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JG3 Me109 Aviation Art Prints by Gerald Coulson and Nicolas Trudgian.
PCK2643. JG3 Me109 Aviation Art Prints by Gerald Coulson and Nicolas Trudgian. Aviation Print Pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM2671. Morning Chorus by Gerald Coulson. The roar of Daimler-Benz engines at full power awakens the day as Gunther Lutzow, his aircraft still in the markings of his previous unit JG51, leads his Me109Fs of JG3 into combat from a snow covered airfield at Schatalowka on the Russian Front, in December 1941. With prints signed by no less than four veteran Me109 pilots who fought on the cruel Eastern Front, this is sure to be a valuable addition to any aviation art collection. Signed by Feldwebel Johannes Bachmann, Fahnrich Manfred Leisebein, Fahnrich Klaus Vollgold and Unteroffizier Otfried Sahl. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 39 inches x 23.5 inches (99cm x 60cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM2112. Dragons of Colombert by Nicolas Trudgian. In the summer of 1940, JG3, under the command of Hans von Hahn, scramble their Me109s from their French countryside base at Colombert, near Calais. With the deafening sound of their piston-engined aircraft, sporting the groups colourful Dragon emblem on their cowlings, they head for the battle front.
Published 2000. Only 4 prints remain. Signed by Oberstleutnant Gunther Scholz (deceased) and Oberstleutnant Erwin Leykauf (deceased), in addition to the artist. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm)
Website Price: £ 230.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £415.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £185
All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling
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Signatures on this item | *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. | Name | Info |
Fahnrich Klaus Vollgold *Signature Value : £50 (matted)
| Born on 16th October 1925 in Zwickau, Klaus was called up to join the Luftwaffe in the summer of 1943, where he underwent training to qualify as a fighter pilot. Posted to join JG52 in the east flying Me109s, Klaus took part in 30 combat flights, and scored 3 confirmed victories before the war came to an end. |
Fahnrich Manfred Leisebein *Signature Value : £40 (matted)
| Joining the Luftwaffe in the summer of 1943, aged 18, Manfred Leisebein was posted, after completing his fighter pilots trianing, to 3./JG52 in Russia. Flying Me109s throughout his 37 combat flights, Manfred scored a total of 5 aerial victories with JG52, and was awarded the Iron Cross II |
Feldwebel Johannes Bachmann *Signature Value : £40 (matted)
| Born in Aue near Dresden in 1921, Johannes Bachmann joined the Luftwaffe in the spring of 1943. After training as a pilot, he was posted to join 9./JG52 in Russia where in over 40 combat missions on Me109s, he scored 5 confirmed air victories before the war ended. |
Unteroffizier Otfried Sahl *Signature Value : £40 (matted)
| Born in Eigenrode on 17th August 1925, Ottfried was called up for service in 1943, joining the Luftwaffe in July of that year. Trained as a fighter pilot he was posted to the Eastern Front to join 5./JG52, where he undertook 35 combat operations on Me109s before the end of the war. |
Signatures on item 2 | *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. | Name | Info |
Oberleutnant Erwin Leykauf (deceased) *Signature Value : £40 (matted)
| Born in January 1918, Erwin Leykauf learned to fly at glider school and Luftkriegschule, before being called up to fly at the beginning of the war. He flew with JG21 at the beginning of the Battle of Britain, which soon became JG54 where he scored his first 7 victories. Transferring to the Balkans and later the Eastern Front he was forced into an emergency landing behind enemy lines during Operation Barbarossa, eventually making his way back to rejoin his unit. On the night of 22nd - 23rd June 1942, he claimed 6 victories in less than one hour. In August 1943, Leykauf began converting with JG54 to the Fw190 fighter. At the end of the war he was with JG7, flying the Me262, although he did not get a chance to fly any missions on the jet fighter. Erwin was awarded the Iron Cross I and II and his victories had climbed to 33. |
Oberstleutnant Gunther Scholz (deceased) *Signature Value : £45 (matted)
| After seeing action in the Spanish campaign, Gunther Scholz flew with 7./JG54 in Poland and France, and during the Battle of Britain. Transferring to the Eastern Front he flew with III./JG5 from February 1942, later with Geschwaderstab JG5. In July 1944 he was posted to Norway. Scholz was awarded the Iron Cross I and finished the war with 33 victories. Died 24th October 2014. |
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