MAQUETTE À MONTER — 1/48 - eduard — LIMITED EDITION — WILDE SAU Episode One: Ring of Fire ** LIKE NEW INSIDE UNOPENED **
Prix régulier 39,00 € TTC 6%
Characteristics
| Condition | Like New Inside Unopened - Intérieur non ouvert |
| Scale | 1/48 |
| Manufacturer | eduard |
| Size of the box | 23 x 38 x 7 cm |
Description
Limited edition kit of German WWII aircraft Bf 109G-5/6 in 1/48 scale. Focused on machines from JG 300, JG 301 and JG 302.
During 1942 RAF bomber command had mounted several so-called '1,000 bomber' raids and by the spring of 1943 some 65 RAF bomber squadrons stood ready to be deployed in a massive night-time offensive against the Reich. German night fighter defences – essentially radar-guided twin-engine machines operating in individual 'boxes' – stood being overwhelmed, as indeed they were on July 24th, 1943, during a huge raid against the port city of Hamburg. That night, 'Window' – tin foil strips that jammed German radars – was deployed for the first time. The resulting firestorm, which caused huge loss of civilian life and damage to industrial installations, prompted the German High Command to give greater urgency to proposals then being tested to attack the bombers 'visually' – independently of radar-guidance – with single engine fighters. Decorated bomber pilot Oberst Hajo Herrmann had come up with this somewhat 'hare-brained' scheme during early 1943 as a means of making up for a general shortage of night fighters. He had suggested that single seat fighters could operate in the bombers' general target area using the light of many indicators, massed searchlights and the fires on the ground to spot their targets. In an effort to persuade his commanders of the feasibility of his idea, Herrmann had himself taken to flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 at night against RAF intruders as he related in his memoir 'Bewegtes Leben' and a Versuchseinheit or test unit was quickly established...