News from Gerry Paper Models - aircrafts

[Gerry1966]

And here are foreign G's:
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 (Slovenské vzdušné zbrane, 13. pohotovostná letka, zvk. Pavol Zelenák, Piešťany, 26.6.1944)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 (Slovenské povstalecké letectvo, Kombinovaná letka, rtn. Rudolf Božík, Tri Duby, September 1944)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 (Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odredi Jugoslavije, Štabna eskadrila, Zemun, January 1945)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-4 (Forțele Aeriene Regale ale României, Grupul 9 vânătoare, cpt. av. (r) Constantin 'Bâzu' Cantacuzino, summer 1944)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-2 (Suominen Ilmavoimat, 2-HLeLv 24, Luutnantti Eero Riihikallio, Suulajarvi, June 1944)

And the last three 109's are waiting .... :-) maybe tomorrow...

[gomidefilho]

Amazing 109 line!

[Butelczynski]

Excellent line up. You are missing Bulgarian 109s and Croat Emils (unless I didn't notice).

[Gerry1966]

OK, I'll tell the secret in advance :-D In the next (last) batch there will be: Bulgarian G-6, Croatian G-10, German G-14, Italian (RSI) G-14 and German K-4.
And that'll be the right moment to make a change. Bf-109 everywhere.... bwoah .... :-D :-D

[Rata]

Good to see the unusual! Another fine effort.

[Gerry1966]

And here is the last part of Bf-109 story :-)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 (Vojennovzdušni sili na Blgaria, 6. Istrbitelnij polk, 682. Jato, Lt. Stojan Stojanov, Karlovo, summer 1944)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-10 (Zrakoplovstvo Nezavistne Države Hrvatske, 2. Lovacko Jato, 1. Zrakoplovna Skupina, por. Vladimir Sandtner, Lucko, April 1945)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-14 ( Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, 5a Squadriglia, 2o Gruppo Caccia, Magg. Mario Bellagambi, Osoppo, March 1945)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-14-U4 (Luftwaffe, 4-JG77, Lt. Horst Schlick, Schönwalde, November 1944)
- Messerschmitt Bf-109 K-4 (Luftwaffe, Stab III-JG27, Praha-Kbely, April 1945)

Next number in WW2 line is 100.... now I think what plane would it be ... :-)

[Gerry1966]

My jubilee WW2 models (No. 100 and 101) are ready. And as a gift, these models are free. These are recolors of two legendary types from the Eastern Front, Il-2 type 3M Sturmovik and La-5FN. The author of these models is Christoph Stahl (aka Stahlhart Papercraft), to whom I very much thank for his kind agreement with free publishing of my recolors for you!.
A few words about the templates:
Model No. 100:
Sturmovik fought in the final battles of the war during the hard fighting for Ostrava. His gunner was the legend of the Czechoslovak resistance, Richard Husmann. This man left occupied Czechoslovakia at the age of only 17 with intelligence tasks in Germany. Before the outbreak of war he went to France and after her fall to Great Britain, where he joined the 311th Bomber Squadron as a gunner. In the spring of 1941 shot down over Holland night fighter Messerschmitt Bf-110. In the same year he was seriously injured in an emergency landing and withdrawn from flight operations. However, he wanted to fight so much that he decided to fly over Germany and over the Bay of Biscay secretly. In 1944 he ask for reassignment to the Eastern Front, where he became an instructor of on-board gunners at the 3rd Attack Squadron of the 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division. On April 16, 1945, he used his right of commander and entered the operation in place of an young and inexperienced gunner. In addition, he took a parachute that he usually didn't carry with him. Many years later he said he had some hunch. Their aircraft was over the target attacked by the German FW-190 and Husmann was injured, while the parachute, hung on his chest, saved him from most splinters. Despite his injuries, he opened fire on the German and shot him down.
In 1964 he became famous for his autobiographical novel Nebeští jezdci (Riders in the Sky), based on his RAF memories. In 1968, according to this book, a movie of the same name was made, which is one of the most beautiful depictions of the life of war fliers. If you have not seen it yet, I can highly recommend it.
https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/fil...ers-of-the-sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajcu8zwZ5o

[Gerry1966]

Model No. 101 - Lavochkin La-5FN
This machine fought in the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Fighter Regiment under the command of the legendary Czech pilot (and later writer) Colonel František Fajtl. This unit was given a special task in 1944 - after the rebellion against fascist Germany broke out in Slovakia, the entire regiment flew to the field airport Zolná and later Tri Duby in central Slovakia, where it fought from the German rear, surrounded by enemy units. During approximately a month of deployment, before the regiment was evacuated back to the USSR due to the defeat of the rebellion, it achieved great success and basically paralyzed the Luftwaffe over central Slovakia.
This particular aircraft was piloted by commander of 1st Squadron, Lieutenant. Josef Stehlík, ace with 10 victories, achieved in three countries - France, Britain and the USSR.

[Butelczynski]

I know of both book and film.Unfortunately none of them exist in English translation,at least I could never find one.

[chicharrero]

Thank you Gerry for these interesting models and for all these historical data that you have shared with us.