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A rare Robert Taylor edition signed by the greatest fighter Ace ' Colonel Erich Hartmann ' the highest scoring Ace of all time... As a tribute to the world's greatest fighter Ace , seven fellow Luftwaffe pilots have joined Erich Hartmann in signing part of this second issue in the hartmann Trilogy. As comrades-in-arms , they all flew with JG-52 or JG-53 , the two groups with which Hartmann scored all of his victories...This was the second print issued in the Hartmann Trilogy... On Thursday, August 24, 1944 a 22-year old Oberleutnant Erich Hartmann powered his Me109G fighter in a spectacular low pass over his squadron's airstrip in north-eastern Rumania, wagging his wings to the cheering Luftwaffe personnel on the ground below. The young flaxen-haired pilot had just become the first fighter Ace in history to bring down 300 enemy aircraft in combat. As World War II drew to its close, after three and a half years of continual aerial combat, this gifted young fighter pilot brought his final tally of aerial victories to 352, bringing down a Yak-7 during the last of his 1400 missions on May 8, 1945. He was the most successful fighter pilot of all time. In this dramatic rendition, the world's number one aviation artist captures a brilliantly colourful mid­winter scene during the final phase of the war on the Eastern Front. Glinting in the sub-zero early morning sunlight as fresh snow begins to fall, and led by their Gruppenkommandeur Erich Hartmann, the Me109G fighters of I./JG-53 scramble off the snow­covered airstrip at Veszprem in Hungary, February 1945. They will intercept waves of Russian fighters and bombers in the skies above Czechoslovakia in a last ditch attempt to repel the impending invasion of Germany... Eagles at Dawn (Comrades Edition) is signed by : Oberst Erich Hartmann - 352 victories Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds , Oberstleutnant HELMUT BENNEMANN Knights Cross , Leutnant HEINZ EWALD Knights Cross , Unteroffizier HELMUT HECKES Iron Cross , Oberfeldwebel WERNER HOHENBERG Iron Cross , Unteroffizier FRIEDRICH SCHELKER Iron Cross , Oberleutnant GUNTHER SEEGER Knights Cross and Oberleutnant FRANZ WOIDICH Knights Cross...priced @ Sold...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.