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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