Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 (Luftwaffe 12NJG1 1940)

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Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 (Luftwaffe 12NJG1 1940) (1:72 scale)
- The Messerschmitt Bf 110 served with success in the early rounds of the war. The aircraft’s lack of agility in the air was exposed as its primary weakness during the Battle of Britain, when some Bf 110 equipped units were withdrawn from the battle after very heavy losses & redeployed as night fighters, a role to which the aircraft was well suited. The Bf 110 enjoyed a successful period following the defeat over Britain as an air superiority fighter & strike aircraft. Later in the war it was changed further to night fighter operations, & it became the major night fighter type of the Luftwaffe. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (16 February 1922 – 15 July 1950) is considered one of the top night fighter Luftwaffe aces of all time. All his 121 victories recorded in just 164 combat missions were scored at night & he was nicknamed “ The Night Ghost of St. Trond”. His victory total

Includes:: 114 RAF bombers; accounting for more RAF casualties than any other Luftwaffe ace & becoming the third highest Luftwaffe claimant against the Western Allied Air Forces.