Fw 190D JV44 1154 - Eduard

AFw 190D-9, W.Nr. 600424, Lt. Heinz Sachsenberg, Munich - Riem airport,Germany, April - May 1945Lt. Heinz Sachsenberg (104 victories) was the Co of Platzschutzschwarm. The aircraft assigned to Sachsenberg carried the inscription ‘Verkaaft’s mei Gwand, I foahr inhimmel’, which is a Bavarian proverb ‘sell my shroud, I am leaving for Heaven’ The font was Schwab, which was popular at the time. Sachsenberg, holder of the Knight’sCross, came from an aviation family. His uncle Gotthard flew in the First World War and shot down 31 aircraft, and was awarded the Pour le Merite. Heinz’s brother, alsonamed Gotthard, flew a night fighter with NJG 3. He shot down two British bombers and fell on March 8th, 1943. The aircraft was found at the end of the war at Munich -Riem, where it remained after the departure of JV 44 to Austria at the end of April, 1945.Recommommended sources:JaPo: Focke-Wulf Fw 190D camouflage and markings, Part I. and II. by M. Deboeck, E. Lager, T. PorubaEagle Editions: The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Dora by Jerry Crandall, Vol. I., vol. IIÈESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NAwww.eduard.com/info/photos/1154H44H1233H423123H422122H423 H4227 8 22 15 123 122H4211211416 ? 21H33H414414H417117H33H33H423123H422122H423 H422H4231 1123 122123H422122H423123H414414H1162H33H33H423123H423123H422122H4221225 5H33H33H421121H422122H4231231522H422122H423123H1233H4416 ? 21H331412REDRLM 81H33H421121H417117BLACKRLM 82H1233H422122RLM23RLM 76H414414H417117YELLOWWHITEH44H1162RLM 83H423123H414414eduard