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Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-8 Stab 300 "Oberstleutnant Walther Dahl" January 1945
MODEL NO. HA7401
SCALE 1:48
1/48 scale pre-finished
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.
Cockpit slides open.
Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
Comes with display stand.
Can be displayed with landing gear up or down.
Major Walther Dahl initially flew with JG 3 but in June 1944 he was given command of
JG 300. On September 13, 1944 Dahl is credited with bringing down a B-17 by ramming
it and this earned him the nickname “Rammdahl”. This became a normal tactic for units
using special variants of the FW-190 that had been reinforced to do the job. Dahl had a
falling out with Hermann Göring because he refused to have his pilots and himself fly in
terrible weather conditions. The only reason he wasn’t shot was the German ace Adolf
Galland came into the room and agreed with Dahl. As a result Dahl was demoted to
inspector of day fighters but continued to fly sorties whenever possible. By the end of
WWII Dahl had accumulated 129 victories. The Fw-190A-8 was the most produced of all
the sub-variants with over 1,300 being produced. This version of Major Dahl’s Fw-190A-
8 has the red band around the fuselage that was called Reichsverteidigung. This was a
quick visual method of identifying friend or foe and shows the aircraft was used in the
Defense of the Reich.
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