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The Long Short Days by Robert Taylor.


The Long Short Days by Robert Taylor.

It was known as the Jagdverbande, the fighter arm of the Luftwaffe, and by June 1940 it boasted some of the world's greatest fighter pilots. With tactics honed to perfection, these battle-seasoned veterans dominated the skies of Europe. But as the war progressed, the Luftwaffe fighter pilots faced another battle, the increasingly desperate war of attrition as the Allied air forces slowly, but inevitably, ground the German war machine into defeat. By early 1945 Allied air supremacy was overwhelming. And yet despite overwhelming odds, from within their ranks came the most successful air Aces ever to fly in combat - names such as Hans-Joachim Marseille, the top-scoring fighter pilot in the West, the legendary Erich Rudorffer who scored more multiple victories than any other pilot and of course the Fighter General, Adolf Galland, who achieved all of his 104 victories in the West. In total more than 100 Luftwaffe fighter pilots are known to have scored 100 or more victories, and 568 Jagdverbande flyers were holders of the Knight's Cross, Germany's highest awarded military honor. Robert Taylor's stunning painting, beautifully captures a group of Bf109Gs from III./JG26, as they return to their forward base after a long fighter sweep along the Channel coast in early 1944. In his unmistakable style, and with inordinate skill, Robert deftly evokes a moment of rare tranquility amidst the carnage of war as the lengthening sun glints across the frozen landscape during the short days of winter.
Item Code : DHM6391The Long Short Days by Robert Taylor. - This EditionAdd any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout! Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price!
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PRINTLimited Edition : Signed limited edition of 250 prints.

Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Image size 25.5 inches x 16.5 inches (65cm x 42cm) Pflaum, Hubert-Ludwig
Radlauer, Heinz
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


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Other editions of this item : The Long Short Days by Robert Taylor. DHM6391
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Collectors Edition : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Image size 25.5 inches x 16.5 inches (65cm x 42cm) Pflaum, Hubert-Ludwig
Radlauer, Heinz
Ballewski, Helmut
Giefing, Ernest
Hannig, Norbert
Kott, Gerhard
Rudorffer, Erich
Reschke, Willi
Krupinski, Walter
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £390
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PRINTCollectors Edition : Signed limited edition of 225 prints.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Image size 25.5 inches x 16.5 inches (65cm x 42cm) Pflaum, Hubert-Ludwig
Radlauer, Heinz
Ballewski, Helmut
Giefing, Ernest
Hannig, Norbert
Kott, Gerhard
Rudorffer, Erich
Reschke, Willi
Krupinski, Walter
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £390
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PRESENTATIONTribute Edition : Limited edition of 15 prints.

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Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Image size 25.5 inches x 16.5 inches (65cm x 42cm) Pflaum, Hubert-Ludwig
Radlauer, Heinz
Ballewski, Helmut
Giefing, Ernest
Hannig, Norbert
Kott, Gerhard
Rudorffer, Erich
Reschke, Willi
Krupinski, Walter
Wolfrum, Walter (companion print)
Schuck, Walter (companion print)
Boesch, Oscar (companion print)
Marquardt, Heinz (companion print)
Bob, Hans-Ekkehard (companion print)
Galland, Adolf (matted on companion print)
Reinert, Ernst Wilhelm (matted on companion print)
Haibock, Josef (matted on companion print)
Dahmer, Hugo (matted on companion print)
Naumann, Johannes (matted on companion print)
Bennemann, Helmut (matted on companion print)
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £955
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REMARQUERemarque Edition : Limited edition of 15 remarques.

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Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Image size 25.5 inches x 16.5 inches (65cm x 42cm) Pflaum, Hubert-Ludwig
Radlauer, Heinz
Ballewski, Helmut
Giefing, Ernest
Hannig, Norbert
Kott, Gerhard
Rudorffer, Erich
Reschke, Willi
Krupinski, Walter
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £390
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REMARQUERemarque Edition : Limited edition of 10 double remarques.

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Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm) Image size 25.5 inches x 16.5 inches (65cm x 42cm) Pflaum, Hubert-Ludwig
Radlauer, Heinz
Ballewski, Helmut
Giefing, Ernest
Hannig, Norbert
Kott, Gerhard
Rudorffer, Erich
Reschke, Willi
Krupinski, Walter
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £390
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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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The signature of Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer

Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer
*Signature Value : £45

Heinz Radlauer learnt to fly gliders in 1940, aged 17, and joined the Luftwaffe in August 1941. After Fighter School, in June 1944 he was posted to join JG51 Molders then fighting on the Eastern Front near Minsk, scoring his first victory in October of that year. Heinz Radlauer fleew the Bf109G, the Fw190A, and at the end of the war the Fw190D, by which time he had notched up over 100 combat missions, flying his last combat mission on 30th April 1945. Credited with 15 air victories, all on the Eastern Front, he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class.


Stabsgefreiter Hubert-Ludwig Pflaum
*Signature Value : £25

After joining the Luftwaffe and completing his flight training, he originally flew Heinkel 111 bombers with IV./KG 27 Boelcke. Towards the end of the war, however, he transferred to train as a fighter pilot, and after qualifying joined II./JG53 PikAs where he flew Bf109s with 6 Staffel in the Defence of the Reich.
The Aircraft :
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Me109Willy Messerschmitt designed the BF109 during the early 1930s. The Bf109 was one of the first all metal monocoque construction fighters with a closed canopy and retractable undercarriage. The engine of the Me109 was a V12 aero engine which was liquid-cooled. The Bf109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and flew to the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons. During the Battle of Britian the Bf109 was used in the role of an escort fighter, a role for which it was not designed for, and it was also used as a fighter bomber. During the last days of May 1940 Robert Stanford-Tuck, the RAF ace, got the chance to fly an Me109 which they had rebuilt after it had crash landed. Stanford-Tuck found out that the Me109 was a wonderful little plane, it was slightly faster than the Spitfire, but lacked the Spitfire manoeuvrability. By testing the Me109, Tuck could put himself inside the Me109 when fighting them, knowing its weak and strong points. With the introduction of the improved Bf109F in the spring of 1941, the type again proved to be an effective fighter during the invasion of Yugoslavia and during the Battle of Crete and the invasion of Russia and it was used during the Siege of the Mediteranean island of Malta. The Bf109 was the main fighter for the Luftwaffe until 1942 when the Fw190 entered service and shared this position, and was partially replaced in Western Europe, but the Me109 continued to serve on the Eastern Front and during the defence of the Reich against the allied bombers. It was also used to good effect in the Mediterranean and North Africa in support of The Africa Korps. The Me109 was also supplied to several German allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia. The Bf109 scored more kills than any other fighter of any country during the war and was built in greater numbers with a total of over 31,000 aircraft being built. The Bf109 was flown by the three top German aces of the war war. Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 victories and Gunther Rall with 275 kills. Bf109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen Luftwaffe Aces scored more than 200 kills. Altogether this group of pilots were credited with a total of nearly 15,000 kills, of which the Messerschmitt Bf109 was credited with over 10,000 of these victories. The Bf109 was the most produced warplane during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945. Bf109s remained in foreign service for many years after World War II. The Swiss used their Bf109Gs well into the 1950s. The Finnish Air Force did not retire their Bf109Gs until March 1954. Romania used its Bf109s until 1955. The Spanish Hispanos flew even longer. Some were still in service in the late 1960s.

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