Corgi 1/72 AA27103 Messerschmitt Bf109 G6 9/JG3 Udet Ofw Alfred Surau Yellow 6 Bad Worishofen Germany September 1943

Corgi AA27103 Messerschmitt Bf109 G6 9./JG3 Udet Ofw Alfred Surau Yellow 6 Bad Worishofen, Germany September 1943

Sporting elaborate eye markings on the cannon bulges, this Messerschmitt Bf109G-6 of 9. Staffel was flown by one of the Luftwaffe's shortest lived, but most effective aces. Alfred Surau scored his first kill on the 28th February 1943, while flying on the Russian front. When III./JG3 was transferred to the Western Front his kill tally had reached 41 in just six months. The skilled veterans of the Eastern Campaign made III./JG3 one of the most effective in the Luftwaffe at downing the USAAF heavy bombers that now threatened German cities and industry on a daily basis. While the Bf109G-6 was not the most effective machine for tackling the big heavy bombers it was still capable of some successes. Surau's winning streak was not to last. On the 14th October 1943 return fire from a B17, his 46th and final kill fatally injured him. He bailed out but died of his injuries later that day.