my latest Send articles to: Boeing 767-300 79 model completion and hopefully, Bob Arko about an airliner? You talk to an adequate explanation of how I 6417 Rice court Bob Friskney and you can email Boeing 777-200ER 18 did it. I also bring my modeling Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Terry Love out there in Kansas. knowledge and experience. And [email protected] All things Russian? George then I started thinking about what Boeing 787 Dreamliner 18 Mellinger will help you out. F-4 Send Change of Address Notice to: others "bring" to "the party." You Phantoms? Randy Koivisto and Dave Hueffmeier want find a decal perhaps? Joe Dave Prettyman will come DC-9-51 24 Grimme took it upon himself to through for you. A-6 Intruders? run a "decal bank", maybe Ken Sallman. Dave Gatts gets 117 providing a resource for MD-88 TCAH This Month into the in's and out's of building someone in search of an out-of- and correcting kits. How about production sheet - that's what he MD-90 31 32 The monthly meeting will be help with a natural metal finish? brings. Greg Drawbaugh, as in held Saturday May 12, at Flem- Mark Krumry's your man - ever DrawDecals will fill your needs ing Field, South St. Paul, begin- see his Stratocruisers? Whoee! The following are the airliners that are parked: with his products. You want to ning at 1:00 pm. Vendor baiting 8th Air Force information and check out a new magazine, buy will begin about 12:00, so history - Mark Copeland's "Da a kit or two, a decal sheet, or an Boeing 747-400 1 come early. Man." Do you want to build a aftermarket product? You go ship model? Bob Steinbrunn see John Roll and if he doesn't could help you there. Old Boeing 757-200 20 have it, the chances are good information? Any one of us over that he'll get it for you. That's 60 can help - if we can Boeing 767-300 6 what he brings to "The "Party." remember the stuff! Jeff Fries, You looking for a book? You go Ken Jensen, me, and a few see Axel Kornfuehrer and John. DC-9-51 10 (Continued on page 3) Do you need some information

Page 2 Page 7 (Continued from page 5) Captain Moritz, distinguished were used to create Unteroffizier Airline Chatter feeder airline. Therefore, they considerable knowledge of itself exceptionally by shooting Willi Maximowitz’s Sturm IV, JG3 by Terry Love are cancelling the contracts that Canadian aircraft - he'd be the Die unter persönlicher down of 30 four-engine bombers. Salzwedel from June of 1944, they have for other airlines. one to tap there. Here's one - Führung ihres possibly deployed briefly at Southwest Airlines will take computer help - all ya gotta do is Geschwaderkommodore Major Hasegawa has provided a Normandy and is identified by delivery of 33 Boeing 737-800s Garuda, the major airline of ask and you'll find the club Dahl kämpfende IV. well thought out designed model. the “Winged U” badge and the this year, and will accept 41 Indonesia, ordered 11 Airbus A- members are rampant with such Sturmgruppe Jagdgeschwader 3, It allows for an A8, A8/R2 and wavy bar. It’s possible I have the more next year. 330-300s. knowledge and information. If mit ihrem Kommandeur A8/R8 version of this fine fighter. incorrect propeller cap color, I this "Caveman" could figure out Hauptmann Moritz, zeichnete This series was armed with 4 have black as designated by the U S Airways earned $71 Delta Airlines will spend one of those new-fangled things sich durch Abschuß von 30 20mm cannon, 13mm mg, firing kit, the Osprey book shows it red. million in the year 2011. $160 million to update their hub and use it effectively, I'm sure viermotorigen Bombern alignment device and a methanol at LaGuardia airport in New York anyone can! besonders aus. water injector. It was the most References: Japan Air Lines took City. numerous model of the FW190 Kit instructions delivery of its first 2 Boeing 787 Maybe you have "eyes" to Direct English translation produced. Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces Dreamliners on March 26. Air India, the national airline run for office - boy, there's a #9, Focke-Wulf FW190 Aces of India, is bankrupt. The wealth of "has-beens" in that The under the personal Spray paints used were of the Western Front China Eastern Airlines, one government of India “invested” area and I'm one of 'em. It was a leadership of its wing Tamiya AS-4, AS-5, AS-1 and Wikipedia – JG3 of China’s largest air lines, $1.3 Billion to keep the airline blast, being both Vice-President commander Major Dahl fighting Model Master Flat Black. The kit cancelled its order f or 24 Boeing flying. (twice) and President of this 4th assault group of the 3rd provides for canopy masks which 787 Dreamliners. It was done via merry "Band Of Brothers", so if fighter wing, with its commander, worked very well. Kit decals the Chinese government, who Delta Airlines spent over the spirit moves you, think about handles all airliners transactions. $12 Billion on jet fuel in 2011. bringing your skills in that area to China is obviously upset at the That is more than $1 Billion "The Party" and help grow TCAH US for some reason. per month ! ! through your service. We need you to carry on the proud history Pinnacle Airlines filed of our club. Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April (Continued from page 2) 1. others come to mind...... Are you Over the years, a common perhaps thinking about writing a bond of the club has been its Delta Airlines, struggling modeling article? Bob multiplicity of inner resource - with high fuel costs, is Steinbrunn, Don Stauffer and photographers, model builders, considering purchasing the maybe even yours truly are the historians, collectors, writers, ConocoPhillips 185,000 barrels ones to talk with. Wanting to "players" in the industry, and per day refinery in Trainer, really pick up on detailing the those of us with general hobby Pennsylvania. It will produce jet daylights out of a model - talk to knowledge. So you see, we all fuel only for Delta Airlines. Steve Hustad. How about bring something to "The Party." information regarding a car Reading Tom's "TCAH Pinnacle Airlines merged model you want to build? Bob Chronicles" got me to thinking with Mesaba Airlines. Maderich is your man - others about all of the above and I too, but you get the idea. realized that even though the Boeing delivered 137 Tanks? Johannes Allert, and club has changed from "all things airliners in the first quarter of this again, Bob Steinbrunn are a aviation, displays and contests" year. couple that I know of. Want to over the years, and the fact that write a book? Ken Hornby, Bob new faces have dominated the Air France took delivery on Steinbrunn and Noel Allard are "skyline" from the days of yore, April 10 of their 60 th Boeing good resources. I know Noel we still, as a club, are doing 777ER. Air France will take lives in the far North but he does quite well, thank you. We've delivery of 4 more Boeing 777s have an email address. Want to recognized the "PM" diversity this year. join IPMS? Our Chapter Contact aspect of our I"PM"S is John Roll - talk with him. orientation - as in, "Plastic Trans Aero Airlines of Photography? Gary Chambers, Modelers." While the club still Russia, ordered 4 Boeing 787 Sid Bremer, Merrill Anderson, retains a strong aviation slant, Dreamliners for $750 million. and Sean "What's-his-name" other genres have come to the Capitalism at its best ! ! probably stand at the ready to fore, and our club has expanded help you. Me-109 building would as a result. I must confess that Pinnacle Airlines wants to fly certainly merit a talk with Tom my memory, during this 70th ONLY for Delta Airlines as their Norrbohm. Steve Macey has (Continued on page 4)

Page 6 Page 3 th Upcoming Model Events sile Crisis (50 Anniversary); (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 4) was relieved from command of October 1943) by Mark Jacques 100 Years of Chevrolet: 1912 - (Sturm)/JG 3. He claimed three on 8 July 1944. To be singled out IV./ JG 3 due to a complete Iron Cross (1939) 2012 – IPMS Pelican Model Club four-engine bombers on 8 March individually in the nervous breakdown. In February 2nd Class 5 May 2012 – Mad-City Mod- @Disney’s Contemporary Re- to record his 120th-122nd Wehrmachtbericht was an honor 1945, IV./JG 3 moved to the 1st Class eler’s Model Show – IPMS/ sort, 4600 N. World Drive, Lake victories. and was entered in the Orders Eastern Front, undertaking freie- German Cross in Gold in Mad-City Modelers @ Double- Buena Vista, FL 32830 www. and Decorations' section of a Jagd and ground attack missions 1945 as Major in the IV./ days Banquet House, 4586 Bax- ipmsusa2012.org Flying modified Fw 190A- soldier's Service Record Book. on the Oder front. IV./JG 3 Jagdgeschwader 3 ter Rd, Cottage Grove WI. Con- R8's with extra armor and wing- veteran Obfw. 'Willi' Maximowitz, Knight's Cross of the Iron tact Michael Luedke (262) 567- 29 September 2012 – Nordic- mounted 30mm MK-108 of 14./JG 3, quickly amassed Cross on 18 July 1944 as 9147 or email at highlanderforen- Con 2010 – Theme “As Seen cannons, IV.(Sturm)/JG 3 [email protected] . on TV” – Twin Cities Aero Histo- became both renowned with the rians @ Productivity Inc., 15150 Lufwaffe and feared by the 19 May 2012 – IPMS Region 5 25 th Ave. N., Plymouth, MN bomber crews. Due to their Convention – IPMS West Cen- 55447. added weight (some 400 lbs) and tral Missouri Chapter @the Holi- www.aerohistorians.org lack of speed, the Sturmböcke day Inn, 8787 Reeder Road, aircraft had to be escorted by Overland Park, KS, contact conventional fighters.

Marty Nevshemal at (816) 916- (Continued from page 3) On 7 July 1944 a force of 8613 or visit the club’s website: year of its existence, is not what 1,129 B-17 Flying Fortresses and www.novaipms.org. it once was and for that I B-24 Liberators set out from apologize. Even though I th England to bomb aircraft 20 May 2012 – NNL North – 14 recognize faces, I still don't know factories in the Leipzig area and Annual Model Car Show – those faces' names, nor do I the synthetic oil plants at RPM – Mpls @ Knights of Co- know the full breadth of our inner Boehlen, Leuna-Merseburg and lumbus Hall, 1114 American resource. Bear with me- it'll only Lützkendorf. This formation was Blvd. W., Bloomington, MN. Info: get worse, and I'm sure there are intercepted by a German www.NNLNorth.com or www. others who can offer a plethora Gefechtsverband composed of RPMModelClub.com or Contact of info - just ask. I have IV(Sturm) Gruppe JG 3 escorted Bob Maderich at (612) 423-2985 attempted to compile some by two Gruppen of Bf l09s from disciplines and interest areas Jagdgeschwader 300 led by 9 to 10 June 2012 – Heartland that I know of and I'm sure there Major Walther Dahl. Dahl drove Model Car Nationals – KC are more. Over the years of my the attack to point-blank range Slammers @ Overland Park TCAH membership, one goal I've behind the Liberators of the Convention Center, 6000 College had is to become a better builder 492nd Bomb Group before Blvd., Overland Park, KS. Con- so I've not been shy, asking opening fire. 492nd Bomb Group tact Bill Barker @ (913) 250- others about their techniques. was temporarily without fighter 0906, [email protected] or John Eian's models are cover. Within about a minute the www.kcslammers.com examples of what I'm talking entire squadron of twelve B-24s about - Steve Erickson, of th had been annihilated. The 2nd 5 August 2012 - 5 Annual course, Bob Steinbrunn, Steve 1/48 Hasegawa FW190 A8/R8 Air Division lost 28 Liberators GTR Summer NNL – IPMS/GTR Macy, Steve Hustad and others by Mark L. Rossmann that day, the majority to the Auto Modelers @ the Algonquin show their skills regularly. And Sturmgruppe attack. IV./JG 3 lost Township Office, 3702 US High- I'm not done learning yet. We Wilhelm Moritz (29 June some 12 Soviet aircraft shot Major and nine fighters shot down and three way 14, Crystal Lake, IL, contact only learn by repetition so pick 1913 - 2010) was a German down, including being credited Gruppenkommandeur IV./ more suffered damage and made Chuck Herrmann @ (847) 516- some brains and "kick it up a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the with three Soviet Boston Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" crash landings; five of the unit's 0211, [email protected] or notch" - your building, that is - Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross bombers and a fighter shot down Mentioned in the pilots were killed. visit the club website at www. that's what I'm trying to do. In (German: Ritterkreuz des on 11 March alone. However on Wehrmachtbericht on 8 July This event, also known as gtrautomodelers.freeservers.com conclusion, we all bring Eisernen Kreuzes) during World 20 April Maximowitz was shot 1944 the Luftschlacht bei ourselves and our knowledge to War II. The Knight's Cross of the down and killed, having attained Oschersleben (aerial battle at 8 to 11 August 2012 – IPMS- "The Party." Think about it some Iron Cross was awarded to 27 claims exclusively with JG 3. Reference in the Oschersleben), earned both Dahl USA National Convention and then attend and enjoy, and recognize extreme battlefield Wehrmachtbericht Date 8 July and Moritz a reference in the “Discover Historic Florida”, share. Let’s see some different bravery or successful military Awards 1944: Wehrmachtbericht, an Themes: The Race to Space names up there, the next time leadership. During his career Flugzeugführerabzeichen information bulletin issued by the 1962 – 1972; 1942: Guadalca- somebody writes one of Wilhelm Moritz was credited with Front Flying Clasp of the Original German headquarters of the Wehrmacht, nal; 1942: Stalingrad; A Cold these...... 44 victories in 500+ missions. On Luftwaffe Wehrmachtbericht wording War Heats Up: The Cuban Mis- (Continued on page 5) 5 December 1944, Major Moritz Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (11 (Continued on page 6)

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