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

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

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10, "Yellow 17" flown by 3./JG 27, May 1945

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Markings:

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10, "Yellow 17", flown by 3./JG 27, Salzburg-Maxglan, May 1945

References / profiles:

LO+ST, Snapshots of wrecked /captured Luftwaffe aircraft taken by G.I.s from 1944 to the defeat of Germany, Hideki Noro

Additional informations:

A censored version of this profile was published in the book:

Die Deutsche Luftwaffe in Österreich

Stationierungen und Fliegerbodenorganisation 1938-1945
Verluste September 1943 bis Mai 1945

Hans and Martin Handig

ÖFH

ISBN 978-3-200-02675-9

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

Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-8, flown by 2./JG 301, spring 1945

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Markings:

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8, "Red 3", W.Nr. 961093, flown by 2./JG 301, spring 1945

References / profiles:

Captured Eagles Vol. I, Roger Gaemperle, Vintage Eagle Publishing

This colour profile was published in the book:

Captured Eagles Volume I

German WWII Aircraft captured by the Allies

Roger Gaemperle

Vintage Eagle Publishing

ISBN 978-3-033-03007-7

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 flown by 3./JG 27, May 1945

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Markings:

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10, "Yellow 7", flown by 3./JG 27, Salzburg-Maxglan, May 1945

References / profiles:

Captured Eagles Vol. I, Roger Gaemperle, Vintage Eagle Publishing

This colour profile was published in the book:

Captured Eagles Volume I

German WWII Aircraft captured by the Allies

Roger Gaemperle

Vintage Eagle Publishing

ISBN 978-3-033-03007-7

Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8, flown by Stab II./SG 2, Czechoslovakia, May 1945

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Markings:

Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8, W.Nr 588717, Milovice Czechoslovakia, May 1945

References / profiles:

Luftwaffe over Czech Territory 1945
JaPo

This colour profile was published by Eagle Editions:

Eagle Cals Fw190Fs EC#165

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 Kampfflugzeug

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Markings:

Junkers Ju88 A-5, flown by an unknown Geschwader, most probably 1941
Junkers Ju88 A-4, L1+FN, flown by 5./LG 1, Catania, April 1942
Junkers Ju88A-4, 5K+IS, flown by III./KG 3, Russia, winter 1942/43

Additional informations:

These three colour profiles were published in the books

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 Ju88 Vol. I

From Schnellbomber to Multi-Mission-Warplane
William A. Medcalf

Classic Publication

ISBN 978-1-90653-742-5

Heinkel He 162 Prototypes "UPDATE 2014"

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Markings:

Heinkel He 162 V1, W.Nr. 200001, VI+IA, first flown by Dipl.-Ing. Gotthold Peter, December 6th 1944
Heinkel He 162 M20, W.Nr. 220003, VI+IM, first flown by Gerhard Gleuwitz, February 10th 1945
Heinkel He 162 M23, W.Nr. 220006, VI+IP, first flown by Gerhard Gleuwitz, March 19th 1945

Additional informations:

Heinkel He 162 V1 W.Nr. 200001 VI+IA built in Werk Languste. The construction of the fuselage was started on November 13th 1944 and on 2 December the aircraft arrived at Schwechat-Heidfeld were it was completed. On 6 December 1944 the aircraft was first flown by Heinkel test pilot Flugkapitän Dipl.-Ing. Gotthold Peter. On its second flight, four days later the aircraft was destroyed due to construction defects, killing Gotthold Peter. Themachine was painted overall in RLM 02 with the only other marking being the Werknummer painted on the power part of the fin, in black. The style of the ‘Balkenkreuze’ is also unusual forthat time.

Heinkel He 162 M20 (A-03) W.Nr. 220003 coded VI+IM was built at Werk Languste. The third pre-production series aircraft, which was first flown by Gerhard Gleuwitz on 10 February 1945. At the end of March 1945 the aircraft was moved from Schwechat to Lechfeld and it was later found damaged at München-Riem. The aircraft was equipped with 2 x MG 151/20 replacing the proposed MK 108s. The fuselage was painted in RLM 76/82 with the rear fuselage cone appearing as though it was left in its natural metal finish with the camouflage just being applied to the upper side. The BMW 003 engine cowling and covering was painted overall in RLM 81 with the wing upper surfaces painted in RLM 81/82.


Heinkel He 162 M23 (A-06) W.Nr. 220006 coded VI+IP was built at Werk Languste. This aircraft was first flown by Gerhard Gleuwitz on 19 March 1945. Like the M20, the M23 was also found at München-Riem in May 1945. The M23 was tested with a revised wing root and fuselage fairing. The aircraft was painted overall in RLM 02 with only the air intake of the jet engine being left in its original colour of RLM 81. The factory call sign VI+IP was painted in black on the fuselage sides and also in large letters on the underside of the wings. The Balkenkreuze and Swastika were painted in black in a very simplified way without any white outline. The Werknummer 2200006 was painted on both the top and bottom of the fin.


Update 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

Heinkel He 162 A-2 flown by 1./JG 1, Leck, May 1945

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Markings:

Heinkel He 162 A-2, W.Nr. 120028, White 3, flown by 1./JG 1, Leck, May 1945
Heinkel He 162 A-2, W.Nr. 120067, White 4, flown by 1./JG 1, Leck, May 1945
Heinkel He 162 A-2, W.Nr. 120231, White 6, flown by 1./JG 1, Leck, May 1945

References / profiles:

Heinkel He 162 - From Drawing Board to Destruction Robert Forsyth / Eddie J. Creek, Classic Publication

Additional informations:

 

These three colour profiles were published in the book:

Last Hope of the Luftwaffe
Me 163, He 162, Me 262

Maciej Góralczyk, Jacek Pasieczny, Simon Schatz, Arkadiusz Wróbel

Kagero

ISBN 978-83-62878-71-0




In the book you will also find the starboard sides of the planes and also the He 162 A-1, W.Nr. 310003, Yellow 5, flown by 3./Jg1, Leck, May 1945. Part of the book is a big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings.

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 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.

Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-9, flown by III./KG(J)27, Wels, February 1945

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Markings:

Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-9, W.Nr. 206000, White 2, flown by III./KG(J) 27, Wels, February 945

References / profiles:

Wings of the Black Cross Vo. 3 / Mark Proulx, Eagle Editions

Additional informations:

 

This Fw 190 A-9 with the unusual W.Nr. 206000 was flown by III./KG(J) 27. On 20 February 1945 the plane had an accident with 15% damage during rolling on the ground. The plane had a RLM 74/75/76 camouflage with the Green and White checker fuselage band.

A censored version of this profile was published in the book:

Die Deutsche Luftwaffe in Österreich

Stationierungen und Fliegerbodenorganisation 1938-1945 - Verluste September 1943 bis Mai 1945

Hans and Martin Handig

ÖFH

ISBN 978-3-200-02675-9

Messerschmitt Me 410 A-3 flown by 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr 33, May 1945

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Markings:

Messerschmitt Me 410 A-3, 8H+WH, flown by 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr 33, München-Riem, May 1945

References / profiles:

Captured Eagles Vol. I, Roger Gaemperle, Vintage Eagle Publishing

This colour profile was published in the book:

Captured Eagles Volume I

German WWII Aircraft captured by the Allies

Roger Gaemperle

Vintage Eagle Publishing

ISBN 978-3-033-03007-7

Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 flown by II./JG 52, May 1945

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Markings:

Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4, Yellow 5, Ainring Airfield and Salzburg-Maxglan, May 1945

References / profiles:

Captured Eagles Vol. I, Roger Gaemperle, Vintage Eagle Publishing

Wings of the Black Cross No. 4, Mark Proulx, Eagle Editions Ltd.

Additional informations:

"Yellow 5" was captured in May 1945 at Ainring Airfield in South Germany. Later the plane got U.S. markings and was transfered to Salzburg-Maxglan. There the plane ended on a scrapyard.
The plane was camouflaged in RLM 75/83/76. The spinner was overall black or maybe RLM 70. The plane had typical Luftflotte 4 markings as the yellow band around the engine cowling and the yellow rudder. Interesting is the fact that the "Yellow 5" was just painted on the port side of the fuselage. Below the horizontal tail "mdj 24.4.45" was painted on with white paint. This was the manufacture code for FMW Flugzeug- und Metallbauwerke Wels, were the plane was repaired.

The U.S. version of this colour profile was published in the book:

Captured Eagles Volume I

German WWII Aircraft captured by the Allies

Roger Gaemperle

Vintage Eagle Publishing

ISBN 978-3-033-03007-7








Censored versions of the profiles with German markings were published in the book:

Die Deutsche Luftwaffe in Österreich

Stationierungen und Fliegerbodenorganisation 1938-1945 - Verluste September 1943 bis Mai 1945

Hans and Martin Handig

ÖFH

ISBN 978-3-200-02675-9

He 162 A-2 flown by 3./JG 1, Leck, May 1945

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Markings:
Heinkel He 162 A-2, W.Nr. 120074, Yellow 11 with small White 20, Leck, May 1945

References / profiles:

Heinkel He 162 - From Drawing Board to Destruction

Robert Forsyth / Eddie J. Creek, Classic Publication

Der Teufel über den Wolken?

Peter Rodeike, Jet & Prop 1/2012

Additional informations:

This machine was the personal aircraft of Oblt. Karl-Emil Demuth. The camouflage is typical for the Heinkel Rostock production line. The nose was painted in red-white-black with the arrow painted in red on both sides of the nose. The aircraft also carried the "Devil in the Clouds" emblem of I./JG painted below the cockpit. According the newest references the base colour of the emblem was yellow. The number "11" was painted in yellow, immediately followed by a small "20" in white. On the fin were painted 16 white vitory bars representing vitories Demuth had achieved before flying the He162, as well as the aircraft's Werknummer in white.

The older version of this colour profile was 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