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1 Jun 2012

Me-210 Ca1

The Z-094 Messerschmitt Me-210 Ca1 of the hungarian air force's 102/2 "Tigris Gyorsbombázó Század" (Tiger Fast Bomber Squadron) in 1944. The pilot was József Orbán, the rear gunner / radio operator was Tibor Vörös (my grandfather).

Me-210 Ca1

Sting in the tail

On the 13. november 1944 my grandfather and his pilot (hungarian airforce 102/2 "Tiger" fastbomber squadron Me-210) were attacked by nine russian Yak-9 fighters. Two Yaks were shot down in the dogfight over Nagyszenas, the other seven fled...

Train attack


On 26. Juni 1941. a hungarian passenger train under way from Tiszaborkút to Bilin was attacked by three soviet I-16 fighters.
This illustration was made for a study about the affair. I started with a pencil sketch then I finished it digital. The train and the locomotive was a newness for me but biggest challenge was the deadline, I had just a few hours more than one day from comission to the final version. Fortunately I got a lot of reference materials about the location and the train cars.

Train attack

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