Fw 190A JG-54 Grünherz 1155

GERMAN WWII FIGHTER d r 1:48 SCALE PLASTIC KIT a u d e intro DUAL COMBO! In this kit, released also as a Limited Series edition, we bring you the Focke-Wulf Fw 190A, that flew combat with the well known fighter unit, JG 54 ‘Grunherz’. Jagdgeschwader 54 was formed through a very complicated process, but this only served to raise the level of significance of the unit later on. The foundation for the unit was laid in February, 1940, but its formation with three Gruppe (each with Stab and three Staffel, with each Gruppe fielding some forty aircraft) goes back to the summer of the same year. Its Kommodor (Geschwader Commanding Officer) from August 24th, was Hannes Trautloft. The only original component of JG 54 can be considered I.Gruppe (I./JG 54). II./JG 54 was, up to July, 1940, an independent unit carrying the designation I./JG 76 (earlier being a component of JG 2) and III./JG 54, similarly an independent entity, originally designated I./JG 21 and operationally subordinate to JG 27. Trautloft was tasked with the chore of taking these elements, combining them into one unit and leading them successfully into combat. He managed to this by the end of the Battle of Britain, and his JG 54 became one of the best escort units in the Luftwaffe. Another conflict in which Trautloft led his unit, was that of the Balkans. Participants included II. and III./JG 54, as well as, naturally, the Kommodore with his Stab. Here, the German pilots met the Bf 109E which served with the Yugoslav Air Force. After the end of that campaign, Trautloft flew a captured glider, which ended in a crash. Trautloft walked away. In June, 1941, the entire Jagdgeschwader 54 took part in the attack on the Soviet Union. It was here that Trautloft initiated the use of his personal ‘Green Heart’ emblem as the unit insignia, but his personal use of it went back to his days as a volunteer in Spain. The choice of the ‘Grünherz’ had its basis in the fact that Trautloft hailed from Thuringia, a region that thanks to its widespread forested areas was known as ‘the green heart of Germany’. His pilots adapted the marking as their own. It appeared on the units aircraft, groundcrew, and even on the collar of the Kommodore’s Dachshund. Even to this day, some of the veterans of the unit have the emblem on their mail boxes! In comparison with the fight over western Europe, the Soviet Union demanded a different approach and there were also different natural conditions that played their part, all of which quickly led JG 54 to modify the camouflage of their aircraft. An example can be taken from the Kommodore’s aircraft, who’s aircraft bore little resemblance to prescribed instructions at the beginning of the attack on Russia. There are a lot of theories as to where these paints came from, and their actual shades. The vast majority of JG 54 combat on the Eastern Front under Trautloft’s command encompassed the northern and central regions within the framework of Luftflotte 1. Despite the vastness of the area covered, Trautloft always maintained contact with all components of the unit, and he knew all pilots personally, including petty officers. Under his leadership, many successful pilots and commanding officers developed, such as Nowotny, Kittel, Phillip, Beisswenger, Hrabak, Ostermann, Rudorffer, Stotz, Koller, and so on. On July 27th, 1941, Trautloft was awarded the Knight’s Cross, He did not receive this for attaining a specific number of combat kills, but for the success of the whole of JG 54. The number of kills accumulated by German pilots on the Eastern Front, as opposed to the west, were nothing short of incredible. JG 54 recorded its 1000th kill already on August 1st, 1941 (lt. Ostermann), its 2000th on April 4th , 1942 (Ofw. Klemm) and its 3000th on September 14th, 1942 (by Lt. Heyer). In the winter of 1942/1943, part of the unit was transferred to the western Europe with their Messerscmitt Bf 109Gs for combat against a new enemy, at different altitudes, and against ground defenses that were untouchable on the Eastern Front. The remainder of JG 54 turned in their Bf 109Gs for the Focke-Wulf Fw190A. The Focke-Wulf quickly acquired favor with the pilots. Compared to the Messerschmitts, the Focke-Wulfs were more comfortable to fly, had a safer landing gear, better armament and could also absorb significant damage. The aforementioned Walter Nowotny gained the units 6000th kill on October 9th, 1943, flying the Fw 190. At the same time, he was the first member of JG 54 to reach 250 kills. The 200 kill threshold was crossed by four pilots, which for some time served with JG 54. Jagdgeschwader 54 gained over 9000 kills over the course of the war, but lost over 700 pilots. In the last year of the war, it concentrated operations over Finland (as a part of the Kuhlmey Combat Group protecting Fins in Karelia) and in the Baltics. Its III./JG 54 on the Western Front became the first unit to fly the Fw 190D, and was later integrated into JG 26. The end of the war saw them in northern Germany, where they fell into captivity to the British. After the war, many of its members returned to civil or military flying, some of them even reaching significant heights within NATO. úvodem V této stavebnici, vydané v limitované sérii, vám pøinášíme Focke-Wulfy Fw 190 A, které bojovaly v øadách známé stíhací jednotky – JG 54 „Grünherz“. Jagdgeschwader 54 vznikala velmi komplikovaným zpùsobem, ale o to významnìjší jednotkou se však pozdìji stala. Její štáb byl založen již v únoru 1940, ale vznik eskadry se tøemi Gruppe (každá mìla štáb a tøi Staffel, celkem mìla jedna Gruppe cca 40 letounù) se datuje až do léta 1940. Jejím Kommodorem (velitelem Geschwader) byl 24. srpna jmenován Hannes Trautloft. Za jedinou pùvodní souèást JG 54 lze považovat její I. Gruppe (I./JG 54). Naproti tomu II./JG 54 byla až do zaèátku èervence 1940 samostatnou jednotkou s oznaèením I./JG 76 (døíve spadala pod JG 2) a III./JG 54 byla rovnìž „samorostem“ – pùvodnì nesla oznaèení I./JG 21a operaènì spadala pod JG 27. Pøed Trautloftem stál úctyhodný úkol – vytvoøit z tìchto samostatných tìles jednu eskadru a úspìšnì ji vést v boji. To se mu v závìru Bitvy o Británii podaøilo a jeho JG 54 patøila mezi nejlepší eskortní útvary Luftwaffe. Dalším konfliktem, do kterého své stíhaèe Trautloft vedl, bylo tažení na Balkánì. Úèastnily se ho II. a III./JG 54 a samozøejmì i Kommodore se svým štábem. Nìmeètí letci se zde støetli i s Messerschmitty Bf 109 E, které používali jugoslávští piloti. Po skonèení bojù si Trautloft nad Bìlehradem vyzkoušel ukoøistìný vìtroò. Let však skonèil havárií bìhem pøistání, Trautloft naštìstí vyvázl bez zranìní. V èervnu 1941 se celá Jagdgeschwader 54 zapojila do útoku na Sovìtský svaz. Právì v té dobì Trautloft zavedl svùj osobní emblém „zelené srdce“ jako emblém celé eskadry, sám jej používal již jako dobrovolník ve Španìlsku. Volba symbolu „Grünherz“ mìla základ ve skuteènosti, že Trautloft pocházel z Durynska, které bylo díky rozsáhlým lesùm oznaèováno jako „Zelené srdce Nìmecka”. Jeho piloti pøijali srdce za své. Zaèalo se objevovat na letounech, pozemní technice, dokonce jej mìl na obojku i Kommodorùv jezevèík. Ještì dnes jej mají nìkteøí veteráni z JG 54 na svých poštovních schránkách! Ve srovnání se západní Evropou se v Sovìtském svazu vedl boj zcela jiným zpùsobem a panovaly zde odlišné pøírodní podmínky, což rychle vedlo JG 54 k modifikacím kamufláží letadel. Pøíkladem byl opìt Kommodore, který již na poèátku ruského tažení létal se stíhaèkou, jejíž vzhled nemìl se standardní tovární kamufláží mnoho spoleèného. Existuje øada teorií, odkud mohly tyto barvy pocházet a o jaké odstíny pøesnì šlo. Po pøevážnou vìtšinu bojù na východní frontì pod Trautloftovým vedením pùsobila JG 54 v severním a støedním úseku fronty v rámci Luftflotte 1. I pøes velikost území, kde eskadra bojovala, se Trautloftovi daøilo udržet si kontakt se všemi èástmi eskadry a znal osobnì všechny piloty, vèetnì poddùstojníkù. Pod jeho vedením vyrostla øada úspìšných stíhaèù a velitelù, jako byli Nowotny, Kittel, Phillip, Beisswenger, Hrabak, Ostermann, Rudorffer, Stotz, Koller atd. Dne 27. èervence 1941 obdržel Trautloft Rytíøský køíž, avšak nedostal ho za dosažení urèitého poètu osobních vítìzství. Za udìlením tohoto prestižního vyznamenání stály dosavadní úspìchy celé JG 54. Množství leteckých vítìzství, kterých dosahovali nìmeètí stíhaèi na východní frontì, bylo ve srovnání s boji na Západì takøka neuvìøitelné. JG 54 zaznamenala své 1000. vítìzství již 1. srpna 1941 (Lt. Ostermann), 2000. vítìzství získal Ofw. Klemm dne 4. dubna 1942 a 3000. vítìzství zaznamenal 14. záøí 1942 Lt. Heyer. V zimì 1942/1943 se èást eskadry pøesunula s Messerschmitty Bf 109 G do západní Evropy a musela se zcela pøeorientovat na boj s jiným nepøítelem, v jiných výškách a s pozemním zabezpeèením, které bylo na východní frontì nedosažitelné. Zbytek JG 54 pøezbrojil z Messerschmittù Bf 109 G na Focke-Wulfy Fw 190 A. „Stodevadesátky” si piloti rychle oblíbili. Ve srovnání se stodevítkami se daly mnohem komfortnìji ovládat, mìly bezpeènìjší podvozek, silnìjší výzbroj a vydržely i znaèná poškození. Již zmínìný Walter Nowotny s získal 6000. vítìzství eskadry 9. øíjna 1943 právì na Fw 190. Souèasnì byl prvním pøíslušníkem JG 54, který docílil 250 vítìzství. Hranici 200 vítìzství pøekroèili celkem ètyøi letci, kteøí po urèitou dobu sloužili u JG 54. Jagdgeschwader 54 dosáhla za celou dobu války více než 9000 vítìzství, ale ztratila pøes 700 pilotù. V závìreèném roce války pùsobila pøedevším ve Finsku (jako souèást bojového svazu Kuhlmey pøi obranì Finù v Karélii) a v Pobaltí. Její III./JG 54 se na Západní frontì stala první jednotkou, která zaèala v boji používat Fw 190 D a pozdìji byla zaèlenìna do JG 26. Konec války pøíslušníky JG 54 zastihl v severním Nìmecku, kde se dostali do britského zajetí. Po válce se øada stíhaèù JG 54 vrátila k civilnímu nebo vojenskému letectví, nìkteøí z nich dokonce dosáhli významných funkcí v rámci NATO. ATTENTION UPOZORNÌNÍ ACHTUNG ATTENTION

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13 A Fw 190A-5, W.Nr. 01501501, 1./JG 54, Oblt. Walter Nowotny, Krasnogvardeisk Area, Russia, August, 1943

Green camouflaged Focke-Wulf marked White ‘4', with a rendering of a goat and inscription ‘Rammock’, was flown by Walter Nowotny, CO of 1. Staffel I./JG 54, holder of the Knight’s Cross, in the summer of 1943. At that time, the 23-year-old ‘Nowi’, born in the Czech-Austrian border region, was one of the most significant personnel of JG 54 on the Eastern Front specifically, and the Luftwaffe in general. He died on November 8th, 1944, as the CO of the first German unit equipped with the jet powered Me 262. Up to the time of his death, he was credited with 258 aerial victories, the vast majority of which were achieved on the Eastern Front in the ranks of JG 54. The camouflage of the illustrated aircraft consisted of two closely toned unspecified greens, one of which was probably RLM 70, and the other mixed from that. These shades were sprayed in irregular fields over the original RLM 74/75/76, which was visible in places through the newer application, and the lower colors remained unchanged, extending up the sides of the fuselage. The widely applied yellow recognition markings, typical for the time and area of ops, was indicative of the need for the Luftwaffe to differentiate their aircraft from those of the similarly painted enemy. The inscription ‘Rammbock’ on the left side of the fuselage under the cockpit, needs to be translated more along the lines of the local culture rather than literally, and in this case that would be as a ‘virile ram’. The wing armament of this aircraft consisted of only two MG 151/20 cannon, with the outboard MG/FF cannon positions being faired over.

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The aircraft depicted here is dated from the winter to summer time frame, 1943, when the Fw 190s of JG 54 went through frequent camouflage scheme modifications that bore little resemblance to the prescribed instructions. Black ‘5', flown by Oblt. Max Stotz, is camouflaged in a similar way to that of Fw 190A-5 ‘Rammbock’ (Scheme ‘A’), consisting of two similar greens, applied over the original scheme of RLM 74/75/76. In this case, this did not include the area of the Swastika or the W.Nr. at the tip of the fin. A large unknown remains the application of the JG 54 emblem and its II. Gruppe on the front fuselage. Although these are represented in most previous reconstructions, it must be noted that their exact rendering on this bird could not be based on any serious documentation. They could not be backed by photographic resources, nor on any other II./JG 54 aircraft of the same time. That opens up to the possibility that these were not even carried. If they were in fact applied, then the heart emblem would have been carried on both sides under the cockpit, same as the II./JG 54 marking on both sides of the nose. The ‘Aspern Lion’ - emblem of II./JG 54, would also have been applied such that it was always facing forward. Although the evidence on the use of the emblem is lacking, we have included it on the decal sheet. For its application on the model, please refer to the reference drawing on this page for an alternative appearance of the nose of the aircraft. The pilot of this aircraft, Oblt. Max Stotz, was credited with 189 kills over the course of over 700 combat flights, and was awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oak Cluster. He is still listed as MIA after combat in the area of Vitebsk in the Soviet Union on August 19, 1943. H65 H65 H64 H64 H4 H69 18 18 17 52 ? 17 48 19 4 41 37

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This aircraft is shown as it appeared during service with I./JG 54 as a fighter-bomber and used mainly in attacking ground targets. In this way, fighter units often supported ground units as the opportunity arose. Less often did the role of the Jabo (Jagd-Bomber) see ground attack become the main role within the fighter units. Some examples could be taken from elements of I./JG 54 as summer turned to fall in 1943, as indicated by the switch from a number code to a letter one. The white color of the ‘K’ should place the aircraft within the 1st Staffel. The camouflage consisted of, as with the first two offered choices, two greens applied over the original RLM 74/75/76. Of the green-green scheme, RLM 70 is more prevalent, which gives a final look of almost a monotone, dark green. Fairly uncommon for the given time frame, the spinner has a white spiral applied to it. Also worth noting is the extension of the undercowling yellow to the oil cooler and oil tank. Non standard are also the crosses on the fuselage and wing undersides that lacked the black outline. These appear to have been applied fresh over the new green scheme.

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H4 4 H3 H4 RED 3 YELLOW 4 ÈESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NA H65 H64 H417 www.eduard.com/info/photos/1155 eduard RLM 70 18 RLM 71 17 RLM 76 117 16 D Fw 190A-6 W.Nr. 550885, Lt. Hans Dortenmann, 2./JG 54, Russia, February, 1944

This kit offers the markings for two aircraft flown by Hans Dortenmann. This Fw 190 was painted with washable white paint during the winter of 1943-1944 over the original RLM 74/75/76, partially visible. In this aircraft, Dortenmann gained his first unorthodox confirmed kill, after colliding with a Soviet fighter at low altitude, likely piloted by Capt. Ivan M. Astakov of the 40th IAP, who did not survive the collision. This ‘no-fault’ collision was credited to Astakov as a taran and as one of his twelve victories, and pushing him towards a posthumous awarding of the Hero of the Soviet Union. In the collision, Dortenmann lost much of his left wing. Despite that, he was able to belly in at Orscha Süd. Before being transferred to the Western Front in the summer of 1944, he would shoot down a further 14 Soviet aircraft, including four Il-2s Sturmoviks.

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The uniquely painted White ‘5' of 1st Staffel, JG 54 is attributed to being flown by Walter Nowotny, which he did actually fly, but in all probability was not a personal aircraft of his. The aircraft is interesting first and foremost by its camouflage scheme, as it appeared at a time when the Fw 190s of JG 54 were painted in the original factory scheme of RLM 74/75/76 in combination with the yellow identification markings used on the Eastern Front. The light coloring of the fuselage was darkened with a spray of green, likely RLM 70. Also non- standard was the width of the segments of the upper wing crosses. As noted earlier, Walter Nowotny was one of the more interesting of personnel to serve with JG 54. Initially, he flew Bf 109s, and switched over to the Fw 190 when the unit re- equipped with this type. The bulk of his victories were gained on the Focke-Wulf, often through extraordinary circumstances. For example, there were nine kills credited to him on August 13th, 1943, and even ten gained on September 1st, 1943 (five which were flamed within a span of twelve minutes). On October 14th, 1943, he became the first German fighter pilot to cross the 250 victory mark. After receiving diamonds to go with his Knight’s Cross and Oak Cluster with Swords, he was called back from his CO of I./JG 54 posting and utilized in a propaganda role, that really did not sit well with a combat fighter pilot and natural hunter. On April 1st, 1944, he was assigned to command the training unit JG 101, and in September, 1944 to the command of Kommando Nowotny, equipped with the Me 262. This unit was activated to develop tactics for jet fighters to combat allied aircraft, and for Nowotny, became his last military, and life’s, function.....

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An interesting variation on the camouflage scheme consisting of RLM 74/75/76 is carried by this aircraft, which was flown by Uffz. Heribert Koller with 5./JG 54 in the summer of 1944. This Luftwaffe veteran accumulated 49 confirmed kills over the span of over 350 combat sorties. Thirteen of these came between May and June 1944 in the illustrated plane. Black ‘12' was lost on June 18th, 1944 during a ferry flight from Immola to the base at Petseri in Estonia. During the flight, Koller stumbled upon a lone Il-2, attacking a tanker in the Gulf of Finland, and managed to shoot it down. However, being on a solo flight, there was no way of confirming the kill (and he shot down a Yak-9 in the same cockpit the day previous). Over the remainder of the flight, he encountered inclement weather, with the ceiling dropping down to ground level at times. On his approach to Malmi, at Helsinki, where he was to have a restover, the visibility was so bad, he almost plowed into a cliff, and subsequently, he clipped the top of a tree. After gaining enough altitude, he bailed out of the damaged aircraft and came down by parachute. Black ‘12' crashed only a couple of hundred meters from the airfield. The remains of the aircraft were recovered in 2006. The fuselage of the aircraft was significantly darkened, probably by way of a thin, lightly transparent spray of RLM 74. This included the inside of the fuselage crosses, although in a deeper application. The white spinner had a black spiral. One interesting aspect of the camouflage is the atypical placement of the upper wing colors (seen on some Fw 190s built at AGO Oschersleben), where the wings are painted in mirror image to each other. Damage to the right side of the fuselage was caused by carelessness of the groundcrew during fueling.

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Personal aircraft of the CO of II./JG 54, Maj. Rudorffer, from the summer of 1944 carried a standard camouflage scheme consisting of RLM 74/75/76, which was significantly darkened from nose to tail, likely utilizing a spray of RLM 74. The tactical CO marking, ‘<<‘ was supplemented by a small black ‘1'. The bottom of the cowling comes across as quite dark in black and white photographs, and was probably red. It is quite possible that the top wing colors were mirror images of each other, much like in that of the aircraft depicted in Scheme F (Black ‘12', W. Nr. 550889). The crosses on the bottoms of the wings did not carry the usual black outline. The black spiral on the white spinner was a typical marking carried by aircraft of the 4. and 5. Staffel JG 54 in the summer of ‘44, but in the case of this aircraft, that spiral also may have been red. This aircraft was lost on December 15th, 1944 in combat with Pe-2s and Airacobras, along with its pilot, Uffz. Walter Lewe. Maj. Rudorffer, holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Cluster and Swords, was CO of II./JG 54 from July, 1943 to the end of 1944. Among his confirmed 224 kills (according to some sources, 222), gained over the course of more than 1000 combat sorties were 58 Il-2s and nine B-17s which he overwhelmed flying the Me 262 Schwalbe as a member of Stab I./JG 7. During his career he was flamed at least sixteen times, nine of which required his use of a parachute.

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The second of Hans Dortenmann’s aircraft to be offered in this kit is one used in the Defense of the Reich (Reichsverteidigung). With the illustrated Red ‘1', Dortenmann flew as CO of 2. Staffel, temporarily subordinate to III. Gruppe, in France during the summer of 1944. At the end of the war, the twenty-three-year-old pilot and holder of the Knight’s Cross had 38 kills under his belt, which he gained during the very short span of just fourteen months. During his combat career, he fought against the Soviets, British and Americans. This aircraft carries a standard scheme consisting of RLM 74/75/76 with a white spiral on the spinner. It also carries the markings of the Defense of the Reich (a blue band for JG 54), and a red vertical band on the rear fuselage denoting service with III. Gruppe. The red color means 2. (or 10.) Staffel, and the number 1 belongs to the Staffel CO. The inscription ‘Hascherl 1' under the cockpit was only carried on the left, and together with the devil insignia on the engine cowl are personal markings of the pilot. Whether or not the devil was on both sides has not been identified in photographs, but it is possible. The unit marking for III. Gruppe JG 54 was applied to both sides of the Fw 190A-8. The simplified later variation on the fuselage cross was in this case with a black interior.

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War weary but striking, Yellow ‘2' of 9. Staffel/JG 54 hails from the days of combat against the Americans within the Defense of the Reich in the summer of 1944. The camouflage of RLM 74/75/76 and the spiral on the spinner all correspond to Luftwaffe standards. The blue rear fuselage band identifies service with JG 54 in the Defense of the Reich system, and the 9. Staffel by the yellow Gruppe marking and fuselage number. The fuselage crosses had their inside sprayed RLM 74. The marking of III./JG 54 was found on both sides of the fuselage. III./JG 54 operated on the Western Front from French and German airfields after being reassigned from Smolensk in February, 1943. The unit’s pilots protected defeated territory from allied fighter sweeps and bombing attacks. During May and June, 1944, the unit turned in their Bf 109s for Fw 190s, which they used in the Luftwaffe’s and Wehrmacht’s attempts to stem the tide of the allied invasion of Normandy. Later, III./JG 54 was tasked with the priority of defending against attacks of the USAAF, usually in combat against allied escort fighters. The unit’s attack against American bomber formations are also not to be forgotten.

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The camouflage scheme and the rendering of the national insignia, documented on the later A-8 variant, apply to this aircraft of IV.Gruppe JG 54. The wavy demarcation between the RLM 76 color from those of the darker shades on the upper surfaces (RLM 74/75) is located fairly high up and gives the aircraft a decidedly light appearance. The national insignia are the simplest version of the later cross type. JG 54 service is indicated only by the blue fuselage band, which adorned the aircraft of the units within the Defense of the Reich system. The white wave marking then indicates the IV. Gruppe and the white number the 13. Staffel. IV. Gruppe JG 54 flew from air fields in Eastern Prussia and later, from September 1944, in Germany. At this time, the unit was commanded by Maj. Wolfgang Späte (Knight’s Cross with Oak Cluster, 99 kills, best known for his service with JG 400 equipped with the Me 163 rocket fighter), who was replaced in October, 1944, by Hptm. Rudolf Klemm (Knight’s Cross, 42 kills). IV. Gruppe was the only component of JG 54 that, after re-equipping with the Fw 190, exclusively flew the ‘A’ variant up to the end of the war.

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