Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Gotha Go 242 reference photos for the new IBG Models 1:72 scale kits



Following on from their announcement last Friday (see below), IBG Models are releasing a pdf on Facebook featuring an illustrated history of the Gotha Go 242. This to coincide with the imminent release of their new 1:72nd scale kit. 

There is another option for modellers looking for Go 242 images, especially as I doubt that SAM will be publishing an 'Aircraft in Profile' feature any time soon - the ECPA-D web site has some great images of the type. 

The photos taken by PK reporter Karl Ottahal are of note - his report shows Gothas on Crete en route to North Africa to resupply the Afrika Korps. File reference is DAK 238. 

Ottahal was posted missing on 5 September 1944, flying as the gunner on board an Aufklärungsgruppe 123 Ju 88 coded '4U+KK' that failed to arrive in Crete on a flight from Athens..