Special Ebay Luftwaffe Print ::
Those of you who like Geoff's Luftwaffe prints may be interested in the latest addition to the Avi-Art Ebay Shop.
You'll probably recognise the print as The Hunters. The standard version is signed by four Luftwaffe Knight's Cross recipients - Hauptmann Fritz Karch, Oberleutnant Günther Seeger, Major Julius Meimberg and Hauptmann Bruno Stolle. But the Ebay version is extra special - it has the standard four signatures, plus:
Leutnant Hugo Broch, Knight's Cross
Oberst Hajo Herrmann, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Leutnant Walter Schuck, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
About the extra signatories:
Hugo Broch was posted to 6/JG54 on the Eastern Front in January 1943. His first victory was on 13 March 1943. By November his total had risen to 44. After this he was assigned to instructor duties, but returned to his old unit in August 1944. He was awarded the Knight's Cross in March 1945. He ended the war having flown 324 combat missions, and scoring 81 victories, all on the Eastern Front.
Hajo Herrmann was one of the Luftwaffe's most influential figures. He served as a bomber pilot with the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War, and after the outbreak of WW2, he flew Heinkel He111's in Poland and Norway with KG4. By the time of the Battle of Britain he was commander of 7/KG4. He received the Knight's Cross in 1940. In 1941, his unit was sent to Sicily from where they flew missions against Malta and Greece. During a raid on Piraeus he scored a direct hit on an ammunition ship. The resulting explosion sank a further ten ships and made the port unusable for months. In 1942 he was made commander of III/KG30 in Norway, attacking the Arctic convoys. As a bomber pilot he flew 320 missions. In July 1942, he was assigned to the Luftwaffe General Staff in Berlin and became a confidant of Hermann Göring. As one of the Luftwaffe's leading innovators, he formed highly successful JG300 which used free-roaming "Wilde Sau" tactics against Allied bombers during night raids. By 1944, Herrmann was Inspector General of Night Fighters, and personally flew over 50 night fighter missions. He claimed nine RAF bombers during this time, and was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He was responsible for the founding of Sonderkommando Elbe in 1945, whose tactics were to down enemy bombers by ramming.
Walter Schuck joined JG5 in Norway in January 1942. While flying Me109's on the Eastern Front he scored a remarkable 198 victories. In March 1945, he was transferred to JG7, flying Me262 jets. In the last days of the war he scored another eight victories, bringing his total to 206. He received the Knight's Cross in April 1944 and an Oak Leaves cluster in August of the same year. Schuck was one of the highest scoring aces of all time.
If you want one of these special 7-signature prints, don't miss out - we only have a few! Find them at the Avi-Art Ebay Shop.
You'll probably recognise the print as The Hunters. The standard version is signed by four Luftwaffe Knight's Cross recipients - Hauptmann Fritz Karch, Oberleutnant Günther Seeger, Major Julius Meimberg and Hauptmann Bruno Stolle. But the Ebay version is extra special - it has the standard four signatures, plus:
Leutnant Hugo Broch, Knight's Cross
Oberst Hajo Herrmann, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Leutnant Walter Schuck, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
About the extra signatories:
Hugo Broch was posted to 6/JG54 on the Eastern Front in January 1943. His first victory was on 13 March 1943. By November his total had risen to 44. After this he was assigned to instructor duties, but returned to his old unit in August 1944. He was awarded the Knight's Cross in March 1945. He ended the war having flown 324 combat missions, and scoring 81 victories, all on the Eastern Front.
Hajo Herrmann was one of the Luftwaffe's most influential figures. He served as a bomber pilot with the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War, and after the outbreak of WW2, he flew Heinkel He111's in Poland and Norway with KG4. By the time of the Battle of Britain he was commander of 7/KG4. He received the Knight's Cross in 1940. In 1941, his unit was sent to Sicily from where they flew missions against Malta and Greece. During a raid on Piraeus he scored a direct hit on an ammunition ship. The resulting explosion sank a further ten ships and made the port unusable for months. In 1942 he was made commander of III/KG30 in Norway, attacking the Arctic convoys. As a bomber pilot he flew 320 missions. In July 1942, he was assigned to the Luftwaffe General Staff in Berlin and became a confidant of Hermann Göring. As one of the Luftwaffe's leading innovators, he formed highly successful JG300 which used free-roaming "Wilde Sau" tactics against Allied bombers during night raids. By 1944, Herrmann was Inspector General of Night Fighters, and personally flew over 50 night fighter missions. He claimed nine RAF bombers during this time, and was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He was responsible for the founding of Sonderkommando Elbe in 1945, whose tactics were to down enemy bombers by ramming.
Walter Schuck joined JG5 in Norway in January 1942. While flying Me109's on the Eastern Front he scored a remarkable 198 victories. In March 1945, he was transferred to JG7, flying Me262 jets. In the last days of the war he scored another eight victories, bringing his total to 206. He received the Knight's Cross in April 1944 and an Oak Leaves cluster in August of the same year. Schuck was one of the highest scoring aces of all time.
If you want one of these special 7-signature prints, don't miss out - we only have a few! Find them at the Avi-Art Ebay Shop.
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