W. Nr. 130297, flown by Fw. Horst P May 1945, Horst Petzschler was born in Bertin on September ‘st, 1921 and joined the Luftwaffe on Apri st, 1847. After undergoing Fighter pilot taining, he was assigned 19 JG St on August 23:4, 1943, and itwas thors he would gain his fst thre kils. On Apr 43th, 1944, he was Wranstorre lo 2463 which was a ‘omponentafthe Defence ofthe Reich tucture, butby June 1944, ne would return to JG 5t an the Eastern Front. On May th, 1945 IL] JG51 was relocated to Sonleswig-Holstein rom eastem Prussia, Horst Petzschler didnot reach that location due to anavigaton error and landed ai Bultofa in Sweden, wherehe ‘Was interned and in January 1945, the Swedes handed him overt the Soviets, He was released from captvly on September 22nd, 1949, On his otum, he \worked fr the Berlin Police Depariment and in 1953, he emigrated to Canada and then the Unted States, wnere Ne worked inthe aviation industry. He retired In 1988, Over the course ofthe Second World War, he downed 26 enemy aircraft. Te numoer 0297 is brush painted ahead of te talplane, the lastfour digits ofthe serial number. Nota sections ofthe bottoms ofthe wings were paintedin RLM76, bulfor reasons ofsharl supplies were weans 7 cae = 2S =. 2S = Per a ee 7 lg EE os a) > Bae , es e001 SES ics seranta 1s | Ea “ Eee eat unre atl Sia) cece) MEMEO) ease clare 10Germany 1945 ‘The all-gry painting of aircraft with 5 /NJG 11 was used onthe so-called Mosquito Hunters'from the 5 NJG 11 atte beginning of 1945. The surface ofthe aircraft was palshed for maximum aerodynamic effcveness. The last comba! agains! Masquilos took place through Maen 1846, after which these airra ‘Were pressed into service in night attacks agains! Alied ground equipment. cesou vena TEmunezneTENA Pon KALCO ERLET A165 2773-20 Bias! oil —W.N KLIK Ve 11, Fassberg, Germai 945 After of orth ‘aged example w al Fassberg. British roun ‘overthe original German markingsby soldiers andthe swastka was roplaced by the fn fash, Alwasdone by han. sere ire MERIC | MEER) wwe [ets ss st [BPC 049- NAV!rca Ces CUE iE) DEN RCL C} Huge losses sulfered by Luftwaffe fghtor units was ane othe reasans wry the leadership decided.in October 1944 1o reduce the numberof bomber assots ‘and to distbute their personnel among Fghter squadrons aftr the necessary conversion training, One of the Geschwader units that thi hac an impact fon was KG 6. The unit was redesignated as KG(J) 6 and was re-equlpped withthe BI 1086-10 and K-4. Training was undertaken at Prague-Xbely, Prague- uzyne and at Klacany. On March 31st, KG() 6 aircraft fought against 309th FS/3 st FG Mustangs over Prague. The resulting heavy losses led fo the cisbandment of he unit afew days later, on Apri th. This irra was abandoned at Kbely, probably dus to ireparable damage where I was photographed fandblacksquareusolage band ontherea ofthe irra 29430731 (eal ag E let ‘e8koU VERZ TEXTUNALEZNETE NA BOO RATALOSWM SISLEM é2r10 2020731 1 3 a elses) EES "121 ae 94u venzlTexTU NALEZNETENA BOD RATALOGOVTM CISLEN E2179 nownre EUS) NG!) ERG [ wore | Eons ans 12Dar ‘Alor the lie landings in Norman in IV. Gruppe JG 27 was moved trom Hungary tothe Franch aifolé of Chamnploury-ie-Perthe and ‘began their partcipatan in combat onthe Western Front, Afar suffering heavy lasses, the unit wert to Saxony forrest and replenishment, The unit was assigned othe Defence of the Reich sructure. The unt was disbanded on March 31st, 1845, an is plots were distributed among the ether units of JG 27. ‘The white wave marking on the rear fuselage identified tis arraft as being assigned tothe IV. Gruppe, and the green bandio the Defence a the Reich uit 027. aeons ¢9K0U VERaITEXTU NALEZNETENA BOD RATALOGOWM CISLEM 62179 29+3073) core ior MNCS) ES | S| , esluerdRP ree ee clas Nr. 130282, flown by Hptm. Franz Wienhusen, CO of | Germany, November 1944 Franz Wnhusenjonedthe Kiegsmarnein 1994, buthstayerlater began service wth he Lutwalf, Ae aning, he was assigned io occupied Norway ‘hore, he wold serve wh JG_77ana.1G 8, upto Geter 1944, whe he was given command of Wi JG 4, He ced an December 3 134 near Aachen, ung an attackon aamercan convoy he washitrom te ground He camed tele its overt couse WH The reconstuctonof tis acra \Sbated on aiting of arees rom December ra, Yo, where fe sari number and fuselage code of Wenhuse'saferatarerecordes evry tel that ‘heaircra wes caoslaged the same way as thers manufactures wihin an almost 130-ra prodvcton run athe Messerechmiactry et egensbur. od i ; / "1 1 BEF 1 Grae (earl 22 ia onl 6 Geo) 2E5KOU VER TEXTUNALEZNETE NA BOO RATALOGOWM CISLEN a2 710 (a 20490794 13 1 " 15