{"id":11036,"date":"2019-09-17T03:09:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T01:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=11036"},"modified":"2019-09-17T03:11:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T01:11:01","slug":"1-48-eduard-bf-109-g-14-as-w-nr-784986-flown-by-ofw-paul-schwerdtfeger-11-jg-6-bissel-germany-january-1st-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=11036","title":{"rendered":"1\/48 Eduard, Bf 109 G-14\/AS, W. Nr. 784986, flown by Ofw. Paul Schwerdtfeger, 11.\/JG 6 Bissel, Germany, January 1st, 1945."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since 1944 Ofw. Paul Schwerdtfeger logged many sorties as a reconnaissance pilot. In the summer 1944 he volunteered to the fighter air corps and on January 1st, 1945 took off as a member of III.\/JG 6 staff flight for his first combat sortie in the fighter role. JG 6 target was supposed to be Volkel airport however the unit commander led his unit much further to the south. Ofw. Schwerdtfeger\u2019s aircraft was hit by an anti-aircraft artillery fire nearby Helmond. The pilot tried to reach German lines however he crash-landed and was killed nearby Groesbeek. Ofw. Schwerdtfeger aircraft had the same camouflage as the W. Nr. 784993 machine, 900 mm red-white-red stripe was spray-painted on the rear of the fuselage. This was Jagdegeschwader 6 recognition marking for its Reich Defense role.

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