Sunday, October 11, 2015

Final product photos HA7418 Fw190A-7 Oblt. Wilhelm Krebs.

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA7418 Fw 190A-7 Stab I/JG 1, Oblt. Wilhelm Krebs, Dortmund Airfield, January 1944.

1/JG 1 was formed in May of 1939 as one of the original Jagdeschwaders. Between 1940 and 1944 the unit was equipped with Messerschmitt Bf-109 and Fw-190s. 

I/JG 1 was the only unit to be equipped with the Heinkel He-162 jet and the first to attempt aerial bombing of the USAAF heavy bomber formations. In 1944 the “Oeseau” was added to JG 1 when Geschwaderkommodore Oberst Walter Oeseau was killed. This aircraft belonged to Oblt. Wilhelm Krebs; Group Technical Officer for Stab 1/JG1 and credited with 4 B-17s.






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