Vic Balshaw
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Username: Vic Balshaw
First name: Vic
Category: 1 – Advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Dragon Kit 55063 – Fw 190A-5 "Special" to A5.
Model Type: Fw 190A-5 – 'Black G+-' of II./SG.2 (5./SG.2!), Pilot Obfwbl August Lambert.
Extras: Eduard Photo Etched Detail (modified). Master brass cannon. Quick and Easy resin wheels. SuperScale decals. Scratch building (just in case).
This is my second entry to the VVS/Eastern Front GB and will be my first attempt at mottled camouflage.
References:
August Lambert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schlachtgeschwader 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front – John Weal – Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 6.
August Lambert ( February 18 of 1916 - April 17 of 1945 ) was a pilot in the Luftwaffe and ranks among the top 100 aces of World War II , credited with 116 victories.
Born 18 February 1916 in the town of Klesstadt, Hesse (Hessen), Germany, Lambert joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 and as a qualified pilot since 1938 spent the next five years as a flight instructor in various training centres. Lamber had to wait until 1943before joining II./Schlachtgeschwader 1 (II/.Sch.G.1), at the rank of Oberfeldwebel Flugzeugführer. II/.Sch.G.1 was renamed Schlachtgeschwader 2 (SG. 2), (edit: mentioned as 5./SG.2 in some references) "Immelmann" on 18 October 1943. Lambert flew his first combat mission on 23 April 1943 claiming a victory which was not recognised. Lambert spent much of his early operational career flying almost 200ground support missions in which he and the fellow pilots of II./SG.2 accounted for the destruction of hundreds of ground support vehicles and artillery batteries.
In the spring of 1944, Lamberts started to achive a number of victory which climbed dramtically during the battle of Sevastopol where Schlachtgeschwader II./SG.2 accounted for 247 victories of Soviet aircraft of which Lambert was credited for almost one third. Such were the flying skills of Lambert that on a number of occasions he made multiple claims for as single days operations, such as:
10 April 1944: 4 victories (1 Yak-9, 1 P-39 Airacobra and 2 Il-2 Sturmovik).
17 April 1944: 12 victories (including 5 Il-2 Sturmovik) assumedly during a single mission.
17 May 1944: 14 Victories.
1944: 17 victories in the day.
During a three week period of this spring Lambert claimed some 70 kills.
Following the German victory at the battle of Sevastopol Lambert was assigned in June 1944 as an instructor for flight training but in March 1945 he returned to operational assignments as an Oberleutnant with SG.151 and then, as Staffelkapitän of 8./SG.77.
On the morning of 17 April 1945 Oberleutnant August Lambert, Leutnant Gerhard Bauer and one other pilot were taking off from Kamenz for a mission to the front when bounced by American P-51Ds of the 55th Fighter Group. Bauer's FW 190F-9"Black 1 +" was quickly shot down north of Kuckau, about eight kilometres east-south-east of Kamenz while Lambert and the another 8./SG 77 pilot tried desperately to get away, but could not lose their pursuers. Lambert was shot down in FW 190 F-8 "Black 9 +" just north of Hoyerswerda, a town some 20km north-north-east of Kamenz.
In the course of his 350 combat missions, August Lambert had not only earned 116 aerial victories, but on the ground had destroyed dozens of tanks and over 200 vehicles and artillery pieces.
Luftwaffe Honour Awards to August Lambert were:
Iron Cross 1st Class and Iron Cross 2nd Class
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 1939.
Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe)
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 17 January 1944.
Knights Cross with Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 14 May 1944.
German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz)
Rank: Leutnant
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 1 October 1944
Edit Note: During my research into Oberleutnant August Lambert's career I've come across a number of discrepancies, the main one being that the unit Lambert served with during his phenomenal rise to super ace status, most of the book references and the decal refer to him being with 5./SG.2 whereas the internet references point to II./SG.2. I have tried to find information on 5./SG.2 by surfing the web but without success. I'm also usurer of the order and dates of the awards bestowed on Lambert, these vary considerably from one reference to the next.
First name: Vic
Category: 1 – Advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Dragon Kit 55063 – Fw 190A-5 "Special" to A5.
Model Type: Fw 190A-5 – 'Black G+-' of II./SG.2 (5./SG.2!), Pilot Obfwbl August Lambert.
Extras: Eduard Photo Etched Detail (modified). Master brass cannon. Quick and Easy resin wheels. SuperScale decals. Scratch building (just in case).
This is my second entry to the VVS/Eastern Front GB and will be my first attempt at mottled camouflage.
References:
August Lambert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schlachtgeschwader 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front – John Weal – Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 6.
August Lambert ( February 18 of 1916 - April 17 of 1945 ) was a pilot in the Luftwaffe and ranks among the top 100 aces of World War II , credited with 116 victories.
Born 18 February 1916 in the town of Klesstadt, Hesse (Hessen), Germany, Lambert joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 and as a qualified pilot since 1938 spent the next five years as a flight instructor in various training centres. Lamber had to wait until 1943before joining II./Schlachtgeschwader 1 (II/.Sch.G.1), at the rank of Oberfeldwebel Flugzeugführer. II/.Sch.G.1 was renamed Schlachtgeschwader 2 (SG. 2), (edit: mentioned as 5./SG.2 in some references) "Immelmann" on 18 October 1943. Lambert flew his first combat mission on 23 April 1943 claiming a victory which was not recognised. Lambert spent much of his early operational career flying almost 200ground support missions in which he and the fellow pilots of II./SG.2 accounted for the destruction of hundreds of ground support vehicles and artillery batteries.
In the spring of 1944, Lamberts started to achive a number of victory which climbed dramtically during the battle of Sevastopol where Schlachtgeschwader II./SG.2 accounted for 247 victories of Soviet aircraft of which Lambert was credited for almost one third. Such were the flying skills of Lambert that on a number of occasions he made multiple claims for as single days operations, such as:
10 April 1944: 4 victories (1 Yak-9, 1 P-39 Airacobra and 2 Il-2 Sturmovik).
17 April 1944: 12 victories (including 5 Il-2 Sturmovik) assumedly during a single mission.
17 May 1944: 14 Victories.
1944: 17 victories in the day.
During a three week period of this spring Lambert claimed some 70 kills.
Following the German victory at the battle of Sevastopol Lambert was assigned in June 1944 as an instructor for flight training but in March 1945 he returned to operational assignments as an Oberleutnant with SG.151 and then, as Staffelkapitän of 8./SG.77.
On the morning of 17 April 1945 Oberleutnant August Lambert, Leutnant Gerhard Bauer and one other pilot were taking off from Kamenz for a mission to the front when bounced by American P-51Ds of the 55th Fighter Group. Bauer's FW 190F-9"Black 1 +" was quickly shot down north of Kuckau, about eight kilometres east-south-east of Kamenz while Lambert and the another 8./SG 77 pilot tried desperately to get away, but could not lose their pursuers. Lambert was shot down in FW 190 F-8 "Black 9 +" just north of Hoyerswerda, a town some 20km north-north-east of Kamenz.
In the course of his 350 combat missions, August Lambert had not only earned 116 aerial victories, but on the ground had destroyed dozens of tanks and over 200 vehicles and artillery pieces.
Luftwaffe Honour Awards to August Lambert were:
Iron Cross 1st Class and Iron Cross 2nd Class
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 1939.
Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe)
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 17 January 1944.
Knights Cross with Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 14 May 1944.
German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz)
Rank: Leutnant
Unit at time: II./SG 2 "Immelmann"
Date awarded: 1 October 1944
Edit Note: During my research into Oberleutnant August Lambert's career I've come across a number of discrepancies, the main one being that the unit Lambert served with during his phenomenal rise to super ace status, most of the book references and the decal refer to him being with 5./SG.2 whereas the internet references point to II./SG.2. I have tried to find information on 5./SG.2 by surfing the web but without success. I'm also usurer of the order and dates of the awards bestowed on Lambert, these vary considerably from one reference to the next.
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