4 Framed Limited Edition Luftwaffe Prints

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Set of 4 Jerry Crandall's "Aircraft of the Fighter Aces" series. All four are signed by the pilot and the artist. Prints are 15in x 27in. All are number 175/950.GENERAL DlETRICH HRABAK'S MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 F-2 Dietrich Hrabak tutored the leading Luftwaffe "Experts" like Hartmann, Barkhorn and others teaching them to fly with "their heads and not their muscles". Hrabak was Kommandeur of II Gruppe JG 54 "Greenhearts" from August 1940.Then in November 1942, he was Kommodore of fighter wing JG 52 until October 1944 when he took charge of JG 54.Amazingly after more than 1000 combat missions and 125 victories, he never had to bail out. Although he crash-landed seven times, he was never wounded. General Hrabak ended the war Knight's Cross holder with Oakleaves. GENERAL GÜNTHER RALL'S Bf 109 G-2Günther Rall achieved a total of 275 victories making him the third highest ranked ace of all time, after Erich Hartmannand Gerd Barkhorn. Rall most likely would have exceeded this tally had he not been transferred from the Russian Front to take charge of II/JG 11 in the defense of Germany March 1944. The overwhelming numbers of American fighters made victories harder to come by and most pilots did not survive the home defense arena. On 12 May 1944, in an air battle with P-47's from the 56th Fighter Group, Rall's left thumb was shot off and he was hospitalized for six months of painful recovery. In March 1945, Rall took charge of the prominent home defense fighter wing JG 300. He gave up his beloved 109 and flew the Focke-Wulf 190 D-9 until the end of the war. ERNST SCHEUFELE'S Bf 109 G-14 AS This machine was flown by Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele, Staffel kapitän of 14./JG 4 on 3 December 1944. He was brought down by American ground fire and taken prisoner near Aachen Germany. This was his back-up aircraft as his 'black 13'G-14 as was out of service this day. Scheufele originally flew with the Navy in JG 5 based in Norway. Flying both Bf 109's and Fw 190's, he achieved 18 victories including 3 bombers and 2 P-51 Mustangs.OSCAR BOESCH'S FOCKE-WULF Fw 190 A-8/R8Oscar Boesch did not enter the war until April l944. In an effort to help stop the allied bomber offensive, he volunteered for a new unit being formed by Major von Kornatzki to lead the effort to stop bombers at all costs even if it meant ramming them. Oscar Boesch was shot down eight times, four bail outs and four crash-landings. He flew 120 combat missions, on this last mission he rammed a Russian Yak-9 fighter. Boesch's unit suffered 350% losses. He is one of three known survivors. Item is offered in other venues.