Some more Aircraft of the Luftwaffe
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In December of 1939, the Fokker Company would begin development of a new fighter for both the German Kaiserliche Luftwaffe and the Dutch Army Air Corps with Willy Messerschmitt as the chief designer of the project. The first prototype, the D. 109 V-1 would be completed in March of 1941 and would be first flown on June 6th, 1941 at the Schipol Aerodrome in Amsterdam. During the British Invasion of the country in June of 1941, the prototype along with it's design team and technical information were evacuated to Germany where development continued. The Aircraft would eventually enter service with the Luftwaffe in November of 1942 and see it's first combat action on the Western Front against the RAF over the Rhine. During the course of the war. 14,532 D. 109s would be constructed and would serve with the air forces of Poland, Switzerland, the Ukraine, the Dutch Army Air Corps in exile, Bulgaria, Finland, and would also enter service various other air forces after the war such as with the Baltic Duchy, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, China, and Brazil. Depicted here is a D. 109 C-14 that was the personal mount of German ace Gunther Rall on the Eastern Front in Spring of 1944, which this very airframe is now preserved at the Prussian War Museum in Konigsberg.
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In July of 1943, the Fokker company would provide technical data to the Bohemia based Avia Company for licensed production, in which from August of 1943 to September of 1944, would manufacture 5,465 of the Avia B. 199 fighter. This type would go on to serve with the Air Forces of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, and Romania. Here is an aircraft from the 4th Czech Fighter Squadron based in Crimea, circa October of 1943.
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A Ju-22 D-4 from Jg 18 on the Eastern Front, circa September of 1941. Note the faint German Flag on the tail, after August 28th, 1941, all aircraft had their National Colors painted over.
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A Ju-22 D-3 from Jg 24 based near Dusseldorf, circa June of 1941, and this aircraft was the personal mount of the ace Werner Molders, who was shot down by a French D. 520 fighter over the Rhine in December of 1941.
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A Ju-22 E-3 from Jg-25 stationed at Templehof Airfield in Berlin, circa November of 1942.
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The Junkers Ju-88 "Schnellbomber" first flew in December of 1936, the intention for the aircraft was that it was to be too fast for fighters of the time to intercept. The plane would eventually enter service with the Luftwaffe in 1939 due to technical problems with the new airplane, but by 1941, we all sorted out. During the GW2, the plane would prove to be a very versatile aircraft, filling the roles of bomber, dive bomber, torpedo bomber, reconnaissance aircraft, and also serving a night fighter and heavy fighter. During the war, the type would serve with the Polish, Austro-Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ottoman, Danish, Finnish, and Ukrainian Air Forces alongside with the Luftwaffe along with the Dutch Army Air Corps in Exile with a total of 15,148 aircraft being produced by Junkers, Fokker, and under license by Lohner-Werke in Austria. Depicted here is a Ju-88 A-14 from Kampfgeschwader 22 that served on the Western Front from it's base near Wurzburg, circa September of 1943.