SAU Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 A few days after the royal coup 23.Aug 1944 when Romania switched side, a plan was made how to arrange transport for the 1200 POW's still in Romania A Bf 109 G-6 (or G-14) W.Nr: 166 133 from Grupul 9 was repainted with a big US flag on the fuselage and pre-war wing markings. The radio compartment was emptied to make room for a passenger In 27.Aug 1944 piloted by Constantin "Bâzu" Cantacuzino and with the former POW Lt. Col. James A Gunn III in the radio compartment they made a 2 hour flight to Foggia Air base in Italy The kit is the Academy G-14 with a replacement Intech old tail rudder and decals from PropagTeam 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAU Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 Cockpit done, my plan was a dual build with a Hasegawa so it's just half a picture here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Interesting story, it must have been cramped in that 109! Good luck with your build. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Excellent subject choice Jan. While I'd seen this markings before I didn't know the story behind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Excellent subject choice Jan. While I'd seen this markings before I didn't know the story behind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAU Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 02/06/2021 at 10:52, MattG said: Interesting story, it must have been cramped in that 109! Good luck with your build. Matt Cramped.. oh yeah. Look in the 3rd post here at worldwar2.ro forum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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