Corgi Aviation Archive Series Die-cast Model

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 – ‘Black 1’, Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, 2./JG54, Luftwaffe, World War II

1:72 Scale.  Length: 5”.  Wingspan: 5.75”

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The son of a farmer, Otto Kittel didn’t conform to most people’s opinion of a successful fighter ace, being more reserved than brash and boastful, going about duties in a ruthlessly effective manner. Initially posted as wingman to a more experienced pilot, Kittel eventually took part in the opening exchanges of Operation Barbarossa with his unit JG54, where it became one of the most successful on the Eastern Front. Kittel was credited with 267 aerial victories during World War II, with his final victory being his 94th against an Il-2 Sturmovik attack aircraft on February 16, 1945, his 583rd combat sortie of the war.

Unfortunately, moments after dispatching his latest victim, the hunter became the hunted, as another Sturmovik attacked Kittel’s Focke Wulf from below, scoring hits on the German fighter which almost immediately crashed into a forest below. The unassuming and well-liked Otto Kittel stands as the fourth most successful air ace of all time and achieved in less than four years of operational flying over the Eastern Front. He was also the most successful Focke Wulf FW190 ace, and, with 94 victories against the excellent Il-2 Sturmovik, the most successful ‘Sturmovik Hunter’.

Scoring all his victories over the Eastern Front, Kittel was the most successful fighter ace to be lost during combat.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was a German single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. The prototype was first flown on June 1, 1939 and production deliveries began in late 1941. The Fw 190 proved to be suitable for a wide variety of roles, including; air superiority fighter, strike fighter and ground attack. From 1941 to 1945, over 20,000 Fw 190s were built.


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