Albatros D.III Oeffag 153 “White 5”

assigned Kapitan Merian C. Cooper, CO Polaski Flight,

7^th Escadria Myslwska “Kosciuuszk”

1919-1921 Polish-Bolshevik War

Other Details:

1:48 Eduard Kit

Print Scale Decal – Nr.48-042

1:48 Figures: Adalbertus Resin Figure Merian C. Cooper

AK Interactive Real Colors Aircraft Paints

True-Earth Filters & Washes

Model Scene: Grass Mat

Background (with thanks to Wikipedia and Amazon):

Explorer, war hero, filmmaker, and cinema pioneer Merian C. Cooper --the adventurer who created King Kong (the original with Fay Wray) --was truly larger than life.  Cooper was a member and co-founder of a volunteer American flight squadron, the Kościuszko Squadron, which supported the Polish Army in the Polish-Bolshevik War. On July 13, 1920, his plane was shot down and he spent nearly nine months in a Soviet prisoner of war camp^.  He escaped just before the war was over and made it to Latvia. For his valor he was decorated with the highest Polish military decoration, the Virtuti Militari.