{"id":23251,"date":"2025-09-29T18:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=23251"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:37:03","slug":"1-48-eduard-bf109-k-4-flown-by-hauptmann-franz-mentzel-9-jg77-neuruppin-germany-november-1944","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=23251","title":{"rendered":"1\/48 Eduard, Bf109 K-4, flown by Hauptmann Franz Mentzel, 9.\/JG77, Neuruppin, Germany, November 1944."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/48 Eduard, Bf109 K-4, flown by Hauptmann Franz Mentzel, 9.\/JG77, Neuruppin, Germany, November 1944.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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