Hobby Master 1/72 Messerschmitt BF 110G-4 G9+EF Major Heinz Wolfgang Schnafer IV/NJG St Trong Oct 1944 Aircraft Model (HA1803)

Hobby Master 1/72 Messerschmitt BF 110G-4 G9+EF Major Heinz Wolfgang Schnafer IV/NJG St Trong Oct 1944 Aircraft Model (HA1803) | Antics Online

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Hobby Master 1/72 Messerschmitt BF 110G-4 G9+EF Major Heinz Wolfgang Schnafer IV/NJG St Trong Oct 1944 Aircraft Model (HA1803)
Die-cast metal. Superb detailing in 1/72 scale. Pre-painted with pad applied markings. Fully assembled. Supplied weapons are not permanently attached. Display stand included. Option to display model with wheels up or down. Minimum use of plastic. Very collectable.

When used as a heavy-fighter-bomber the Bf-110 had mixed results. But when airborne radar was added along with nose-mounted armament and Schrage Musik (the upward firing cannons) the Bf-110 became a deadly nighttime predator for British bombers. By the end of 1942 Germany had almost 400 night-fighters of which 75% were Bf-110s. These deadly hunters managed to destroy almost 1300 aircraft during 1942 alone. As the British bomber attacks increased in size and frequency the Bf-110 was simply overwhelmed and couldn’t cope allowing more and more bombs to make it to German cities. In November 1939 the 17 year old Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer joined the Luftwaffe and in January 1942 was based at Saint-Trond Belgium where he became known as "The Night Ghost Of Saint-Trond". By the end of WWII the 23-year old Schnaufer was NJG-1 Kommandeur with several medals having flown 164 missions and 121 victories making him the top scoring Nachtjager pilot. On February 21, 1945 he added 9 RAF bombers to his victories. After surviving WWII it is almost ironic that Schnaufer died at age 28 in a car accident.

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