This is my last work about JV44's Doras. This is Tamiya in 1/48 scale. It painted gunze acrylics. (RLM 75-76-83).
All comments are welcome.







And some detail photos.

Wonderful trio you've got there Ayhan! Looking great!

Those are very nice, indeed. What is the story behind the red bottomed bird?

Protection squadron - Die Würger-Staffel
Because of the greater length of runway it required, and the slow acceleration it had at low speeds, the Me 262 was especially vulnerable during takeoff and landing. Adolf Galland established his own protection squadron, the Platzschutzstaffel (Protection squadron), headed by Lieutenant Heinz Sachsenberg, to provide air cover for takeoffs and landings.

The Platzschutzstaffel flew the long-nosed Doras, Fw-190 D9, or Fw-190 D11 variant of the well-known Fw 190. These aircraft were painted bright red on their underbelly with contrasting white stripes so anti-aircraft batteries could distinguish them from Allied piston-engined aircraft. The Staffel was nicknamed "Die Würger-Staffel", a play on the common nickname for the FW 190, which was Würger or Butcher-bird. After the war it also become known as the Papagei Staffel (Parrot squadron) due to aircraft being painted in various bright colors.

Conceived as a answer to this :



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