The model is of a medium bomber that participated in the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Officially Finland was neutral in the Russo-German war, but in all practical respects Finland had commited herself to join the Barbarossa.Finnish Defence Forces were fully mobilized and stationed along the eastern border. In northern Finland German ground forces were operating against the Soviets, and the Luftwaffe was freely using designated Finnish airfields to attack Soviet targets. Kampfgeschwader 30 "Adler" was formed on the 15th Nov. 1939 in Greifswald