Username: lesofprimus
Category: Judge / Intermediate
Scale: 1/32
Manufacturer: Hasegawa
Model Type: Ju 87G-2
Details: Custom Made Decals for Fw Josef Blümel, 10(Pz.)/SG-3, S7+EN, Loads of Scratch Building (cockpit, armor plates, guns, antenna, radiators), Photoetch Seatbelts, Model Master Enamels and Badger Renegade Velocity Airbrush...
Fw Josef Blümel, 10(Pz.)/SG3, Ju 87G-2, S7+EN, Wk. Nr. 494231 (lost Sept 14th, 1944 KIA)
Killed in Action 19 September, 1944 on his second mission of the day, after destroying his 60th tank... After his G-2 was hit by machine gun fire, he crashed behind enemy lines near Kekava, 18 km south of Riga, Soviet Union.... He and R/O Ogefr. Hermann Schwärzel were killed by Soviets, shot through the neck execution style..... Their bodies were found 3 days later by a search party by Stfkpt. Kuffner..... Approximately 150 missions... Awarded Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on Sept 29th, 1944 and Ritterkreuz zum Eisernen Kreuz on Jan 28th, 1945, post mortem...