The Fw 190A-9 of Siegfried Baer, 5.Staffel, II./JG301, in Detail....

[Heinz]

Superb!

 

[lesofprimus]

Its looking fantastic Wayne, superb....

 

[Catch22]

Fantastic!

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking brill! I've always wanted to know what the upper U/C door stencils are for, the ones that look like graduations of some sort. In forty years, after numerous pics, books and plans, I still haven't found out! I'm guessing it's something to do with load settings? The last decals I tried to read were on the old Hasegawa 32nd kit, and were - squiggles!

Oleo compression indication for the main U/C. I will scan a small note showing the detail for you Terry.

...and did some work on the undercarriage and wheels today....

 

[Airframes]

Gear and wheels look good Wayne. Thanks, that will be helpful if you can Wayne; looks like I was thinking along the right lines then.

 

[Wurger]

 

[ccheese]

Looks Great, Mate ! Does this one get weathered or will it stay new ??

Charles

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks Great, Mate ! Does this one get weathered or will it stay new ??

Charles

She will stay pretty much new.....as I understand it, it was built in late Sept. or early Oct 44, probably delivered mid-late Oct?....and shot down on the 26th Nov.
How many flights it had, acceptance, delivery, training and 2 or was it 3? combat missions...(Erich some comments and or confirmation here please!)

This A-9 had a relatively short life so it didn't have time to age....

 

[Erich]

Wayne

JG 301 received acceptance of new A-8 and A-9's and their variants in September and October of 44 when they started practicising "new" Sturm type tactics. as in Baers case his 190A-9 white 2 is from the brand new fall shipment listing so yes it would look in my opinion pretty clean in appearance. judging that before Siegfried perished JG 301 only was on one operation beforehand, so Weiße 2 flew only two missions before it was shot down and crashed 100 %.

E ~

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Erich!

 

[lesofprimus]

Erich, how much traing/practice flights do u think he performed in it??? Navigation hops and area familiar flights or staffel training???

 

[Wayne Little]

Gear and wheels look good Wayne. Thanks, that will be helpful if you can Wayne; looks like I was thinking along the right lines then.

here ya go Terry.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Wayne, brilliant! Now in my files for future ref.

 

[Lucky13]

Thanks Wayne, brilliant! Now in my files for future ref.

The X-files?

 

[Erich]

Les ~

yes my cousin was in another Fw 190 Gruppe so gained his experience here, which and how many mission he flew I have not been able to ascertain just yet.

Several years ago WaST sent me some important but very brief info on his service, will have to dig it out.

 

[Erich]

August 8, 1942 in 9./Flieger Rgt 11 at Schönwalde

it might be earlier than this but July 30, 1944 in 2./Jagdgruppe Süd at Hohensalza ( Ergänzungs-jagdgruppe Süd ) flying the Fw 190A-8.

The death was indicated on 07.03.1947 and recorded at the register office I in Berlin.

not sure if I mentioned this earlier but a LW 2cm flak unit watched his Fw go down on 26 November 44, and smash down in a field. the Farmers son actually found the wreckage and Siegfried's body in 1947 and his remains were interned in the Holtensen/Wülfinghausen cemetary close by. the crash site is to the north of the village of Holtensen and there is a strong chance that part of that Fw 190A-9 is still buried in the field.

 

[lesofprimus]

Might be gettin time for a visit to that field and dig around the dirt some Eirch.... Might find something that would carry on through the generations of Browns....

 

[Airframes]

Just thinking the same. Do we know anyone near there who could make enquiries?

 

[Wayne Little]

canopy has been masked, painted and gloss coat applied....

 

[109ROAMING]

Looks good Wayne

Love seeing the result after masking/painting the canopy