Luftwaffe’s Baptism of Fire Part 1 (Kagero Mini Topcolors 15030) by Maciej Góralczyk instant download

Luftwaffe’s Baptism of Fire Part 1 (Kagero Mini Topcolors 15030) by Maciej Góralczyk instant download

These aircraft are as follows: Junkers Ju 87 B-1, ‘29-8’ of 5. K/88 based at Sanjurjo airfield, Zaragoza, Spain, late 1938. This Ju 87 was finished in an RLM 70 Black Green/RLM 71 Dark Green splinter over RLM 65 Light Blue, with standard Condor Legion identification markings and a ‘Jolanthe Kette’ pig emblem on at least the port gear fairing, and possibly both. I was able to find one photograph of ‘29?8’, which suggests that Kagero’s painting and marking suggestions are accurate. Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1, ‘6-119’, flown by Hauptmann Siebelt Reents, Staffelkapitan of 1. J/88 based at Leon, Spain, Spring 1939. ‘6?119’ was painted in (most likely) RLM 63 Light Grey over RLM 65, again with typical Condor Legion identification markings. (There remains some debate over the exact upper surface colour of Spanish Emils – anyone wanting further information on this subject should read Lynn Ritger’s first SAM Datafile on the Bf 109, ‘Prototype to ‘E’ Variants’.) Photographs of this aircraft show it as clean and highly polished. Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1, ‘Black 14’ of 2.(J)/LG 2, Poland, mid-September 1939. ‘Black 14’ and the next aircraft were both camouflaged in 70/71 over 65. ‘Black 14’ carried on its port engine cowling a parodic cartoon entitled ‘Der Giftzwerg’ (an ‘insidious, hateful man’), which Kagero suggests probably referred to the then Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs. Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1, W.Nr.4048/‘Yellow 7’ of 3./JGr. 101, Hoya, Germany, 18 November 1939. ‘Black 7’’s distinguishing features were a running fox emblem on both sides of the engine cowling, yellow outlined identification numbers and upper and lower wing Balkenkreuz painted in line with the inboard end of the ailerons. Messerschmitt Bf 109 D-1, W.Nr.630/‘Black N+7’, flown by Oberleutnant Johannes ‘Macki’ Steinhoff, Staffelkapitan of 11.(N)/JG 2, Hage, Germany April 1940.