Messerschmitt Me 410 flown by 3./ZG 26, June /July 1944

 

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Markings:
 
Messerschmitt Me 410, 3./ZG 26, 3U+KL, Reichsverteidigung June / July 1944

Additional informations:
 
Starting in the fall of 1943, the Messerschmitt Me 410 "Zerstörer" was used against incoming US bomber units in the Berlin area. They were far outgunned by the U.S. fighter escorts and considerable losses resulted. In March 1944, the I./ZG 26 converted from Bf 110 to Me 410. Presumably for better camouflage on the ground, in June / July 1944, the standard RLM 74/75/76 paint scheme was given additional meanders in RLM 82 dark green, which were pulled far down the sides of the fuselage. Contrary to the usual marking, the squadron identification "3U" was applied behind the fuselage cross, and the aircraft letter and squadron letter in front of the fuselage cross. The engine letter "K" was in the squadron color yellow and the spinner was provided with a spiral.

 

Acknowledgments:

The base drawing was made by Otterkins2. Thank you for the kind permission to use your drawings.

 

References / profiles:

 

This colour profile was published in the book

 

Luftwaffe im Focus

Edition 31 - 2021

Axel Urbanke

Luftfahrtverlag Start

ISBN 978-3-941437-48-7

 

 

A big "Thank you" to Axel Urbanke, for the possibility to publish my artwork within his great publication series. The text published here is a short summary of the article in the magazine. The accompanying photos and more information can be found in the article.

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 388 L-1, W.Nr. 340284, Altenburg, spring 1945

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Markings:
 

Junkers Ju 388 L-1, W.Nr. 340284, Altenburg, spring 1945

Additional informations:
 
The Junkers Ju 388 was a further development of the Junkers Ju 188, which in turn was based on the well-known Junkers Ju 88. This aircraft, a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, had continous imaging devices in it's fuselage "Bomb-tank". It was equipped with a pressurized cabin, and had the latest version of the BMW 801 TJ-0 engine with external air intake. The Junkers Ju 388 L-1, W.Nr. 340284 came from the series production of Allgemeine Transportanlagennesellschaft mbH (ATG) at Leipzig-Mockau. The plane had the On december 23, 1944, between 1:15 pm and 1:47 pm the "340284" was transferred from Leipzip to Kölleda by Flugzeugführer Behrend. (1st factory flight). A second factory flight from Kölleda to Altenburg, also with FF Behrend, took place on January 27, 1945 between 9:52 am and 10:16 am. At the end of war, the apparently intact plane was captured by American troops at Altenburg. At this time, the rear armament was not installed. The Ju 388 was probably scrapped at Altenburg.

References / profiles:

Luftwaffe im Focus Edition 28 - Luftfahrtverlag Start 

Acknowledgments:

The base drawings ( Junkers Ju 88/188/388) were made by Maciej Noszczak. Thank you for the kind permission to use your drawings.

This colour profile was published in the book

Luftwaffe im Focus

Edition 28 - 2018

Axel Urbanke

Luftfahrtverlag Start

ISBN 978-3-941437-39-5







A big "Thank you" to Axel Urbanke, for the possibility to publish my artwork within his great publication series.

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

Dornier Do 335 M13, W.Nr. 230013, Löwental, April 1945

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Markings:
Do 335 M 13, RP+UP, W.Nr. 230013, Löwental, April 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


Additional informations:

Do 335 M 13, RP+UP, W.Nr. 230013 was the first prototype of the destroyer version. The Do 335 B-2 had two additional MK 103 in the wings.
Do 335 M 13 was camouflaged as follows: Upper surfaces RLM 81/82, Lower surfaces RLM 65, spinner and propeller blades were RLM 70.

The colour 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

Junkers Ju 87 B-1 flown by Stab of I./St.G.1

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Markings:

Junkers Ju 87 B-1, A5+BB, flown by Stab of I./St.G.1, Poland, autumn 1939
RLM 70/71/65 camouflage. The narrow white band around the fuselage was an additional marking for aircraft flown by the Stab. Also unusual is the position of the Geschwaderemblem at the wheel fairing.

References / profiles:

Junkers Ju87 - From Dive-Bomber to Tank-Buster 1935-1945, Ian Allan Publishing 

Acknowledgments:

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

 Additional informations:

This colour profile was published in the book:

Spotlite On

Junkers Ju 87 Stuka

Simon Schatz

Mushroom Model Publications

ISBN 978-83-65281-13-5