MESSERSCHMITT BF109G-6 "RED 1"

AVIATION ARCHIVE - THE WORKING RANGE

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The 334th Fighter Squadron was constituted by the War Department on August 22, 1942.  It was then activated on September 12, 1942.  Also activated were the 335th and 336th Squadrons known as the Eagle squadrons.  Formerly made up of American volunteers in the RAF, the 334th was the first Army Air Corp unit activated in the European Theater of Operation.

Note:    Maj. Hermann Graf, Gruppenkommandeur JG 50, Weisbaden-Erbenheim, 1943
Scale:    1:32
Wingspan:    12"

Item Number:    AA34908                                                                                                                                                                   Price:    $189.95

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Historical Note:    On July 21, 1943, Jagdgruppe Sud der ObdL was formed as a high-altitude fighter unit  to combat RAF Mosquito twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft.  On August 15, 1943, the unit was redesignated JG 50.  Major Graf was tasked with leading JG 50, a role he preformed until the unit was disbanded in October 1943 and absorbed into I./JG 301.  Graf was to claim three victories while serving with this unit, including two USAAF B-17 four-engine bombers shot down on September 6.  Herman Graf is credited with 212 victories in over 830 missions.  He recorded 202 victories over the Eastern Front.  Of his ten victories recorded over the Western Front, six were four-engine bombers.