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WWII Luftwaffe - Fighter Aircraft

Messerschmitt Bf109 F-4 / Trop

About Aircraft

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a most famous German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid-1930s. It was one of the first truly modern fighters of the era, including such features as metal construction, a closed canopy, a retractable landing gear, and was powered by a liquid-cooled, inverted-V12 aero engine.
 
 

Kit & Construction

1/72 Fine Molds Kit • Out of box built
Scratch built guns and pitot tube extra added. Painted and weathered by airbrush and oil colors

Pilot & Markings

JG-27 "Yellow 14" in North Africa, 1942
 
Flown by Lt. Hans-Joachim Marseille
One of the most successful fighter pilots, he was nicknamed the "Star of Africa"
 
Marseille claimed all but seven of his "official" 158 victories against the British Commonwealth's Desert Air Force over North Africa, flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter for his entire combat career. No other pilot claimed as many Western Allied aircraft as Marseille.
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