STORMBIRDS OVER THE REICH...Galland's Personal Copy
(Signatures)	Artist : Robert Taylor , General Adolf Galland , Major Erich Rudorffer and Lieutenant Walter Schuck.
(Dimensions)	36" X 26" approx  Unframed personal copy
Price	£1995.00

Description

This is a rare print sold out many years ago and is well sought after on the secondary market...This particular print has just been purchased recently by ourselves from the Great General Adolf Galland's widow Heidi Galland , it is not numbered and was a gift from Robert Taylor to the late General for signing the edition of this print , It is part of a batch of prints that we have just purchased from the late Generals widow Heidi Galland... To a fighter pilot familiar with the incredible noise, vibration and torque of a high performance piston- engined fighter, the unique sensation of smooth power from the thrust of jet engines was nothing short of miraculous, and following the young General Adolf Galland’s debut flight in the Messerschmitt Me262, he said he ‘felt as though the angels were pushing’. A new era in aviation was dawning as he literally whistled through the air in the epoch-making jet fighter. With a top speed of around 540 m.p.h. it was a good 100 m.p.h. faster than anything else in the air. The beautifully proportioned airframe of the Me262, with its sleek fuselage and swept wings, gave it the aerodynamics for high speed flight, and when the unique jet appeared in the skies over the Reich, it caused the Allied pilots to rethink their combat tactics. We are taken right into the path of Adolf Galland and a group of his JV-44 Wing Me262s as they make a high-speed rocket assault on a formation of B-26 Marauders. Diving from a 6000 ft. height advantage to 1500 ft. below and behind the bomber formation, the 262s made a fast approach, climbing to the level of the bombers before loosing off their 24 R4M rockets in one salvo at 600 yards; a long burst of cannon fire followed at 150 yards, and a quick climbing exit from the scene. Galland’s Me262 is captured at the moment of release of his rocket salvo, the burst of flame and smoke visible under each wing as the deadly missiles are launched. Above, a second 262 pilot launches his rockets while a third lines up his sights on the B-26s ahead. Below two more swoop into the attack, one closing on two straggling Marauders on the left of the picture. The scene is set at 20,000 feet over Southern Germany on an afternoon in April 1945...signed by the Artist: Robert Taylor , General Adolf Galland , Major Erich Rudorffer and Lieutenant Walter Schuck...priced @ £1995.00 for this presentation copy once owned by the Great General Adolf Galland , it comes with full Authenticity....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.