FAST COMPANY...THE NOWOTNY & OESAU TRIBUTE EDITION
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FAST COMPANY...THE NOWOTNY & OESAU TRIBUTE EDITION

(Signatures)

Artist : Nicolas Trudgian and eighteen outstanding Luftwaffe Knights Cross Holder Fw 190D-9 Aces , Hans-Ekkehard Bob Knights Cross , Hugo Broch Knights Cross , Hugo Dahmer Knights Cross , Adolf Dickfeld Knights Cross and Oakleaves , Hajo Herrmann Knights Cross Oakleaves and Swords , Heinz Lange Knights Cross , Walther Loos Knights Cross , Maximilian Mayerl Knights Cross , Hermann Neuhoff Knights Cross , Günther Rall Knights Cross Oakleaves and Swords , Willi Reschke Knights Cross , Edmund Rossmann Knights Cross , Erich Rudorffer Knights Cross Oakleaves and Swords , Walter Schuck Knights Cross and Oakleaves , Otto Schultz Knights Cross , Günter Seeger Knights Cross , Fritz Seyffardt Knights Cross and Walter Wolfrum Knights Cross , Plus the matted Wartime signatures of two Luftwaffe Legends killed in action : Walter Nowotny and Walter Oesau.

(Dimensions)

34.25" x 24.25" approx   Mounted Multi signed Print with matted signatures
Price £1295.00

Description

FAST COMPANY...THE NOWOTNY & OESAU TRIBUTE EDITION...In the closing months of the war, the Allies on the Western and Eastern Fronts forced the Germans back towards their homeland. The Luftwaffe, despite dreadful odds, continued to fight with great tenacity. The fighter pilots were mostly young and barely trained, but were led by the few surviving more experienced 'experten' pilots and were often fortunate in the quality of the aircraft they flew. Most numerous and feared by the Allies was Fw190D-9, or 'Dora' as it became known. It was more than a match for all Allied fighters including the magnificent P51D Mustang. This fact was pressed home on the 19th March 1945 when Mustangs of the illustrious 78th Fighter Group lost four of their aircraft to the Doras of IV/JG26. The Mustang pilots had been flying a patrol over Germany from their base at Duxford in England and had first encountered Me109K fighters of IV/JG27. In the frenzied dogfight that ensued, the Mustangs downed twelve of the Messerschmitts. However, they then had the misfortune to run into the path of the Doras of JG26 led by the formidable Oberleutant Hans Dortenmann in his distinctive yellow-tailed 'Black 1'. Dortenmann shot down two of the four Mustangs and a further two were also lost before the 78th could make for home. It was a stark reminder of the supremacy of the D-9 and the threat the Luftwaffe still posed. Dortenmann continued to lead his young pilots to the end of the war by which time his total of victories in the D-9 had risen to eighteen thereby making him the top scoring 'Dora' Ace of the war...Editions : The Nowotny and Oesau Tribute Edition of only 5 copies worldwide...Signed by the artist and the eighteen outstanding Luftwaffe Knights Cross Holder Fw 190D-9 Aces of the Dora edition , Hans-Ekkehard Bob Knights Cross , Hugo Broch Knights Cross , Hugo Dahmer Knights Cross , Adolf Dickfeld Knights Cross with Oakleaves , Hajo Herrmann Knights Cross with Oakleaves and Swords , Heinz Lange Knights Cross , Walther Loos Knights Cross , Maximilian Mayerl Knights Cross , Hermann Neuhoff Knights Cross , Günther Rall Knights Cross with Oakleaves and Swords , Willi Reschke Knights Cross , Edmund Rossmann Knights Cross , Erich Rudorffer Knights Cross with Oakleaves and Swords , Walter Schuck Knights Cross with Oakleaves , Otto Schultz Knights Cross , Günter Seeger Knights Cross , Fritz Seyffardt Knights Cross and Walter Wolfrum Knights Cross...Additionally, each of the five prints in this Tribute Edition include the matted Original wartime signatures in ink of two of the most outstanding Luftwaffe Fighter pilots to grace the sky : Walter Nowotny Knights Cross Oakleaves Swords and Diamonds , killed in action and Walter Oesau Knights Cross Oakleaves and Swords also killed in action...Most of these signatures on this print were collected during the 1980's and early 1990's and therefore are extremely rare and unrepeatable...Overall print size 34.25" x 24.25" approx...priced @ £1295.00...The Tribute edition comes with laser copy signatures matted in the mount and the wartime signatures separate in a protective folder...Printed in light fast inks on acid free archival paper. To complement the purchase of your fine art print, we are now able to offer a professional Picture Framing service. For further details please contact us by phone or email.

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