Heinkel He 162 M6, W.Nr. 200006, VI+IF, Schwechat-Heidfeld, January 1945

 

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Markings:

Heinkel He 162 M6, W.Nr. 200006, VI+IF, Schwechat-Heidfeld, January 1945

Additional informations:
 
On January 17, 1945, the fuselage of the He 162 M6, manufactured at the Languste plant, arrived at Schwechat-Heidfeld. The first flight took place on January 23, 1945, under the command of Dipl.-Ing. Schuck. During further flights by Director Fancke, Fliegerstabsingenieur Bader, First Lieutenant Wedemeyer, and pilots Seling and Pawolka, the main complaint was that the play in the controls was much too large. Stronger spring bodies were subsequently installed and flight operations resumed on Jan. 27, 1945. Testing with extended rudder and aileron began at the end of the month. As a result, the aircraft pulled sharply to the left. Springs placed in the center position were to remedy the situation. On February 2, the aircraft with Gerhard Full crashed on landing. After about 100 meters of taxiing, the nose wheel retracted on its own and damaged the nose wheel flap and the wooden nose cone. After repairs were completed, First Lieutenant Georg Wedemeyer crashed on February 4, 1945 as a result of an engine failure and was killed. The He 162 M6 was completely painted in RLM 02 colors. The Balkenkreuze were applied in a very minimalistic manner and did not meet the specifications of the time. The color profile shows the aircraft at the beginning of its testing without the conversion measures. There was no nationality insignia on the vertical stabilizer at this time.   

References / profiles:

Heinkel Strahlflugzeug
He 162 "Volksjäger"
Entwicklung, Produktion und Einsatz
Manfred Griehl

Stedinger Verlag Lemwerder

ISBN 978-3-927 697-50-8

 

Acknowledgments:

My special thanks go to Miroslav Bily and Michal Bradac for the kind permission to use their drawings as base for my work. They were taken from Miroslav Balous and Miroslav Bily's publication:

Heinkel He 162 Spatz (Volksjäger)
MBI Publications
ISBN 80-86524-06-X

Junkers Ju 88 D-2, F9+14, flown by Royal Hungarian Air Force

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Markings:

Junkers Ju 88 D-2, F9+14, flown by Royal Hungarian Air Force - Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő
1/1. Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron, Russia, May 1943

Additional informations:
 
In the fall of 1942 the MKHL (Royal Hungarian Air Force) received the first Ju 88 Ds, which were assigned to 1.1. Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron. The F9+14 had a standard RLM 70/71/65 camouflage with the original German markings painted over. On the vertical and horizontal tail the Hungarian insignia consisted of Red, White and Green were painted on. Remarkable are the non standard Hungarian White and Black crosses on the fuselage and wings. Parts of the previous Hungarian markings, which most likely were F9+16, were painted over with white outlined numbers. Same as the German planes on the eastern front the F9+14 had a yellow theatre markings.

References / profiles:

Krzysztof Janowicz, Junkers Ju 88 vol. II, Kagero, page 102
Brian Filley, Junkers Ju 88 in action Part 1, squadron/signal publications, inc., page 47 

Acknowledgments:

The base drawing was made by Maciej Noszczak. Thank you for the kind permission to use your drawing.

PZL P.24b Yastreb “White 5”, 6. Iztrebitelen Polk, Asen airfield, April 1941

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Markings:

PZL P.24b Yastreb “White 5”, 6. Iztrebitelen Polk, Asen airfield, April 1941

References / profiles:

Bulgarian Fighter Colours 1919-1948 Vol. 1
Dénes Bernád, Mushroom Model Publications

Additional informations:

Base drawing made by Maciej Noszczak. Thank you for the kind permission to use your drawing.
This drawing was finished in 2015 and published end of 2018 in the book:

Bulgarian Fighter Colours 1919-1948 Vol. 1

Dénes Bernád
Mushroom Model Publications
ISBN 978-83-65958-18-1

PZL P.24b Yastreb “White 1”, Armeyski Orlyak, Bozhurishte airfield, July 1937

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Markings:

PZL P.24b Yastreb “White 1”, Armeyski Orlyak, Bozhurishte airfield, July 1937

References / profiles:

Bulgarian Fighter Colours 1919-1948 Vol. 1
Dénes Bernád, Mushroom Model Publications

Additional informations:

Base drawing made by Maciej Noszczak. Thank you for the kind permission to use your drawing.

This drawing was originally created for the book

Bulgarian Fighter Colours 1919-1948 Vol. 1

Dénes Bernád
Mushroom Model Publications
ISBN 978-83-65958-18-1

but was not used. The book only shows the starboard side of that aircraft.

Dornier Do 335 M14, W.Nr. 230014, France 1947

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Markings:
Do 335 M 14, RP+UQ, W.Nr. 230014, flown as Do 335 "No.1" in France 1947


References / profiles:

Dornier Do 335 Arrow – Luftwaffe’s Fasted Piston-Engine Fighter
J.Richard Smith and Eddie Creek with Gerhard Roletschek, Classic Publications

Dornier Do 335, 435, 635- Kampfflugzeug- Aufklärer-Zerstörer-Nachtjäger
Manfred Griehl, Motorbuch Verlag

Dornier 335 Arrow
J. Richard Smith, Eddie J. Creek, Thomas H. Hitchcock, Monogram Aviation Publications


Additional informations:

Do 335 M 14, RP+UQ, W.Nr. 230014 was the second prototype of the destroyer version. The Do 335 B-2 had two additional MK 103 in the wings.
Do 335 M 14 was camouflaged as follows: Upper surfaces RLM 81/82, Lower surfaces RLM 65, spinner and propeller blades were RLM 70. In France the surfaces were overpainted with RLM 71.

An older version of that profile was published in the book:

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil - Arrow
J.Richard Smith and Eddie J. Creek with Gerhard Roletschek
Classic Publication - Crécy Publishing
ISBN 978-1-90653-750-0

Junkers Ju 188 A-2 flown by 2./KG 6, Belgium, October 1944

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Markings:
 

Junkers Ju 188 A-2, 3E+HK, flown by 2./KG 6, Melsbroek, Belgium, October 1944

Additional informations:
 
RLM 22/76 camouflage. The plane had a replacement port wing fitted with its original black painted ailerons and wing flaps. Parts of the rudders were also taken from another black painted airplane.
The front armament and the upper powered turret were removed as a field modifivation to increase speed for pathfinding missions.

References / profiles:

Junkers Ju 88 - The Bomber at War, Ian Allan Publishing 

Acknowledgments:

The base drawing (a Junkers Ju88G-6) was made by Maciej Noszczak. Thank you for the kind permission to use your drawing.

An older version of this colour profile was published in the book

Junkers Ju88 Vol. II

The Bomber at War
Day and Night - Operational and Service History

William A. Medcalf

Classic Publication

ISBN 978-1-90653-743-2

Heinkel He 162 A-1, "Construction and Materials"

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Markings: Heinkel He 162 A-1, "Construction and Materials"

Additional informations:

In 2014 I was asked to to some He162 profiles for an exhibition in the Zeltweg Aviation Museum. So I decided to draw one profile to show the construction and materials that were used for the He 162. The wooden surfaces are for sure not in the right scale.

Here the poster of the special exhibition at Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser (Hangar 8), Zeltweg:

Der Volksjäger

Entwicklung

und Produktion der

Heinkel He 162 in Österreich

My special thanks go to Miroslav Bily and Michal Bradac for the kind permission to use their drawings as base for my work. They were taken from Miroslav Balous and Miroslav Bily's publication:

Heinkel He 162 Spatz (Volksjäger)
MBI Publications
ISBN 80-86524-06-X

Heinkel He 162 War Prizes "UPDATE 2014"

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Markings:

Heinkel He 162 A-2, W.Nr. 120093, ex "White 2", French No. 3, Ecole de l'Air, January 1949
Heinkel He 162 A-2, W.Nr. 120072, ex "Yellow 3", AM 61, England, Authumn 1945
Heinkel He 162 A-2, "Red 02", Testcentre LII in Zhukovskiy, Spring 1946

Update:

In 2014 I was asked to to some He162 profiles for an exhibition in the Zeltweg Aviation Museum and so I decided to rework and correct some errors of my old profiles I have finished in 2008.

Older versions of these three colour profiles were published in the book:

Heinkel He 162

From Drawing Board to Destruction

Robert Forsyth / Eddie J. Creek

Classic Publication

ISBN 978-1-90653-700-5

My special thanks go to Miroslav Bily and Michal Bradac for the kind permission to use their drawings as base for my work. They were taken from Miroslav Balous and Miroslav Bily's publication:

Heinkel He 162 Spatz (Volksjäger)
MBI Publications
ISBN 80-86524-06-X

Dornier Do 335 A-02, W.Nr. 240102, Maryland USA, December 1945

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Markings:

Dornier Do 335 A-0, W.Nr 240102, Maryland USA, December 1945

References / profiles:

Dornier Do 335 Arrow – Luftwaffe’s Fasted Piston-Engine Fighter
J.Richard Smith and Eddie Creek with Gerhard Roletschek, Classic Publications

Dornier Do 335, 435, 635- Kampfflugzeug- Aufklärer-Zerstörer-Nachtjäger
Manfred Griehl, Motorbuch Verlag

Dornier 335 Arrow
J. Richard Smith, Eddie J. Creek, Thomas H. Hitchcock, Monogram Aviation Publications

This colour profile is one of four published by Eagle Editions:

Eagle Cals Do 335 EC#164

Junkers Ju 88 A-4/Torp, 3Z+OH “Otto”, 1./KG 77, Salon de Provence, spring 1944

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Markings:

3Z+OH “Otto”, 1./KG 77, Salon de Provence, spring 1944

References:

 
Flugzeug Classic Feb. 2011
Torpedoflieger im Mittelmeer
Lino von Gartzen

Additional informations:

The Ju 88 A-4/Torp with the code 3Z+OH, flown by pilot Günther Hirschfeld, navigator Eugen Belz, shooter Hermann Wünsche and radio operator Werner Schröder, was transfered from Grieslienen via Frankfurt to France on March 21^st 1944. From the Mediterranean Sea cost allied convoys should be attacked. The first raid the with the 3Z+OH was flown in the night from March 31^st to April 1^st 1944 about 80 kilometers north from Algier. Target was the convoy UGS36. 13 more raids were flown near the Algerian cost before the crew got new orders. From June 6^th 1944, the landing allied troops in the Normandie, more and more raids were flown in the English Channel. The last effort was achieved on 31^st July 1944 during a raid near Algier. Some days later the “Otto” was completely destroyed an ground by two low flying P-51 Mustang. The crew of the “Otto” flew 21 raids. Significant because 30% of all planes were lost during each raid at this time. Pilot Günther Hirschfeld said: “We had a full squadron of guardian angels!”

The plane was camouflaged in RLM 70/71/65 overpaintd with RLM 70 and RLM 76.

Acknowledgments:

The base drawing was made by Maciej Noszczak. Thank you for the kind permission to use your drawing.

Harald Belz, the son of naviagtor Eugen Belz asked me to do this profile for him. It was a great challenge for me to paint this really special camouflaged plane, but with the information Mr. Belz got from his father it was possible to reconstruct it as best as possible.