Jan Zumbach....

[Lucky13]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, EN951, RF-D
303 Sqn, Sqn Ldr Jan Zumbach OC, Kirton-in-Lindsey, late 1942...

Having the Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vb for Jan Zumbach, I thought that I'd add his Mustang III as well to the stash...

Was P-51 Mustang III, JZ, HB868, his only Mustang and did it ever wear invasion stripes?

 

[Lucky13]

Well, they show the 1/72 scale decals....

 

[Wurger]

And the 1/32 ...

and the 1/48 ...

 

[Wurger]

And a short film....


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qj-byKXBbk

 

[Lucky13]

Cheers Wojtek, my friend....have a large C- or T-Stoff!

 

[Wurger]

For decals of all scales of the Wing Commander Jan Zumbach's Mustang III HB861 in August of 1944, you may try to buy the AJ-Press book...

 

[Lucky13]

He had quite the name, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig Zumbach....

 

[Lucky13]

Much obliged Master Wojtek!

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.

He had quite the name, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig Zumbach....

Yep.. and in fact he was of the Swiss citizenship.

 

[Lucky13]

.....and having the best first name....Jan!

 

[Wurger]

OK ... but not sure what Terry can say.

 

[Lucky13]

Anyhoo, found the book at Amazon, will be snapped up next week.....

 

[Wurger]

The Speedy Jan.

 

[Lucky13]

Btw. did the gentleman also fly PZL 11? Think that I saw it somewhere, but finding it again.......

 

[Wurger]

Undoubtedly he flew a P-11 because he was a fighter pilot of the 111 Squadron in Warsaw. However he crashed his plane on May the 26th , 1939 while landing at the Warsaw airfield. So, the beginning of the September campaign he spent in a hospital. Then , because of impossibility of finding of his unit , Zumbach went to Romania on September the 17th and via the country and Beirut he reached France finally. As memo serves, markings of his P-11 have never been mentioned.

 

[Lucky13]

Aaah....thanks Sire!
One of his Spitfire and Mustangs will be plenty!
Any idea if No. 303 Squadron Mustangs had invasion stripes?

 

[Wurger]

The 303 Squadron was rearmed with Mustangs in April 1945. On the D-day ( 6.06.1944 ) the squadron was still using Spitfire Mk.Vb. In the mid of the July 1944 they started rearming with Mk.IX. So no invasion stripes on Mustangs.

 

[Lucky13]

Wow....that's late to change to Mustangs, especially the III (B/C), or did they receive different versions?

 

[Wurger]

They got Mustang IVs and according to my knowledge , they have never been using the Mustang III. However a couple of Mustnag IVs was wearing of the RAF camo scheme colours. The rest was of NMF.

But you can follow Skalski's Mustang III.

 

[Lucky13]

They got Mustang IVs and according to my knowledge , they have never been using the Mustang III. However a couple of Mustnag IVs was wearing of the RAF camo scheme colours. The rest was of NMF.

But you can follow Skalski's Mustang III.

Isn't Jan Zumbach's Mustang a III?